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Welcome to The Edge, a business podcast from The Bluntness, where we unpack real-world experiences and expertise of seasoned & successful professionals across both legal and legacy cannabis.

This season of The Edge is hosted by Harrison Wise, founder and publisher of ⁠The Bluntness⁠. This week's guest is attorney, advisor and educator Cristina Buccola, Esq.

As Chief Counsel of CB Counsel PLLC, Cristina is routinely retained by small businesses, social equity groups, and legacy market entrepreneurs in navigating cannabis and hemp licensing, legal matters, business concerns, and regulatory requirements. She also assists ancillary businesses, institutional and private investors, CPG and tech companies, artists, media outlets, and not-for-profit organizations in their cannabis concerned matters.

Cristina is passionate about fostering a regulated, inclusive cannabis industry based on pillars of racial and economic justice. To that end she screened over 500 prospective applicants, provided cannabis education to hundreds of folks, and created a program that helped 30 justice-impacted groups apply for New York State’s Conditional Adult Use Retail Dispensary License (CAURD), several of whom have subsequently won this license. She also collaborated with other cannabis community stakeholder to organize educational workshops, resources, materials, and mentors to help an estimated 100+ folks apply for the Office of Cannabis Management’s Cannabis Compliance Training and Mentorship Program. Cristina represents several CAURD winners, and has helped two of them win unanimous approval from their respective Community Boards in New York City.

Cristina works with elected officials on developing cannabis legalization positions and has testified in front of the New York State and New Jersey Legislatures about cannabis regulatory programs. She was a core member of the Start SMART NY coalition, one of the groups responsible for pushing New York’s historic cannabis legalization over the finish line.

Cristina teaches cannabis courses at the law school and collegiate levels. She was appointed to the Committee on Cannabis Law of the New York State Bar Association in 2021 and serves as the first Secretary of the New York State Bar Association Cannabis Law Section.; she is a member of the Policy Committee of the Cannabis Association of New York (CANY).

Before dedicating herself exclusively to CB Counsel, Cristina served as the General Counsel of High Times and was a partner in an adult-use cultivation concern.

Additional Resources - A presentation by Cristina at the recent REVELRY Conference: The Questions You Need to Ask Before You Fu*k With Someone in Cannabis:    • The Questions You Need to Ask Before You F...  
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