September Hall of Flowers Expands; Opens To Public
Here’s a few items to know before the September 20-21 before you set off as the September Hall of Flowers Expands For the first time ever, the event will be held on a Friday/Saturday with Day 2 tickets available to the general public. Industry Day – Sept 20- will remain open only to exhibiting […]
Siesta Life Gives Customers A Lift
Literally and figuratively, Encinitas’ newest dispensary announced it would be providing transportation to and from Moonlight Beach to Siesta Life Dispensary on Coast Highway. Siesta Life’s Bertin Porcayo said “We are at the service of the community in every way possible to share our medicinal cannabis knowledge. While visiting our beautiful beaches in Encinitas […]
Book Review: JM Balbuena’s Green Renaissance
Book Review: JM Balbuena’s Green Renaissance By: Dina Nagib If you’ve met JM Balbuena, you know that she’s a friendly, soft-spoken, intelligent person who cares deeply and shows up. But when you read one of her books, you see her intelligence shine on another level, you hear her voice LOUDLY and you see her statements […]
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 […]
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, […]
