Women in Cannabis

Savina Monet is not your ordinary graphic designer. She’s an artist in the truest sense of the word, as well as an activist—and possibly a revolutionary. She stumbled into the world of collage art and made it her domain, incorporating clippings and images from vintage issues of High Times into her surreal pieces that reveal…

Evolution Wholesale, a Texas-based wholesale distributor of smoking accessories, has an interesting history that dates back to the late 1960s. The company was founded by Phil Roberts, one of the first glassblowers to create pipes for cannabis smokers. Over the years, Evolution Wholesale has broadened its product range to encompass a comprehensive selection of smoke…

Annie Sais has been an active member of the cannabis and smoke shop communities for over a decade. She is not only the creative entrepreneur behind Organabus, a brand of CBD products, but she also got her start at just 16 years old working with her sister and brother-in-law, Erin and Roger Kay, promoting Tasty…

Nancy Murray is a force to be reckoned with, and at 71 years old, she’s not slowing down anytime soon. As the owner of Feeling Groovy smoke shop in Peoria, Illinois, she’s built a successful business and loyal customer following that is the envy of her peers in the industry.

If you want to send congratulations to Lauren Miele you might do it with one of her own clever cannabis-centric greeting cards. As the owner/founder of KushKards, Miele has given her own creative touch to a common, everyday product that people give for birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and other special occasions, and transformed it into an entirely new category for the smoke shop and counterculture communities.

Amy Short loves cannabis and glass. As one of the family members, along with mom Leanne and sister Jennifer, behind Glass Vegas, the annual expo showcasing talented functional glass artists from across the country, it’s hard to say which one she enjoys more. Growing up in Vegas, Amy’s introduction to glass art came when she…

Shana Wilkinson considered putting on a little makeup before leaving her house on the day she planned to take pictures for this story, but then she remembered that not only was she going to be busy running errands for her businesses, it was also her gym day. Lipstick and eyeliner were the least of her…

Empowering Women to Embrace the Counterculture Lifestyle Amanda Smith was an on-again, off-again stoner throughout her twenties and thirties. For her, smoking cannabis was something she did for fun and to relax, but even being an adult, responsible for her own choices in life, she still felt the disapproving gaze from friends, family, and society….

“The first time I smoked a joint was in high school,” says Tina Tsui. “I ate the roach because I was told that’s what you’re supposed to do.”  Quite the embarrassing admission from Tsui, co-founder of Roll The Life (rollthelife.com), maker of pre-rolled tips, natural rolling papers, and smoking filters.  “If there had been a tip…

Promoting Smoke Shops as a Gender-Friendly Environment Women may be underrepresented in the smoke shop industry, but according to Nikki Carothers, co-owner of Herbal Equipment and Distribution, the circumstance is more of an opportunity than a challenge. “A lot of women feel more comfortable coming into a head shop with a female in charge,” Nikki…