Episode 2: Justus Podcast - Episode 2 - Erin Thurmond Justus Board Member & Legacy to Legal Cannabis Businessman
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Erin “E” Thurmond, is the president and founder of PiF Pharmz, located in Brooklyn, New York and also a board member of the Justus Foundation
Thurmond has been in the cannabis space his entire adult life, building a cannabis distribution network that reached from coast to coast – beginning in New York and reaching California. Thurmond was arrested in 2019 in Far Rockaway, New York for cannabis and served 1.5 years upstate for that conviction, and has only had one real job due to his parole. Thurmond hopes to use the grant to help obtain proper legal counsel and pay for the fees to gain a NYS microbusiness license.
Source:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231109480415/en/RAW-Rolling-Papers-and-The-JUST%C3%9CS-Foundation-Announce-Recipients-of-RAW-Seeds-Fellowship
In episode we speak with Erin about what it means to move from legacy to legal
His experiences and his advice on how to start that process as well as the hoops that have to be jumped through, the endless waiting for approvals and how counsel and organizations like the Justus foundation smooth the path.
A big thanks to Erin for sharing his story with us.
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