In a cute little home right off Highway 2 in Spokane, Washington is 4:20 Friendly, a cannabis dispensary co-founded and operated by wives Carol Ehrhart and Alissa Taylor. The birth of the company came about after Washington state passed Initiative 502, which legalized both cannabis and same-sex marriage. This gave Ehrhart the brilliant idea to run the numbers and figure out … [Read more...] about Pride Month Spotlight: 4:20 Friendly
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A French-Californian Solution to Munchies
Madame Kim Geraghty’s Delicious Creations Madame Munchie, an LGBTQIA+-owned company founded in 2014 by Kim Geraghty, earns revenue through both the cultivation and retail aspects of cannabis. Using their sungrown cannabis from Geraghty’s family farm in the Mendocino Forest, Madame Munchie creates delicious edibles that taste as if they are straight from the cafés of … [Read more...] about A French-Californian Solution to Munchies
What NY’s Licenses Means For The Cannabis Industry
Previously Emerald reported on Chris Alexander, the executive director for New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), who is leading a public health campaign to prepare the state for safe use and access to cannabis. Since then, the OCM has granted more licenses to cannabis cultivators, bringing the total to 88 approved companies. Currently, the OCM plans for these … [Read more...] about What NY’s Licenses Means For The Cannabis Industry
Cannabis Industry Companies are Reducing Their Ecological Footprint
Credit: twenty20photos As the cannabis industry has gained prominence in the United States, companies that manufacture cannabis-related products have attempted to reduce the industry’s ecological footprint. One of these companies is Botani, a subset of the over 400-year-old paper manufacturing company Schweitzer-Mauduit International (SWM), that produces hemp-based … [Read more...] about Cannabis Industry Companies are Reducing Their Ecological Footprint
The War on People: Jonathan Wall Facing Life in Prison for Cannabis
Photo Courtesy of Jonathan Wall Cannabis is a multi-billion dollar industry in the United States, but not everyone can have a piece of the pie. While some Americans are profiting off of the new green economy, others are serving and facing lengthy sentences for the same activities. Cannabis related arrests in the U.S. account for more arrests than all violent … [Read more...] about The War on People: Jonathan Wall Facing Life in Prison for Cannabis