2026-08-11
He opened a store selling hemp goods and glass on Newbury Street in the era when saying the word bong could get you thrown out. When the police told him to pull the pipes, he took every one out that night and walked them back in the next morning. Thirty years later, Jon Napoli runs five stores, helped write the 2016 legalization language that won at the ballot with 53 percent, and is now spending his own money to fight the November repeal.Jon is Founder/CEO of Quincy Cannabis Company and the Quincy Golf Lounge, and the founder of The Hempist and Vanguard Cannabis, a tier-eight grow in Leicester. He and Jason get into the billboard bet most operators call a waste and why nearly all his marketing spend goes there anyway, how Quincy Cannabis stayed number one after competitors opened, the Amsterdam-style consumption lounge he is building next door, and why he thinks operator apathy is a bigger threat to legal cannabis in Massachusetts than the repeal campaign itself.21+ where legal. This is a conversation about the cannabis industry and is not medical, legal, or investment advice. Listen to the full episode and subscribe to High Functioning at highfunctioning.show.