We continue with Part two of our conversation with Danielle Schumacher, principal of the THC Staffing Group. Their mission is to build a diverse and inclusive cannabis industry by prioritizing employment and ownership for communities most impacted by the War on Drugs – particularly women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, formerly incarcerated individuals, people with disabilities, across [...]

I should admit up front that I am fond of Danielle. That fact has something to do with our conversation running long. But the true reason is Danielle has informed insights into the culture, policy, and our changing industry. So there is a Part one and two worth your time. Danielle leads the THC Staffing [...]

In her own words, Lelehnia describes her upbringing. “I grew up between two very opposite worlds. One where your body, your clothes, your trinkets, spoke to who you were. The other was in the Emerald Triangle, where those things just didn’t matter. Those “things” didn’t keep your pipes from bursting. Those “things” didn’t deliver your [...]

If you drive sixteen miles directly north of Area 101 you arrive at Five Sisters Farm, a small legacy farm on Highway 101 owned by Season George. As an experienced traveler –but one very unfamiliar with Trinity, Mendocino, and Humboldt counties — I cannot tell you what a valuable connection Season is to anyone seeking [...]

Sometimes as things change, it’s difficult to see it actually taking place. I sensed this shift when I attended Cannabis Career Day at Stockton University. Professor Sedia, who invited me, is the Coordinator of the University’s Cannabis Studies minor. Her focus, along with her colleague Rob Mejia, is on preparing students for emerging jobs in [...]

This former pediatric nurse became a medical refugee after a workplace accident resulted in a traumatic brain injury when she sought to help vaccinate a child. If you have experienced Nikki Lawley then you will not be surprised to hear her say “I am more than my brain injury.” Our podcast conversation centered on how [...]

Dr. Felecia, as she is known among cohorts came into the cannabis industry, like some of us, sometime after Dr. Sanjay Gupta publically changed his mind about cannabis on a 2019 CNN program. Gupta’s realization that cannabis is medicine gave patients and practitioners space to rethink what we’d all been taught. We all began asking [...]

Otha Smith III, Founder, and CEO of Tetragram took the powerful practice of journaling one’s experience with arguably the most communal plant to a different level with the creation of one of a very few minority-owned technology platforms in the cannabis space. Let’s give props because they are due. In our conversation, this former computer [...]

Canna-nerd, supremely accomplished, understated, doubly degreed botanist and biologist, Liz Rogan can often be found with fellow correspondents on Clubhouse’s “The State of Cannabis NewsHour” and on its YouTube channel. She joined me on the “Me and Mary Jane” podcast to talk about Trends for 2022. This is one of my favorite information-packed conversations. Like [...]

I caught up with Elana Goldberg, Cannigma’s CEO and soon-to-be certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, over a cup of virtual coffee. It was the evening for her and she was enjoying a glass of wine just north of Tel Aviv. For me, it was morning on the west coast of North America. We were to chat [...]