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Oct 2024
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609. What Does It Take to Run a Cannabis...

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Chris Weld worked for years in emergency rooms, then ditched that career and bought an old farm in Massachusetts. He set up a distillery and started making prize-winning spirits. When cannabis was legalized, he jumped into that too — and the first few years were lucrative. But now? It turns out that growing, processing, and selling weed is more complicated than it looks. He gave us the grand tour.  (Part three of a four-part series.)

 

  • SOURCES:
    • Chris Bennett, operations manager at Berkshire Mountain Distillers.
    • Luca Boldrini, head of cultivation at The Pass.
    • Yasmin Hurd, director of the Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai.
    • Chris Weld, founder and owner of Berkshire Mountain Distillers.

 

 

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