Women in the Weed Business Are Breaking Through the 'Grass Ceiling'

The Women Grow leadership summit in Colorado last month unveiled a rising force in the marijuana industry.

 

They came wearing stiletto heels, running shoes, cowboy boots, ballet flats and even high heel sneakers. They were hard-working professionals, most of them mothers, gathered around a fake campfire at the five-star Cordillera Lodge in the Rocky Mountains. Despite the occasional rain shower, they roasted marshmallows for s'mores, howled with laughter, and soaked naked in the Jacuzzi while eating crème brulee.

It was May 15, the first night of the Leadership Summit organized by Women Grow, whose mission is to train--or "cultivate"--women to be leaders of the cannabis industry, which the Arcview research group has called "the fastest growing industry in the U.S." Now that marijuana is medically legal in 23 states plus the District of Columbia and fully legal in four, Women Grow asserts that it's time for women to claim their place....

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