PRESS RELEASE: Melissa Etheridge Models Female Leadership in the Legal Cannabis Industry

by Windy Borman | Jan 10, 2017 | Mary Janes Blog, Media

Grammy® Award-winning singer-songwriter Etheridge joins the cast of “ganjaprenuers” who appear in “Mary Janes: The Women of Weed”, a groundbreaking documentary about women in the weed business. Denver, CO, January 10, 2016 – DVA Productions has wrapped Production on...

Did the Cannabis Industry Lose Its Way Before It Started?

by Windy Borman | Nov 28, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Media, Notes from the Director

The future of the US cannabis industry has always been uncertain. But is it possible that the cannabis industry has lost its corporate responsibility before it’s really gotten started? On November 8, 2016, eight (8) more states voted to legalize cannabis. California,...

Notes From The Field: Filming in Oregon and Washington

by Windy Borman | Nov 4, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director, Notes from the Field

On October 28th, I returned to my home state of Oregon to film some inspiring “women of weed”, including 3 of the 10 women listed in a recent Huffington Post article about Oregon’s successful female “ganjaprenuers”. It was also the first time “Mary Janes: The Women of...

Leah Maurer | The Weed Blog

by Windy Borman | Nov 2, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Meet the Puffragettes

Leah is a canna-journalist and advocate who lives in Portland, Oregon. She was very involved in cannabis legalization there, helping found New Approach Oregon and starting a group called Moms for YES on Measure 91 during the legalization campaign in 2014.  She is one...

Stacia Cosner | Deputy Director, Students for Sensible Drug Policy

by Windy Borman | Oct 26, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Meet the Puffragettes

Anastacia “Stacia” Cosner is the Deputy Director for Students for Sensible Drug Policy. Stacia got involved with drug policy when she joined the campus SSDP chapter as a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park in 2005. The next year, she was elected...