Joel Allcock, Cannabis and Hemp Industry Consultant

Joel Allcock has been a licensed cultivator of Cannabis in his native state of Rhode Island since 2006, where he was a licensed medical marijuana caregiver tasked with providing medical grade Cannabis for his registered patients. In 2009, Allcock co-founded a group applying for the first state licensed medical marijuana dispensary in Rhode Island. In the course of preparing the application for operation of a dispensary, Allcock traveled to California, Colorado and other states with medical marijuana programs to observe large scale, commercial cultivation operations and learn from master cultivators in the field.

In 2012, his group was awarded a license to operate the first dispensary in the state, the Thomas C. Slater Compassion Center. Mr. Allcock was instrumental in developing the plans for the project. He served as Director of Cultivation, as well as overseeing the harvesting, drying/ curing, packaging and manufacturing / processing and procurement departments. As part of his duties he was responsible for writing operation manuals and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for these departments.