No matter where you are on the spectrum of change, work still needs to be done. Spending a lifetime in advocacy, Betty Aldworth discusses a culture of advocacy, the future workforce, viewing action through a lense of intersectionality and more in her column, Sensible.

2020s

Betty Aldworth, Executive Director, SSDP
February 7, 2020

In this edition of Sensible, Betty sums up the previous decade, paints a bright picture of 2020, is brutally realistic about the past and hopeful about the future of the cannabis economy: “What if we get to be the industry that people look to in a hundred years that actually made a real difference here? That would just be an amazing thing to have been a part of, in some small way.”

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Cannabis 2.0

Betty Aldworth, Executive Director, SSDP
December 4, 2019

Cannabis 2.0 conceptualizes a new era of cannabis legislation. If we call the prohibition Cannabis 0.0, Cannabis 1.0 was—and still is—legalization. Betty takes us through what Cannabis 2.0 means to her as a 4Front board member.   Cannabis 2.0 What …

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Intersectionality

Betty Aldworth, Executive Director, SSDP
June 4, 2019

In order to understand how intersectionality works within the cannabis ecosystem, let’s first define the word more generally. Intersectionality is…

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Responsibility

Betty Aldworth, Executive Director, SSDP
April 3, 2019

Evaluating the Priorities of Today’s WorkforceIt’s important to build a company to attract the talent that you want. Galla demonstrates that…

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The Present

Betty Aldworth, Executive Director, SSDP
March 15, 2019

2019 is proving to be a big year for cannabis. If you look at the history of the industry, essentially all of the early actors and adopters…

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An Alternative Narrative in Context

Betty Aldworth, Executive Director, SSDP
February 21, 2019

Second Thoughts Emerging From Both SidesBoth the right and the left have now expressed worries about the safety of marijuana. Alex…

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Maintaining A Culture Of Advocacy Action Through Success

Betty Aldworth, Executive Director, SSDP
January 11, 2019

While the cannabis industry is booming around the world, there are still people who suffer under remaining cannabis prohibition. In the U.S…

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