Back in 1974, most people in the United States had never heard of acupuncture, let alone believed it belonged in mainstream healthcare. But Bob Duggan and Diane Connelly were dedicated to doing the unthinkable.
Right here in Columbia, Maryland, they opened the country’s first acupuncture school at a time when it was only legal in two states. People doubted it and some even fought against it completely, but Bob and Diane kept going anyway.
They spent decades educating communities, speaking with lawmakers, challenging medical boards, and pushing for a different conversation around pain, healing, and wellness.
Bob became one of the leading voices helping acupuncture gain acceptance across the country, eventually helping pave the way for insurance companies to cover treatment.
Unfortunately, Bob passed away in 2016, but the work he started did not end with him but just the beginning of a new chapter.
Long before Remedy opened its doors, Blaize Connelly-Duggan (Bob’s son) was already doing the work.
In West Baltimore’s Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood, Blaize spent years helping people navigate addiction, recovery, and chronic pain through community-based care.
At Penn North Recovery, he worked alongside people dealing with the realities of the opioid epidemic every single day, using acupuncture, tai chi, counseling, and support programs to create alternatives where very few existed.
He saw firsthand what happens when people are given real options for wellness and also saw what happens when they are not.
So when Maryland passed one of the country’s most progressive medical cannabis laws in 2014, Blaize immediately recognized the opportunity.
To him, cannabis was a step in the same mission his family had believed in for decades: helping people feel better, live better, and have access to care.
That vision brought together Blaize and a longtime Maryland entrepreneur, Mitchell Trellis. These two built the foundation for Remedy, secured a license, assembled a team, and opened Remedy Columbia in the winter of 2017.
Even the name itself carries the story forward, whereby RMD stands for Robert Maurice Duggan.
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