Episode 6 • Flowers & Tea - Season Finale - When the Tea Boils Over: Closures, Consequences & Common Ground

The ladies of Flowers & Tea close out the inaugural season the only way they know how — raw, unfiltered, and necessary.

In this season finale, it’s just the women. No guest. No soft edges. Just an honest reckoning with what’s happening in cannabis right now. They go in on the wave of dispensary closures and the state’s alarming lack of acknowledgment, sentiment, or meaningful reporting on the impact.

They unpack what it means to support your neighbors in a time of economic strain, rising uncertainty, and silence from those in power.

The conversation widens — touching on ICE, community responsibility, and the moral weight of policy decisions—before Gretchen takes the soapbox to call out the industry’s chronic failure to invest in cannabis education as infrastructure and a smarter way to move the needle.

For the first time, an MSO leader, a small local operator, a lobbyist/publicist, and a medical operator find themselves saying the same thing — out loud, together. The unison is unexpected, but it proves a powerful point....common ground exists when ego steps aside.

Dr. Beast and Gretchen also share their sincere frustration with the industry as a whole and openly question whether stepping away may be the only act of self-preservation left.

This is the most honest dialogue Flowers & Tea has ever had.

This is what it sounds like when the table is set — and then flipped. The home of the P3 (Pot, Politics & Policy) takes flight one last time this season.

🎥 Season Finale —February 4th @ 8am

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