Connecting Australia's Cannabis Community w/ Jessica Peros (The Green Room HQ)
With over a decade of experience spanning both the legacy market and the medical industry, Jessica Peros brings a rare dual perspective to Australia’s evolving cannabis space.
In this episode of Give & Toke, Paul sits down with Jessica to talk about her journey from co-founding The Green Room Hydro to creating The Green Room HQ - a space for patient advocacy, industry insight, and community connection.
We explore how Jessica’s work and life have shaped her understanding of patients, and prescribers, and why championing local growers is critical to the future of cannabis in Australia.
In this episode:
- From Hydro to HQ (2:30)
- Mindset: Corporate vs Culture (6:00)
- Tackling Stigma as a Woman (14:00)
- Cannabis shouldn’t be a last resort treatment (21:00)
- The People’s Princess: Criticism from the Community (23:00)
- High Note: Female Rap Quiz (27:00)
- Building a Compassionate Cannabis Future (34:00)
- Recurring themes in Cannabis (37:00)
- Feminine Cannabis and Inclusion (43:00)
- Pauls of Wisdom (46:00)
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