In this episode, Ariel Clark talks plant medicines, psychedelics law, and her own tribal roots. Working as a powerhouse of a lawyer in the emerging psychedelics legal field, she compares the different types of laws being created around the United States. Ariel shares her deep respect for the history of the medicines carried by indigenous cultures and the story of what drew her to become a lawyer. Barrett and Ariel riff on ways to improve how we show up in the world and interact in business meetings.
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About Ariel Clark:
Ariel Clark is a business and regulatory attorney advising clients in highly regulated and emerging ecosystems as a founding partner of Clark Howell LLP.
For over 15 years, Ariel has been in the trenches of drug policy reform, helping to enact ecosystem-defining regulations while being deeply committed to her clients — leading operators, entrepreneurs, innovators, investors, and healers. When the idea of a robust, diverse, and regulated cannabis supply chain was considered impossibly out-of-the-box, she committed her practice to be of service to the plants and communities she is in deep connection with — foresight that was recognized by Rolling Stone, which named her one of 18 “Women Shaping The Culture of Tomorrow.” Ariel’s hard work, intelligence, and tenacity have earned her a national reputation as one of the fiercest lawyers working on law reform related to drugs, plant medicine, and psychedelics.
Ariel is a founding Board Member of the Psychedelic Bar Association (PBA), serves as the Board Steward of PBA’s Religious Use Committee, and participates in the Ethics Committee and Legislation and Regulation Committee (LARC). She co-founded and served on the Executive Committee of the Cannabis Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. She also co-founded the Cannaboss Womxn’s Circle, an active community of professionals collectively advancing feminine leadership in the cannabis ecosystem.
Ariel has been involved in numerous policy-change organizations, one of which was the Los Angeles Cannabis Task Force, which Ariel founded and ran. The Task Force was instrumental in the passage of Measure M, which authorized the creation of a legal, regulated industry in LA. Over the last ten years, she has advised many other trade associations and drug policy reform organizations on regulatory and legal issues.
