127_Ascend Wellness Backs Legacy Grower In NJ Dispensary Launch

04/01/2025 37 min Episodio 128
127_Ascend Wellness Backs Legacy Grower In NJ Dispensary Launch

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Kyle Page grew up in the NYC and NJ area before being sent to a Kansas prison on marijuana charges for 8 years until the Last Prisoner Project intervened and got him released. They also helped him land a job with Ascend Wellness in their NJ cultivation operations. Kyle rapidly moved through the ranks into a top cultivation position. This year, Ascend Wellness is setting him up with his own dispensary called East Coast in Dank.This is a happy ending for someone who served time in federal prison for selling marijuana and turned things around to open a dispensary with a top MSO.
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