Sacramento Announces Crystal Nugs Finalists For New Pot Shop Permits
On Thursday, city leaders announced the finalists for ten new pot shop permits. The demand for these licenses is huge and big money is at stake. Read Full Story Here
Cannabis entrepreneurs plan manufacturing, distribution, incubator space in North Sac
After becoming among the first Black women in the Sacramento region to run their own cannabis businesses, Maisha Bahati and Miko Banks are looking to extend opportunities to others looking to get into the local industry. Read Full Story Here
The legal cannabis industry booms during the pandemic while backdoor drug dealers struggle, and cartels turn to social action while their business is at a standstill.
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Cannabis practices in coronavirus era
Bahati said that every Crystal Nugs product has been popular, including flower, cartridges, edibles, tinctures and bath bombs. “Initially, many customers stated they were stockpiling because they weren’t sure if cannabis retailers would remain open,” she said. Read Full Story Here
Dispensaries, Local Breweries See More Customers Coming To Stock Up
Crystal Nugs, a delivery dispensary, said orders have doubled. “It’s just been non-stop. A lot of the orders are starting as soon as we open at 8:30 and they’re going constantly by the time we close at 9,” Maisha Bahati, co-founder of Crystal Nugs, said. Watch video here
How marijuana prohibition blocks people of color from getting into the legal cannabis industry
Decades of marijuana prohibition and high incarceration rates for marijuana convictions has left many Black and Hispanic people out of the legal marijuana boom. Read Full Story Here
California marijuana sales surge amid COVID-19 business closures
Marijuana dispensaries are seeing a boost in sales after Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered all non-essential businesses to close their doors.
Maisha Bahati is the co-founder of Crystal Nugs, the first minority and women-owned cannabis delivery service in Sacramento. “Business has been great, especially this last week,” Bahati said. Read Full Story Here
Women of color in the cannabis industry | Extended interview with Maisha Bahati
Maisha Bahati is co-owner of Crystal Nugs, Sacramento’s first women and minority-owned cannabis delivery service. She wants to see more women of color in the cannabis industry. Read the full article: https://bit.ly/38ApYm3
Minority-owned business forges path in local cannabis industry
Crystal Nugs is part of an emerging undercurrent of independent, minority-owned businesses in Sacramento’s cannabis scene.
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Crystal Nugs Enters the Sacramento Marketplace
The first Black-owned Cannabis delivery company, Crystal Nugs, in Sacramento has joined the ranks of white dominated industry of dispensaries across America. NBC reports that Whites make up more than 80 percent of marijuana business owners, compared with only 4.3 percent of Blacks. But more people of color are entering the industry…
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Delivery Divas
The women behind Crystal Nugs aim high as one of the area’s first female-owned cannabis delivery services in the area.
Sacramento businesswoman Melina Brown and fashion designer Maisha Bahati walk to a warehouse off Richards Boulevard. The two enter the vacant building, where the first thing they come across is cardboard hanging from the ceiling and concrete walls cracked down to the dirt-covered cement floors… Read Full Story Here
24 Cities Sue State Over Regulations, Trying To Put An End To Pot Delivery
SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) — Two-dozen municipalities across California coming together to try to put an end to pot deliveries. Eleven local cities from Solano to Stanislaus counties have joined the lawsuit.
The state policy says marijuana companies can drive around and make home deliveries anywhere in the state, but leaders from 24 cities now want local control over who can deliver and where. Some marijuana companies say regulating deliveries will put the brakes on their businesses for good.
Maisha Bahati is co-owner of a new marijuana business: “Crystal Nugs.” The company only does delivery…
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