First hour: Special rebroadcast - Discussing the new 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Second hour: Updates on the rollout of legal cannabis in New York
This is a special rebroadcast of a conversation about the new 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. The number connects people experiencing mental health crises with trained mental health professionals. The new service is designed to be an alternative to calling 911, which is not set up to address mental health needs. Patients and advocates say 988 may be an effective way to avoid interaction with law enforcement, which sometimes leads to further trauma. This hour, we discuss how 988 will work at the local level, and we hear from mental health advocates about their perspectives related to diversionary services. Our guests:
- Deborah Turner, program director of the 211/LIFE LINE Program at Goodwill of the Finger Lakes
- Kristina Mossgraber, COO of NAMI Rochester
- David Morgenstern, bipolar patient and mental health advocate
Then in our second hour, New York is inching closer to a legal recreational market for cannabis. Last week, the state's Office of Cannabis Management launched an application portal for what are known as Conditional Adult-Use Recreational Dispensary (CAURD) licenses. Those applications will determine who in New York will be first to sell pot legally. This hour, CITY Magazine reporter Gino Fanelli hosts a discussion about the slow rollout of legal cannabis in New York, and what the future has in store. Our guests:
- New York State Senator Jeremy Cooney, District 56
- Jason Klimek, co-leader of the Cannabis Team at Barclay Damon, and chair of the Tax Committee and member of the Executive Committee at the New York State Bar Association's Cannabis Law Section
- Hiram Hernandez, Jr., CAURD applicant
- Kevin Kelley, manager of the Office of City Planning at the City of Rochester
