* The following article was originally published in the October issue of Marijuana Venture, available now. With each transition of Colorado’s cannabis market — from unregulated…
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Inspired by their own elderly parents’ use of cannabis for their “senior ailments,” Octavia Wellness co-founders Carrie Tice and Adam Souzis saw a business opportunity…
In the cannabis industry, catch phrases like “high-end” and “upscale” have been attached to so many items that the words have practically lost all meaning.…