Ep. 12 Flowers & Tea Season Finale Ft. Former MA Commissioners & Acting Chair, Ava Concepcion, Esq.

For the final episode of the season, the ladies of Flowers & Tea took the show on the road to Boston NECANN and sat down for a LIVE show at the Hynes Convention Center with Ava C. Concepcion, Esq. — Former Commissioner & Acting Chair of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission. And now that she’s no longer a public official and this is her first public speaking engagement since stepping down…...she was ready for full transparency. What started as a intense familial conversation quickly turned into a high-level, deeply honest discussion around cannabis politics, policy, equity, power, and the realities of trying to build fair systems in an industry still finding its footing. From being taken from as a child and feeling that direct impact .....to the emotional weight behind the work… to the legal and political battles happening behind closed doors… to the changes that became law and the ongoing fight for true equity — the conversation got REAL. Called a pedophile protector, frequently making the Boston Globe, and being a contributor to the AG's lack of sleep.... the stories are wild and endless, but sadly people in cannabis are not always transparent and honest -- however that's not the case here. This wasn’t surface-level cannabis talk. This was big lawyer talk. Big policy talk. Big impact talk. Filmed in front of a live audience in Boston, this episode captures exactly what Flowers & Tea has become: a soft landing for hard conversations. As the ladies take a short break until the end of the summer, they’re leaving the season on one hell of a note. This is NOT the episode to miss. 🎙️✨