SAN FRANCISCO — Female leaders of the cannabis industry in the Bay Area shared their secrets of success with up-and-coming women who want to stake a claim in the business during a gathering Thursday night hosted by Women Grow.
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The new and flourishing business of cannabis is drawing large numbers of women execs. Why does marijuana draw a higher percentage of women than many other industries?
Marijuana is now legal in some form in more than half of all states, and more women are legally getting into the pot industry -- many of them are moms.
For freelance art director Monica Lo, weed isn't just a cure for creative woes, it's also her burgeoning part-time business.
The parents say they are proud of their professions, but they don’t want their children to be inundated with marijuana talk — or, worse, to be judged at school by adults and children who disapprove of their parents’ work.
MERRY JANE presents "Trailblazing Cannabis" highlighting women thriving in the legal marijuana industry.
So much about selling legal cannabis remains to be worked out—including the industry’s gender norms.
The burgeoning sisterhood of Maryland's marijuana entrepreneurs gathered in the back room of a Columbia chain restaurant recently, swapping business ideas over chicken wings and cheese cubes.
With jurisdictions around the country legalizing pot for recreational and medicinal use, budding groups like Women Grow are rising to the forefront of what had been an illegal black market dominated by men.