Shaleen Title, MS, JD

• Cannbis
• Cannabis Policy
• Racial Justice
• Interstate Commerce

• Forbes Cannabis Leader - 2024
• Boston Business Journal 40 Under 40 - 2021
• High Times Freedom Fighter - 2012

Shaleen Title is an Indian-American attorney and longtime drug policy activist who has been writing, passing, and implementing equitable cannabis laws for over 20 years. She is a former top regulator for the state of Massachusetts, where she served as commissioner of the Cannabis Control Commission from 2017 to 2020.

Since 2021, she has served as Distinguished Cannabis Policy Practitioner in Residence at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law’s Drug Enforcement and Policy Center. Her published reports examine current issues in cannabis policy including racial justice, interstate commerce, and corporate capture. Her paper “Bigger is Not Better: Preventing Monopolies in the National Cannabis Market,” was SSRN’s second-most downloaded antitrust article in the world in 2022.

Shaleen has been a founding board member of influential organizations including Parabola Center for Law and Policy, Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition, and Minority Cannabis Business Association.

She was named a Forbes Cannabis Leader (2024), Boston Business Journal 40 Under 40 (2021), and High Times Freedom Fighter (2012), among others. Her op-eds and other written work have appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Philadelphia Inquirer, Los Angeles Times, and Marijuana Moment, and her interviews have been featured in outlets including The Guardian, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, PBS NewsHour, and VICE News.

Shaleen is an alumna of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, a public magnet school with an emphasis on developing problem-solvers, and she holds a business degree, law degree, and graduate degree in accounting from the University of Illinois.