Patrick Wagner

Anthony Arline II has crafted a series of budtender events that are much more than the intoxicating whirlwind of free handouts and swag that are common throughout the industry. The Session is a series of consumption-friendly budtender events in Michigan that welcome thousands of budtenders to check out dozens of brands.

As a Ph.D. student, Jordan Zager studied how terpenes were made across plant species.

Rachael Curry and Lucas Marr are two reasons Uncle Ike's Pot Shop has remained one of Washington's leading cannabis retailers. Both were hired during COVID in 2021, both worked their way up the ladder to their current positions, and both have an eye for numbers.

King Newsom, His Arrogance, and the Massive Devaluation of California Citizens

July 19, 2026 By Patrick Wagner, MD, Connect the dots and determine the nexus of the non-profit integrated ‘healthcare' industrial complexes

Chris Pappademas saw his career path temporarily derailed by COVID.

As the heiress of Humboldt Seed Company, Halle Pennington has carried one of the industry's most prestigious legacies since she was a child.

Oliver Goulet helped launch Sugar Nest Extracts on a simple principle: “We won't put out a product that we won't smoke ourselves.”

Alex Mazin still thinks about a piece of advice a mentor gave him years ago: “Make sure you plant the tree straight.”

In an industry that has, to be completely honest, not lived up to the expectations of many investors, Sun Theory is proving to be somewhat of an anomaly: a company that generates actual profits.