Gretchen Gailey: Cannabis Industry Has No Idea How DC Works, Why Rescheduling Is Delayed
About this episode
Gretchen Gailey discusses the cannabis industry's misunderstanding of political processes and the importance of strategic approaches to advocacy.
Politics is a dirty business. Sometimes being feared is the influence you need because access is not the problem. Politicians say "we'll take care of this." Gretchen Gailey has a different approach: stab them in the back, push them down the stairs, and take credit for the fall. It's time to put fear behind cannabis. She spent 20 years on Capitol Hill. She's watched cannabis show up once a year for fly-ins, throw money at the wrong politicians, and wonder why nothing changes. This episode breaks down why incrementalism is the only path, why banking matters more than you think, and why the industry needs to stop picking out curtains when it hasn't built a basement.This week we sit down with Gretchen Gailey: Stab them in the back politics Curtains before basement problem Project Champion playbook
People in this episode
Host: Bryan Fields
Guest: Gretchen Gailey
Topics covered
- cannabis industry
- politics
- incrementalism
- banking
- Capitol Hill
Keywords
- cannabis
- politics
- incrementalism
- banking
- Capitol Hill
- advocacy
- Gretchen Gailey
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Capitol Hill, cannabis industry
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