Abi Roach

Career Roach is a Canadian cannabis entrepreneur. She has owned the Cannabis retail outlet Roach-o-Rama, and since 2012, a cannabis-tourism business in Saint Ann, Jamaica. She was the publisher of the (now defunct) Spliff free cannabis news magazine.

Roach was the owner-operator of the Kensington Market, Toronto-based cannabis lounge Hotbox Cafe from 2003 In November 2017, she spoke before a Government of Ontario committee, advocating for a relaxation of laws that govern where cannabis can be consumed. Roach was critical of the Government of Ontario's distribution of Cannabis licences via a lottery system, before taking a job at the government's Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation.

Personal life In 2019, Roach lives in Kensington Market, Toronto.