Photo credit: John Gilhooey Gary Payton played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), 13 of them in the cannabis-friendly state of Washington where he played for the now-defunct Seattle SuperSonics. His defense,

Ivan Moody hates being referred to as a rockstar. As frontman and lead singer of mega-successful American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch, he has performed in front of hundreds of thousands of fans around the world, and he has shared

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 10: 2 Chainz poses during a portrait session at John Ricard Studio. (Photo by John Ricard/Getty Images) As a chart-topping artist and beloved television host of VICELAND’s popular series Most Expensivest, 2 Chainz’s

 Photo Credit: Joey Martinez For over a decade, Lukas Nelson and his band Promise of the Real have been hard at work honing a country rock ‘n’ roll sound that has roots planted deep in the past but keeps its eyes forward and feet moving into

Since you're reading this magazine, the odds are good that you or someone you know could be described as a "weedhead." Meet Dasheeda Dawson. She's The WeedheadTM, with the trademark to prove it. And she's out to prove that you don't need to grow, sell or extract cannabis to succeed in the industry. "People focus a lot on the cultivation and the dispensing, and there are so many other spaces

Derek Thomas has always been a natural born leader. For over a decade he focused on fundraising and business development consulting for multiple cannabis firms, until he finally found his home as VP of Business Development at Veritas Farms. He is now responsible for bringing the company’s CBD products to a national corporate scale through a partnership with Kroger Co. Family of

You've heard the phrase "living hand to mouth." That's how Susan Hwang was forced to run her first medical cannabis dispensary—taking the day's sales revenue to Phoenix, Arizona to buy more cannabis to sell the next day, spending eight hours a day driving around. Even when the dispensary was making $1 million a month, she said and home was a one-bedroom apartment, not that it mattered.

Jamie Pearson is a cannabis executive who raised her children in a similar environment she herself lived in, and rebelled against, while growing up during the “War on Drugs” era. After being lifted up into the cannabis industry and becoming a mother herself, she is using her position, experience and knowledge to support others in the industry—especially other women who are in leadership

The remarkable explosion of the U.S. cannabis industry—from the black market to medical dispensaries to recreational sales in 10 states in a dizzyingly short span—couldn't have happened without a lot of people working hard to pull this plant from the shadows into the mainstream. At Vangst, the industry's largest job placement firm, the hard work has been to match some 10,000 job seekers

Photo Credit: Kelly Ginn Once upon a time, in the dark ages of cannabis prohibition, you probably didn't know who grew your cannabis, but if you did, they sure didn't have their name and a smiling photo on the bag. At California's BLOOM FARMS, the company wants customers to know who grew the cannabis, whether it's flower, tincture or oil form. You can find its name on the label and in some