Category Archives: Business

Alabama Pauses Medical Cannabis Licenses, Citing Problems With Application Process

Alabama, Business, Dispensaries, Gov. Kay Ivey, licensing, medical cannabis, News

Regulators in Alabama last week abruptly suspended the process of awarding business licenses for the state’s new medical cannabis program, citing the “discovery of potential inconsistencies” in the application process. During an emergency meeting on Friday, the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission voted to “stay all proceedings related to the current offering of medical cannabis business licenses.” The commission said that the stay was issued following the “discovery of potential inconsistencies in the tabulation of scoring data” used to evaluate applications for business licenses. During the commission, the […]

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Angela Pih Is a Master of Brands

Angela Pih, Asian, BIPOC, Business, Cannabis Industry, dime bag, Interview, Kingpen, StateHouse Holdings, Sustainability, urbn leaf, Women

Angela Pih knows how to market to consumers because she’s perceptive and sensitive to her audience’s unique needs. Coming from an advertising and fashion background, Pih understands that branding is all about understanding the consumer. She now works as the head of marketing for StateHouse Holdings, which may sound like the name of some sort of hedge fund but is actually one of California’s leading cannabis companies and home to such brands as Dime Bag, Kingpen, and Urbn Leaf. High Times sat down with Pih to talk […]

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Brand Spotlight: Mary’s Medicinals

Brand Spotlight, Business, Denver, Mary's Medicinals, medical cannabis, People, Products

From a young age, Allie Greenstone had known that she wanted to work with cannabis. When, during her college years in Michigan, medical marijuana ended up on the ballot, she printed over a hundred T-shirts that read “Yes to Prop 1” in a kitschy, leafy font. Fittingly, she started her career as a budtender in Denver, while also keeping up with the latest in cultivar and cannabinoid research. Greenstone’s well-rounded knowledge of and appreciation for cannabis would eventually land her a place at Mary’s Medicinals, where she […]

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