Cannabis Safety with Sarah Kiah Morton: How LOCKGREEN Turns Advocacy Into Protection
- Ishqa Hillman
- 4 hours ago
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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 this episode of The Canna Boss Babes Podcast, Sarah joins Ishqa Hillman for a conversation that moves far beyond stash boxes, exploring criminalization, parenting, harm reduction, stigma, advocacy, and what responsible cannabis use actually looks like in a country where the rules continue to change.
Sarah’s approach is rooted in something deceptively simple: people deserve to understand the laws that affect them. Legalization may have changed the conversation around cannabis, but it hasn’t necessarily made navigating cannabis laws easy. Consumers can know cannabis is legal in their state without understanding how much they can possess, where they can store it, or what happens when cannabis is inside their vehicle. For Sarah, closing that knowledge gap is part of protecting the community.
Cannabis Safety with Sarah Kiah Morton Started With a Personal Story
LOCKGREEN began after Virginia legalized adult-use cannabis, but Sarah and her husband were thinking about more than legalization celebrations. They were thinking about what happens after legalization—when ordinary consumers suddenly have to understand a new collection of rules governing storage, transportation and possession.
The issue was especially personal because Sarah’s husband received a nonviolent cannabis charge while attending the University of Virginia. Years later, the consequences of that charge continued to follow him. His path eventually led him to Colorado and into the cannabis industry, where he built more than 15 years of experience, but Sarah knows that most people don't have the ability—or desire—to relocate across the country and rebuild their careers around cannabis.
"Not knowing is not a legal defense."
That experience became part of the foundation for LOCKGREEN. Sarah and her husband wanted to create something that could help prevent other families from experiencing the consequences they had experienced themselves. Their answer was a portable, locking, smell-proof storage solution designed with responsible cannabis storage and travel in mind.
Today, the mission has expanded beyond individual consumers. Sarah says municipalities and nonprofits have purchased LOCKGREEN stash boxes in bulk as part of harm reduction initiatives, including programs serving parents and other community members who need secure medication storage. The company’s current website describes its stash boxes as smell-proof and water-resistant, with built-in combination locks designed to help keep children, pets and other unintended users out.
"Our goal is to be the gold standard of cannabis safety."
That ambition explains why Sarah talks about education as much as she talks about products. Laws can change, and requirements differ from one jurisdiction to another. Her message isn't that consumers have to agree with every cannabis law. It’s that understanding the law can help protect them while advocates continue working to change policies they believe are unjust.
Who Is Sarah Kiah Morton?
Sarah Kiah Morton is the co-founder and CEO of LOCKGREEN, a cannabis safety company focused on secure storage, responsible transportation, education and harm reduction. Before entering cannabis entrepreneurship, Sarah spent more than 15 years in community engagement and business development in Corporate America, including serving as a vice president at a major consulting firm and building a multimillion-dollar book of business from scratch. She has also been recognized as one of Southeast Virginia’s Top 40 Under 40 Professionals.
Since 2018, Sarah has advocated for cannabis law reform in Virginia through community forums, town halls, industry events, social media education and media appearances. That corporate background has given her an interesting position within cannabis advocacy: she knows how to speak about the plant in rooms where cannabis may still carry stigma.
Sarah believes bridging those worlds matters. For decades, cannabis consumers have been reduced to stereotypes that fail to represent the parents, veterans, professionals, entrepreneurs and everyday people who consume cannabis while building families, careers and communities. By bringing cannabis conversations into professional and mainstream spaces, Sarah sees an opportunity to challenge those assumptions.
"We started it really to help prevent people from having cannabis law violations."
That mission also shows up in the way LOCKGREEN develops products. Sarah explains that after gathering hundreds of community survey responses, the company made changes based directly on customer feedback, including upgrading its zippers and accessories. Its storage ecosystem now includes customizable pick-and-pull foam and UV glass jars alongside its locking stash boxes.
From Cannabis Stigma to Harm Reduction
One of the most compelling parts of Sarah’s story is how naturally business, motherhood and advocacy overlap. As a mother, she understands the fear cannabis-consuming parents can experience around safe storage and potential scrutiny. She recalls hearing from a customer who was able to show child protective services that her cannabis was securely locked away—exactly the kind of real-world protection Sarah hoped LOCKGREEN could provide.
That philosophy extends into her own home. Rather than making cannabis secretive or taboo, Sarah and her husband have chosen age-appropriate openness with their children. Cannabis exists in their household, and so do conversations about what it is, why adults may choose to consume it, and why it isn't for children. For Sarah, education removes some of the mystery that can otherwise make cannabis more enticing simply because it is forbidden.
The same principle applies to the larger cannabis conversation. Consumers outside the industry may not know the difference between hemp and marijuana laws, understand cannabinoids beyond THC and CBD, or follow every policy debate happening in Washington or their statehouse. Sarah argues that those who do understand have a responsibility to translate that complexity into information ordinary people can actually use.
That may be where LOCKGREEN’s larger purpose becomes clearest. The company sells storage products, but the story underneath them is about giving consumers tools—physical and educational—to move through the world with greater confidence. It is entrepreneurship built around a question Sarah and her husband first asked years ago: How can we help the community?
Watch, Listen & SUBSCRIBE to the full episode of The Canna Boss Babes Podcast to hear Sarah Kiah Morton share the personal story behind LOCKGREEN, what she has learned from cannabis advocacy in Virginia, how motherhood shaped her approach to responsible consumption, and why she believes safety and education must remain central as legalization evolves.
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