© Veronica Castillo “Yo soy Boricua, pa’que tu sepas” – these words echo through the streets of Puerto Rico with pride and conviction. After six years of nomadic exploration across the United States cannabis industry and four transformative months in Puerto Rico during 2022-2023, I’ve found myself drawn back to the island that the Taino… Read more: Return to Boriken: Finding Home in the Land of the Great Lords

Ericka Padilla-Toro, known as The Ganja Goddess, and founder of GG’s Garden Strain Journal is spearheading a statewide holiday toy drive uniting New Jersey’s cannabis industry to benefit The Children’s Home Society of New Jersey (TCHS). The initiative brings together dispensaries, brands, and ancillary businesses to support families during the holiday season. “Through this toy drive, we’re… Read more: New Jersey Cannabis Industry Launches Holiday Toy Drive to Benefit Local Families Led by GG’s Garden Co. 

“Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.” — Robert Browning Motherhood is an experience you can’t quite describe. It’s beautifully challenging, comical, life-affirming, and exhausting all at the same time. The amount of anxiety I have on a daily basis to make sure I usher my little human beings through life and into greatness without… Read more: The Journey of Black Motherhood: Self-Care, Growth and Cannabis