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Discovering the Tar Tubes Pre-Roll Filter: What’s Really Coming Through Your Joint?
What’s actually coming through your joint? Meet Tar Tubes inventors Nancy Domenichelli and Diana Langle and discover how a stoned idea between two friends became an innovative pre-roll filter adapter now making its way into dispensaries.

Ishqa Hillman
5 min read


Spenta Mehraban of Grown Women Good Weed: Creating the Belonging Her Family Fought to Find
Spenta Mehraban’s work in cannabis community began with a much older story of belonging. From her family’s escape from Afghanistan to GWGW and the Women’s Lounge at Hall of Flowers, this is a story of legacy coming full circle.

Ishqa Hillman
5 min read


Miguel Lozano’s Blazr Cannabis Dating App Is Building Community Beyond the Swipe
Meet Miguel Lozano, the “Cupid of Cannabis” behind Blazr. After three decades of cannabis culture and entrepreneurship, he’s building a dating and social platform where cannabis consumers can connect without judgment.

Ishqa Hillman
4 min read


Cannabis Safety with Sarah Kiah Morton: How LOCKGREEN Turns Advocacy Into Protection
Cannabis storage safety is about more than organization. Secure storage, clear education and an understanding of local rules can help protect children, pets, patients and responsible adult consumers. For Sarah Kiah Morton, cannabis safety isn’t simply a product category—it’s personal. The co-founder and CEO of LOCKGREEN has spent years advocating for cannabis law reform while building a company designed to help consumers navigate the complicated realities of legalization. In

Ishqa Hillman
5 min read


Sarah Strickler on Cannabis Leadership, Community and Growing Grown Rogue
Grown Rogue co-founder Sarah Strickler joins Ishqa Hillman to talk cannabis leadership, scaling with integrity, building strong teams, challenging stigma, and creating a company rooted in community.

Ishqa Hillman
5 min read


Andrew Heckman on Building OGGO Growth Systems and the Future of Cannabis Innovation
Andrew Heckman shares how years of cultivating, building, and overcoming setbacks led to OGGO Growth Systems. Discover how entrepreneurship, innovation, and community are shaping the future of cannabis cultivation.

Ishqa Hillman
4 min read


She's Taking a Break: How Joyce Gerber Wrote the First Cannabis Friendly Fiction Novel
Joyce Gerber spent years giving voice to women in cannabis. Now she's doing it through fiction. Her debut novel She's Taking a Break is the first book written in a genre she created herself — and it's exactly the story sophisticated stoners have been waiting for.

Ishqa Hillman
5 min read


Colombia Cannabis Attorney Juliana Salazar on International Cannabis Law, Latin America, and Building Across Borders
Colombian cannabis attorney Juliana Salazar of Rudick Law Group joins The Canna Boss Babes® to talk international cannabis law, Latin America's green rush, doing business in Colombia the right way, and why the industry keeps making the same mistakes in new markets.

Ishqa Hillman
5 min read


Cannabis Dispensary Retention Is Broken — Steph Vrona of HighDef Studio
Steph Vrona of HighDef Studio has spent a decade inside cannabis operations — and she's here to tell you that bad data, distillate overload, and ignoring your medical patients are quietly costing you everything. Here's what to do about it.

Ishqa Hillman
4 min read


Scott Rusczyk on Coachella Valley Canna Week: Building Cannabis Community in the Desert
A behind-the-scenes look at Coachella Valley Canna Week, where cannabis, community, and culture collide to reshape perceptions and build a thriving local industry.

Ishqa Hillman
3 min read


Empowering Patients: Sherri Mack's Journey in Cannabis Nursing
Cannabis nurse Sherri Mack shares how plant medicine transformed her health journey and why education, patient empowerment, and cannabis nursing are shaping the future of healthcare.

Ishqa Hillman
5 min read


Danielle Wildstein on Building Blue Oak Dispensary and Reimagining Cannabis Retail
Danielle Wildstein, founder of Blue Oak Dispensary in New Jersey, shares how a deeply personal journey led her from pharma to cannabis—and why education, community, and patient-first retail matter more than ever.

Ishqa Hillman
4 min read


Coachella Valley Canna Week Spotlight: Elisabeth Mack on Cannabis Education & Healthy Aging
Nurse and author Elisabeth Mack joins The Canna Boss Babes Podcast to discuss cannabis education, healthy aging, and the work of the CVCAN Health & Wellness Committee.

Ishqa Hillman
3 min read


Mia Garlock on Cannabis Education, Women’s Health, and the Science Behind the Plant
Cannabis educator Mia Garlock shares her journey from cannabis skeptic to science communicator, exploring women’s health, cannabinoids, and the power of cannabis education.

Ishqa Hillman
4 min read


The Cannabis Film Festival That's Celebrating Weird Cinema — And We're Here For It
Horror films. Cannabis vibes. Brooklyn. Christopher Wells is throwing the cannabis film festival we didn't know we needed — and it sounds like the best night out of the year.

Ishqa Hillman
4 min read


Cannabis Sentencing Enhancements: Victoria Cvitanovic on the Justice Issue Few People Are Talking About
Former prosecutor turned attorney Victoria Cvitanovic joins The Canna Boss Babes Podcast to explain how cannabis sentencing enhancements and “multiple billing” are quietly extending prison sentences across the United States.

Ishqa Hillman
4 min read


Why Cannabis Business Financing Has Always Been a Problem
From invoice factoring to revolving lines of credit, Biz Funds Hub founder Bill Telford is on a mission to solve the cannabis industry's biggest problem: access to capital. Here's how it works.

Ishqa Hillman
5 min read


Caron Cooper: Building Women in Cannabis Community & Businesses
Caron Cooper wears many hats: web designer for 450+ cannabis businesses, founder of CannaSite, and steward of Women Employed in Cannabis (WEIC). After moving cross-country for legal cannabis access, she discovered an industry full of farmers needing marketing help. Now she's building something bigger than websites—she's creating spaces and stages for women in cannabis to connect, collaborate, and thrive. Learn why community beats competition and how WEIC supports women entrep

Ishqa Hillman
7 min read


Sex, Drugs & Perimenopause: Breaking Every Taboo with Tanya Griffin of oOYes
Tanya Griffin, founder of oOYes sexual wellness products, doesn't mince words about what women deserve: great sex, the right drugs (yes, including cannabis and psychedelics), and hormone therapy that actually works. In this candid conversation, she shares nearly 20 years of cannabis industry experience, the truth about perimenopause and estrogen therapy, how to microdose psychedelics safely, and why sexual wellness products should be edible.

Ishqa Hillman
4 min read


Cannatrol Review: Perfect Cannabis Drying and Curing at Home
In this follow-up Cannatrol interview, Jane Sandelman explains controlled drying and curing, water activity, the Cool Cure system and why post-harvest consistency matters.

Ishqa Hillman
7 min read
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