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Mark Golombek

Mark Golombek has worked as a writer for Focus Media Group since April of 2012. He is a dynamic facilitator and has delivered seminars on subjects including but not limited to ‘Living Well With Stress', ‘Creating Balance in Your Life’, ‘Building Bridges’, and ‘Boosting Your Positive Outlook’. He worked for 10 years in the Financial Services industry, and dedicated five years as a Level 2 Shelter worker in Toronto and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He also served as a writer, editor, researcher and assistant director on two documentaries about homelessness, one of which garnered an award at the Shadows of the Mind Film Festival.


2018  / Medical
At the Forefront of a Growing Industry
Euflora
Written by Mark Golombek


This is the third article Business in Focus has undertaken with the highly popular Colorado recreational dispensary. Euflora is a true example of how to flourish in a new industry. Cannabis and its by-products have now been legal since 2014 in Colorado, and infrastructure is improving, schools are being built, and affordable housing is on the rise. It is also important to note that crime rates have gone down, and the number of drunk driving charges has fallen. It sounds completely unlike the dystopian world naysayers had predicted.


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2018
At the Forefront of Medical Cannabis
WeedMD
Written by Mark Golombek


Canada’s cultural landscape is changing with the legalization of recreational marijuana. We will become one of the few countries in the world to legitimize this much-maligned plant, and if the experiments with legalization in the U.S. have taught us anything, it is that the benefits far outweigh the drawbacks. Suffice it to say that this cash crop juggernaut will have positive implications.


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2018  / Industry News
Remaining Nimble in a Growing Industry
Harvest One
Written by Mark Golombek


The legalization of recreational marijuana use in Canada is imminent and will change the economic landscape. Licences have been obtained, space is purchased, and capacity is planned. There are many unknowns, and the business plan cannot be fully established because of these unidentified variables.


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