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If you ask Sue Taylor how she’s feeling, “Oh, I’m incredibly well,” said Sue Taylor.
Her mission is to make sure as many people around her age can say the same thing.
“This is what 76 looks like woo hoo!” Taylor said as she spun around.
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She’s doing here, at
, the cannabis dispensary she cofounded, celebrating four years in business.
“This has really been a dream come true. You know, servicing the community servicing seniors,” said Taylor.
A former catholic school principal in Oakland, Taylor never imagined she’d be serving seniors like this…until a lifelong friend passed away from cancer.
“And I feel some kind of way in my heart that I didn’t serve as a well because my mindset wasn’t on cannabis. Because I was secretly afraid of it because of the reefer madness that was instilled in me as I was growing up,” said Taylor.