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HE A LTH • Fall 2022 7 Innovation is at the core of who we are and how we fulfill our mission to serve. Innovation leads to discoveries and creates new ways to cure. It provides hope and gives peace of mind. Innovation leads to better health and more care for more people. Innovation saves lives and helps us heal, relentlessly. INNOVATION HEALS 695 Main Street, Holden MA 01520 Phone: (508) 829-5566 holdenhearingaid.com/audiologist HAVE YOU EVER HAD A HEARING EVALUATION? Matthew Moreno, Au.D. Doctor of Audiology • Hearing Aids • Batteries & Accessories • Assisted Listening Devises • Amplified Phones • Hearing Evaluations • Wax Removal • Hearing Protection • Musician's Ear Plugs • Swim Plugs Many hearing issues go undetected and that can lead to hearing loss, tinnitus and balance disorders. We offer comprehensive hearing care services including complete hearing evaluations, hearing loss rehabilitation, education and counseling. Sweeping Mass. cannabis reform signed into law Nearly six years after voters approved legalizing recreational mar- ijuana and almost four years since legal sales began, Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law the first major step of its kind by state government to bol- ster the nascent industry and tear down obstacles its participants face. Baker approved almost everything in a wide-reaching cannabis industry regulatory reform bill, greenlighting measures to increase diversity in the field, increase oversight on agree- ments between marijuana businesses and municipalities, and move closer to social pot consumption sites. The legislation, approved 153-2 in the House and unani- mously in the Senate, targets issues that have needled the growing industry in the years since law- makers rewrote the voter-approved law. One of the most persistent problems cited is a lack of diversity in the field, even though Massachusetts lawmakers required that equity and inclusion be baked into the legal framework. The legislation would create a new Social Equity Trust Fund and seed it with 15% of the money in the Marijuana Regulation Fund, which itself is funded by revenue from the marijuana excise tax, application and licensing fees, and industry penalties. The social equity trust fund would make grants and loans avail- able to prospective marijuana entrepreneurs with a focus on sup- porting people of color and other populations disproportionately harmed by the War on Drugs. A cannabis flower strand known as Canuk Cookies H

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