The Young Jurks

Interview with an Ohio mom and Registered Nurse, Tonya San, who is staying in Massachusetts to get the medicine that she needs to live. She credits cannabis from keeping her out of the hospice care her doctor once recommended. Cannabis Medicine saves patients like Tonya, medicine that isn’t coming from Massachusetts legal or medical dispensaries but directly from local and legal home-growers! Home...

The new landlord of 33 Park Street, Malden has decided to raise the rent as much as 50% according to tenants who are working with the city, Mayor and Citylife Vida Urbana to negotiate a compromise. We spoke to and recorded audio from Saturday’s Rally outside of the rental property. clvu.org for more info!

Interview with candidate for Boston City Council in Allston/Brighton Lee Nave Jr. discussing housing, cannabis social equity, mental healthcare,  transportation, safe injection sites and much more. 

Jill Stein doesnt want to talk about Russia or her dinner with Vladimir Putin or that Lee Camp standing right next to her works for Russian Today. 

The Young Jurks live from the Verilife medical and recreational cannabis dispensary in Wareham, Massachusetts with guests, Sandy Bernier (Irie Bliss Wellness) and Lakeville Selectmen, Mitzi Hollenbeck (Citrin Cooperman) discussing hemp/CBD, economic empowerment and more. 

The Young Jurks live from the Verilife medical and recreational cannabis dispensary in Wareham, Massachusetts with guests, Jim Borghesani, who was part of the campaign that legalized cannabis in the bay state and two Wareham selectmen, Peter Teitelbaum and Alan Slavin. Slavin also additionally serves with the Mass Municipal Association.

We're live with guests, Ben Echevarria of The Welcome Project and Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, candidate for Cambridge City Council discussing Cambridge's battle over cannabis economic empowerment, housing, immigration and much more. 

Testimony from the Cambridge Cannabis Economic Empowerment Ordinance Hearing with Chauncey Spencer, Joseph Gilmore, Joanna Varney, Grant Smith, Ed DeSousa, and other supporting economic empowerment and Nichole Snow and the CEO’s of the RMD’s pretending that letting their existing medical dispensaries go recreational first is both good for the patients and the economic empowerment applicants. Are y...

Cambridge battles for economic empowerment against well funded existing registered medical dispensaries, Sira Naturals and Revolutionary Clinics. The EE proposal passed the ordinance committee and will next be debated with public testimony before the entire Cambridge City Council. This podcast features interviews with Grant Smith, Chandra Batra on Cambridge, & Ed DeSousa of RiverRun Gardens.

Why does it take three months and two MD’s to approve my child’s medical cannabis card? We asked this to the state cannabis control commission and yesterday in response, the state announced changes to how and when they certify medical cannabis patients. What’s new? Initial Access Certification slated to begin on July 1st, will give patients immediate access to their medication.

Stem receives special permit to open cannabis dispensary at heated Haverhill City hall hearing. Background info on LLoyd Jennings. The guy worried about the children. https://www.hgazette.com/news/local_news/police-log/article_5b48b986-f294-52d0-8308-da298e4bba76.html MONDAY, SEPT. 3 Lloyd Jennings, 45, 6 Lancaster St., assault and battery on a police officer, defacing property, resisting arrest,...

For too long patients in Massachusetts have been priced out of medical cannabis dispensaries. Following up on our last month of podcasts we ask listeners to call in. Here are their messages. We hear from disabled and working patients in Massachusetts who offer some possible solutions as well. And a single mom that pays too much for her child’s certifications. With Sherri Tutkus, RN of GreenNurse G...

Interview with a homeless Salem, Massachusetts man on why dispensaries aren’t serving the homeless and other vulnerable patient populations. The cost is too high!

Haverhill residents showed their support for our standout of Marc's Deli over the establishment's lawsuit which seeks to bar a dispensary from opening downtown. Contact your Haverhill City Council and plan to attend June 18th at 7pm, the special permit hearing for Stem at Haverhill City Hall!

The Young Jurks welcome guest, Cambridge City Councilor Quinton Zondervan to discuss housing, cannabis licensing, safe injection sites, traffic, climate change and much more. https://votequinton.com/

Why we announced a protest scheduled for Saturday outside of Marc’s Deli in Haverhill, MA. No more will we put up with cannabis stigma and shame. Discussing The Eagle Tribune and WHAV coverage. This podcast opens with medical cannabis patient and pioneer, Michael Malta aka The King of Pot from 2010.

Interview with Andrew Kimmel. Lack of affordable mental health care for his daughter and later himself, pushed Kimmel’s father over the edge. With suicide currently on the rise, Kimmel has decided to share his family’s tragic loss to raise awareness and push for mental health to be funded on a national level . https://twitter.com/andrewkimmel/status/1135034292382314497?s=21

Nick Smart, CEO of CannaCon says some crazy shit. He’s not a fan of helping those who were disproportionally harmed by the war on cannabis (because he has money and opportunity by birth and others do not), nor does he support medical cannabis for PTSD, anxiety or back pain. He tells patients to stop being “p:@@-;@”. Warning: This episode features foul explicit language from CannaCon’a Nick Smart....

An interview with Peter Bernard, Executive Director of Massachusetts Growers Advocacy Council, on why he and other patients plan to smoke up outside Thursday night’s Stanley Cup Boston Bruins game at TD Bank Garden.  A TD Bank Garden blanket ban of medical cannabis patients. We also discuss our next free cannabis gifting event in Boston and include a voice message from Mr . Sativa of The Cannabis...

The Young Jurks interview MA State Senator Sal DiDomenico on cannabis policy, wage theft, Safe Communities Act, safe injection sites, housing, breakfast for kids, alcohol licensing, and much more...

Conversation with a Salem, Massachusetts man, Jimi Migz, who is homeless and a recovering addict. Jimi shares problems with his recent hospital stay, being prescribed drugs without his knowledge, and gives criticism and feedback on his experience with Lifebridge and other homeless shelters showing “apathy” towards the homeless as well as being anti-medical cannabis. Support our work, subscribe and...

The Young Jurks with guest, Judy Neufeld one of the woman that career politician and current Suffolk County Register of Deeds told to shut her "piehole" on facebook. Donna Hackett also joins us to accept her KOP Warrior Award.  Referencing the Boston Globe's, "On Steve Murphy, privilege and pie holes".

Cape DA attacks Suffolk County DA Rachael Rollins with racist tropes in Boston Globe editorial. This episode features responses to that editorial from Suffolk County stakeholders, Tito Jackson, Monica Cannon-Grant, Shaquera Story, Chris Lovett, Kevin Gilnac, LiZ Hughes, and @courtwatchMA.

The Young Jurks with guest, Judy Neufeld one of the woman that career politician and current Suffolk County Register of Deeds told to shut her "piehole" on facebook. Donna Hackett also joins us to accept her KOP Warrior Award.  Referencing the Boston Globe's, "On Steve Murphy, privilege and pie holes".

Our social media is popping after we gave away a lot of free cannabis outside of Boston Calling. Free Cannabis is popular.  With Chandra Batra, Heidi Lilley, and Scott Winters. Subscribe at midnightmass.substack.com