March & Ash/Red Thread Project Collaboration Provides Inmate Training
March & Ash/Red Thread Project Collaboration Provides Inmate Training San Diego based cannabis retailer March & Ash has partnered with The Red Thread Project which is ran by Poli Diseños in partnership with the State Penitentiary System Baja California to provide business and vocational skills to female inmates at Tijuana’s CERESO Femenil (Tijuana Female Correctional […]
6 San Diego Cannabis Events You Shouldn’t Miss
6 San Diego Cannabis Events You Shouldn’t Miss Summer is clearly heating up and the social scene will be in full bloom over the next 10 days. Here are 6 San Diego cannabis events you shouldn’t miss. August 10 STIIIZY Grand Opening 10:00 AM STIIIZY is hosting a Grand Opening event and getting the local […]
Siesta Life Dispensary Opens in Encinitas
Siesta Life Dispensary Opens in Encinitas Last week Siesta Life opened its doors for business, bringing the count of Encinitas dispensaries to 3. Wellgreens and The Cake House opened in April, and Stiiizy in Leucadia should be open in a few weeks. Operated by Managing Partner Bert Porcayo, Siesta Life will have its grand opening […]
Farmers Cup presents 710 Awards Sesh
Farmers Cup presents 710 Awards Sesh August 11 marks the day Concentrates take center stage as Farmers Cup presents 710 Awards Sesh. Contestants in 4 categories will learn if their oils are best of the best: Concentrates (Solvent), Rosin, Vape Carts and Infused Pre Rolls. “We are one of the only peoples’ choice competitions that […]
LA Times Opinion: Why legal weed is one of the most successful — yet disappointing — social movements
Opinion: Why legal weed is one of the most successful — yet disappointing — social movements Opinion: Why legal weed is one of the most successful — yet disappointing — social movements By Joseph Mello June 25, 2024 9:38 AM PT Cannabis prohibition remains central to America’s failed war on drugs — upwards of half a million people […]
Cannabis demand skewing away from Flower toward Vape Pens and Pre Rolls
Cannabis demand skewing away from Flower toward Vape Pens and Pre Rolls Are 1/8’s a dying breed? Based on our most recent dispensary rankings, the once dominant Pre Pack Flower category is no longer king of dispensary shelf space. (Pre Pack Flower is defined as flower weighing from 1 gram to 1 ounce.) Just 4 months […]
San Diego Cannabis Activist Wins Merit Prizes for Social Equity Documentary
Last week “Roll Up for Equity”, the cannabis social equity documentary directed by JM Balbuena, earned 2 Awards By Merit in the Accolade Competition. Balbuena’s film snagged both the Women Filmmaker and Liberation/Social Justice/Protest awards of merit. The 31 minute documentary that exposes San Diego’s struggle to implement social equity within its regulated cannabis industry, […]
City of Vista Unveils Cannabis Social Equity Assessment, Questions Remain
Last night the City of Vista unveiled its Cannabis Social Equity Assessment, presented by SCI Consulting Group. The online meeting meeting discussed two documents, the assessment itself and its accompanying manual. The meeting included public discourse, with live comments allowed throughout. Viewer comments ranged from specific details of qualification to questioning from unconvinced citizens, to […]
“Lazy Stoner” to run Rock N Roll Marathon
UPDATE: Shaggy completed the marathon and finished a poetic 4,420th. San Diego budtender and influencer Shaggy Bullock has been training for the run of his life, San Diego’s Rock & Roll Marathon on June 2. The Cannabist floor manager known for his groovy podcast series “A Trip Down Stoner Drive“, is motivated for myriad reasons, […]
