1. Osunlade feat Mr Flip - Activate Your Love (Yoruba Records)
2. Don Swing - Women (Real Tone)
3. Kameelah Waheed - America the Beautiful (Bruise Remix)(F*CLR Records)
4. Jackson Brainwave - Furahni (MoBlack)
5. Schatzi Vol 9 - (Schatzi)
6. Kid Sublime - Music (BBE)
7. Jad & The - Disco Hold Down(Fina)
8. Danae - In the Garden (Bubbletease Communications)
9  Róisín Murphy - Simulation (KDA Remix)(Skint)
10. Apparell Wax - (Apparell)
11. Make A Dance - Acid Cult (Classic Music Company)
12. Mystic Bill -  Body Moves (Classic Music Company)
13. Austin Ato - What You Want (Classic Music Company)

Business As Usual January 2022: Luke Solomon + 60 Minute Hot Mix

Entrepreneurs face high hurdles before they can enter the legal cannabis industry. Especially in Massachusetts, where potential business owners have to get Host Community Agreements with their cities or towns, which include the controversial 'Community Impact Fee.' Lately, more and more company owners say their towns are charging small canna-businesses the maximum amount allowed by law, not because they are impacting the community, but simply because they can.

This episode, Brit talks to Caroline Pineau, owner of Stem adult-use cannabis dispensary. Caroline is the first cannabis business owner in the state to sue her host city over the legitimacy of the Community Impact Fee. Her lawsuit alleges that the City of Haverhill is requiring the maximum impact fee from her business without providing any itemized documentation of how it incurred the costs, or how those costs are reasonably related to the pot shop. It's considered a landmark case, which has the potential to change the way the entire cannabis industry operates in the state of Massachusetts.

Find all the issues of Different Leaf the Magazine at DifferentLeaf.com, or on the shelves at Barnes and Noble Bookstores. Follow us on social media @DifferentLeaf and @Different_Leaf, and follow host Brit Smith @BritTheBritish.

Produced by Brit Smith and Andrea Muraskin, music by Homebody.

A Fight For Fairness in Legal Weed with Caroline Pineau

Every season host Brit Smith brings you the audio edition of our magazine, speaking with the people who are making the products, opening dispensaries, doing medical research, and are active in the politics of cannabis.

A Fight For Fairness in Legal Weed with Caroline Pineau

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