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US: Humboldt County retailers take advantage of 420 Dan Squier Times-Standard Friday 20 Apr 2018 Around the corner, the flow of customers in and out of Heart of Humboldt, another cannabis retailer, was steady, while inside six vendors had set up stands to hawk their wares to customers for the decades-old annual marijuana holiday. Nigel Wallach, who was checking IDs at the door said it was busier on 420 than any other “normal” day. “It’s been busy since we opened and normally the morning hours are pretty slow,” he said. “Everyone is pretty happy to be outside; it’s sunny and it’s a nice day.” In 2016, the voters of California passed Proposition 64, a measure that decriminalized the cultivation, production, distribution and possession of recreational cannabis. “It’s an awesome day. Awesome to see so many people out today,” said 28-year-old Hannah Hazlett, who along with Petar Bojinov, manned a kiosk where they were selling pre-rolled joints. The pair work for Lucky 420, a cannabis company based in Sonoma County that sells 5-gram packages of seven pre-rolled joints. They were selling the Lucky 420s at a 42 percent discount in honor of 420 and the 15 employees with the company had split up to attend 420 events around the region. “This is a very exciting time and it’s great for us to get face time with so many customers,” Hazlett said. “Our product is super convenient and we sell it at a price that is hard to beat.” For Camas Sader, who works for Humboldt Legends, which sells a wide variety of cannabis infused products, the focus was “local, local, local.” “We work with only local farmers, small, mom-and-pop-type farms,” Sader said while standing behind the display that featured oils, pre-rolled joints and creams. “We employ local people, source all our materials from local suppliers and we realize we are moving into a whole new world with legal cannabis usage.” Case Mandel, who earned his Master’s in business at Humboldt State University, was standing at his display which featured Cannadips, a pouch of cannabis oil-infused tobacco similar to chewing tobacco. Mandel and his partners have developed a process to allow the tobacco to be infused with the cannabis oil and have two patents pending for the manner in which they produce the product. “We are in a unique space with this business,” Mandel said. “We raised about $1.5 million from local sources to get up and running and we work with Kretek International to distribute our product.” For Danny and Marcia Brownfield, the owners of Heart of Humboldt, much has changed in the cannabis industry in the past few years, and according to Danny Brownfield it’s been a mixed bag. “I have a lot of concerns about the way the laws were worded,” he said while sitting at a trim table inside the on-site grow facility. “Increasing costs are already making me think twice about the business. It costs us about $100,000 per year for the local and state licenses and they’re going to have to lower some prices or they’re going to drive people out of business or prevent them even getting started.” Brownfield operates a 1,100-square-foot grow facility, the largest allowed by Arcata city ordinance and if he wanted to expand his business to the Cannabis Innovation Zone, he would have to start a separate business, he’s prevented from transferring the current one. It’s not all doom and gloom, he said. “Cannabis culture is going mainstream. There is no longer that shame associated with cannabis and the reason people started using medical cannabis in the first place was because it works. This is not reefer madness — you’re trying to help people feel better.” http://www.times-standard.com/general-news/20180420/humboldt-county-retailers-take-advantage-of-420
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