by Barbara Platts | Jul 23, 2021 | BRANDVOICE, Innovation
Walk into the recently restored Marijuana Mansion on Grant Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, and it’s easy to feel like you’ve entered the Victorian era – a time when the Mile High City was home to just over 100,000 people and the main mode of...
by Barbara Platts | Mar 17, 2021 | Innovation
At District Derp, customers buy a painting by a dog and receive a cannabis gift Anaïs Hayes and Christopher Licata’s cannabis business started with a dog and a bet. In 2018, three years after the life and business partners adopted an Alaskan Klee Kai puppy...
by Barbara Platts | Mar 9, 2021 | Innovation
The last year has brought to light many inequities and challenges in the cannabis industry, and some organizations are taking this time to have tough conversations in hopes of making positive change. A global feminist community for active cannabis culture, Tokeativity...
by Katy Ibsen | Mar 4, 2021 | Innovation
Well, naturally this SWEET JANE post is behind schedule. Fatigued from 2020 and optimistic for 2021, we, like all, didn’t expect the year to begin with such sadness. But the lesson learned is to assume nothing (a common saying in journalism). SWEET JANE has spent...
by Leah Maurer | Mar 2, 2021 | Innovation, Parenting
Witnessing children with life-threatening diagnoses survive as a result of cannabis therapy has created an empathetic wave and propelled cannabis legalization. We’ve watched as the hearts of politicians have been tugged to give a few more families hope that their...
by Barbara Platts | Feb 23, 2021 | Innovation, Parenting
This personal essay was originally published on Lunch Ticket, a literary and art journal dedicated to issues of social, economic, and environmental justice. Click here to see the original post. I’ve never been particularly good at change. When I was nine years...
by MAMAFitWhit | Jun 25, 2020 | Innovation, Parenting
Superwoman Syndrome pushes mothers to do it all, but what about our well-being? Superwoman, much like mothers, is … Perfect. Strong. Beautiful. Independent. As a young girl I remember my mother coming home from work, setting her stuff down on the table and...
by Luna Reyna | Jun 12, 2020 | Innovation
Editor’s Note: We met the Colored Cannabis Collective in August of 2019, long before the horrific and racist event of George Floyd’s death by MInneapolis police on May 25, but long after continual attempts for racial equality in America. Of late, the Colored Cannabis...
by Katy Ibsen | May 12, 2020 | Innovation
If cannabis media doesn’t treat consuming parents with dignity, who will? EDITOR’S NOTE: Soon after publishing this letter, Merry Jane updated the featured image to the article along with an editor’s note about the feedback from readers. We...
by Barbara Platts | May 9, 2020 | Innovation
Cannabis brand Garden Society teams up with competitors in uncertain times In a time when all small businesses are feeling the effects of the restrictions put in place due to the coronavirus pandemic, a gourmet chocolate edibles company based in Northern California...
by MAMAFitWhit | May 9, 2020 | Innovation, Parenting
MamaFitWhit Reflects on Motherhood “Mother” to me is one’s influence on children. It’s how I witnessed my own mother use her own intuition and discernment. In turn it’s now how I stand, speak, and treat other people including my children. That is motherhood in my...
by Barbara Platts | Apr 27, 2020 | Innovation, Seniors
Editor’s Note: This story was inspired by the New York Times piece, How to Buy Wine: Five Questions to Ask as part of our If Weed Was Legal column. You don’t have to be a cannabis connoisseur to find your way around a dispensary. Just start your shopping...
