420 GIRLS

What would you do after winning a cash prize from a prestigious baking contest? For Karin Lazarus, the answer was clear: create a cannabis-infused edibles company. As medical marijuana commercialization took hold in Colorado over fourteen years ago, Lazarus was fascinated with cannabis but hadn’t been much of a consumer since her college days. “I just always loved the idea of...

Women respond differently to cannabis than men.The behavioral and neurobiological effects of cannabis in females have different magnitudes depending on the level of sex hormones.Females may be more sensitive to the pain-relieving and euphoric effects of cannabis than males. Women respond differently to cannabis than men. Females report experiencing a greater “High” than male participants when given a relatively low...

After discovering cannabis to relieve the chronic pain she had suffered for years, Shauna Levy set out on a mission to revolutionize the world of cannabinoids for women with her line of products—currently available in Ontario and Alberta—but will be expanding nationwide in the future. We chatted with Levy about launching her brand, breaking the taboo surrounding cannabis and...

Hollywood has never shied away from cannabis use, and many stars speak openly about it on the red carpet and in interviews — whether it is legal in their state or not. Now, more female celebrities are feeling comfortable about talking about the benefits it brings to their lives and why they think it should be legalized in all...

When Rita Hall managed the renovation of a 10,0000-square-foot facility to house BeeHighVE, Newfoundland and Labrador’s first licensed producer of cannabis, the workers on the job preferred speaking to her husband. “‘How come you want to know about all this stuff? Why don’t you just leave it to us?’” she recalls them saying to her. They had clearly neglected to...