Top 5 Cannabis Dispensaries in Chicago

Chicago skyline pictured from Lake Michigan. Photo: Ashokf11 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Chicago has five Illinois-licensed cannabis dispensaries that justify a Loop-to-North-Side route. Four sit inside the city limits between the Magnificent Mile and Andersonville, and one is forty miles north in Mundelein because that is where the state’s first legal cannabis consumption […]

Top 5 Cannabis Dispensaries in Detroit

Detroit skyline from the Riverwalk. Photo by TheWxResearcher via Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Detroit has five state-licensed cannabis dispensaries that justify a Woodward Avenue route. Three sit inside the city limits on 8 Mile, one is across the border in Hamtramck, and one anchors the East Jefferson riverfront on the way to Belle Isle. The other […]

Snoop Dogg Cannabis Brands: Inside the Full Portfolio

Snoop Dogg has built the largest celebrity cannabis portfolio in the United States. Eight active ventures, a venture fund managing roughly $250 million, a media property, and a breakfast cereal that quietly out-earns the weed. The myth and the P&L do not always agree. The first cultivation deal collapsed when the retail partner sold out. […]

Willie Nelson Cannabis Brands and the Country Music Canon

Willie Nelson made cannabis inevitable for country music. A decade after Willie’s Reserve launched in Colorado, the country-cannabis brand canon includes Willie’s Remedy CBD, Margo Price’s hemp line, and a wider cohort of artists doing the cultural work without products on shelves.