As an Asian American and a recreational store owner, Gilbert is a rarity in an industry with a small percentage of minority stakeholders.

DAVID RHEE: Hello. My name is David. I am a Korean-American. Our family emigrated to the US back in 1977, when our family was moved thanks to the US Military. 

When Steven moved from the birthplace of the medical marijuana community of San Francisco to New York City, he went from a city awash in cannabis history to a city in need of cannabis education

Finding common ground: How do we speak to other Asians about Cannabis? Look for common ground, tradition, family stories, heritage, cooking + eating, healthcare, once you establish a commonality, you will find an open door to discuss the benefits of cannabis

Randy is one of our favorite writers in the cannabis industry, his piece on What the Cannabis Industry is Doing to Mainstream Weed clarified where we are heading from Colorado to California. 

I met Kristin the way most people meet nowadays, via Facebook, we met in the POC in Cannabis group where we discovered our shared views and agenda.

I was on a panel at the High Times Business Conference in Los Angeles last month, it was the diversity panel that appears at each cannabis conference, in many ways it is a great add and in other's it is the standard "got to have one of these" go to panel ideas.