For The Woman Who Does It All (While Stoned)

Mom. CEO. Dog Walker. Stoner. Swap the outdated image of the lazy guy hotboxing his basement for a briefcase and a resin-free rolling tray. It’s official: women have outpaced men in cannabis consumption.

Now pair that with the fact that women have overtaken men in the college-educated workforce and try telling us it’s a coincidence…

Are we really surprised that the ones running the show are also the biggest stoners? Every powerhouse needs her power wind down… or wind up… or microdose in between. Women and weed share a common strength in their ability to do it all across a full spectrum.

Not to mention that the flower-producing plants themselves are female, and can only reach their full THC potential without a male in the picture. Science has never been more relatable.

And to set the record straight, this is definitely not a new development. The relationship between women and cannabis dates back thousands of years; as long as there’s been weed to grow, there’ve been women to smoke it.

Cannabis History Is Women’s History

Imagine this: it’s the 7th century BCE in Mesopotamia; the Hanging Gardens of Babylon are in full bloom, and a bunch of women are lounging around getting baked.

Seems accurate enough considering that the earliest references to women and cannabis date back to its recorded uses in women’s health in ancient Mesopotamia. Approximately 2,700 years before medical marijuana, these women were practicing the ancient art of getting high on their own supply. While making things like childbirth and period cramps a lot more manageable.

Jump ahead a couple millennia and even royal dames were notorious for kicking back with an afternoon sesh. Queen Victoria, ever the proper Brit, took her cannabis the civilized way: as a teatime tincture.

On our home turf, “Brownie Mary” or Mary Rathburn, pioneered the modern edibles movement in San Francisco in the 1980s and helped open the first medical marijuana dispensary in the U.S.

Women have been growing, prescribing, consuming, and championing cannabis for millennia, which makes it fitting that today, women hold 39% of executive positions in the cannabis industry.

And you can bet that the most long-term, loyal consumers are also the masterminds behind a product that hits harder than high tea with Queen Victoria herself.

Some of Our Favorite Women-Owned Weed Brands

Doing right by our stoned heroines, here’s a curated selection of top picks to keep you high all through Women’s History Month.

Betty’s Eddies: Real fruit, all-natural ingredients, full-spectrum cannabis, and a hit of herbal supplements; skip dessert and go straight for some Berry in Love Strawberry Chocolate Fruit Chews. Then wait an hour and reconsider that dessert… or two… or three.

Edie Parker: Mid-century chic meets artisanal flower. Cute enough to be an accessory, potent enough to transport you to ancient Mesopotamia. Take an afternoon staycation with the Peach Bellini Vape, no notes.

Rove: From cultivation to extraction, Rove’s production is entirely in-house. Their terpy extracts are at the intersection of max flavor and max cannabis experience. The Strawberry Cough Live Resin Diamond Vape will take you from dog walk to full sensory experience.

Other great ways to support women in weed? Hit up their dispensaries. Here are some of our favorite women-owned dispensaries in the DMV:

Mary and Main:Founded by Hope Wiseman, Mary and Main is one of the first Black-owned dispensaries in Maryland. Alongside a fire selection, their products hit different knowing that their mission is rooted in empowering Black and Brown entrepreneurs in the cannabis industry.

Anacostia Organics: This mother-daughter team of weed advocates opened their dispensary to expand the frontier of medicinal cannabis. Try their Lavender Bath Soak and feel your whole body saying ‘thank you’ down to your pinky toes.

Yana: Yana is DC-based with the mission of connecting creative communities through plant medicine. Yana combines events like their Puff and Paint Workshop with a menu that hits all the stops, yes, even joints rolled in rose petals.

And for one final edition to the list…us! 

District Cannabis: Co-owner Sheila Weidenfeld keeps the legacy of women in weed growing strong with a 65% female team. VP of Manufacturing, Grace Hyde makes sure the DMV’s stoner population stays supplied with legal access to top shelf flower. We curate based on our values, with a strong focus on cannabis and women’s health. Right now, we’re feeling especially excited by our selection of CBN wind-down products — we love the Luna Vape!

The most direct way to celebrate the women who are currently making cannabis history? Put your money where your values are — which also happens to get you high. Win-win.

The Future Is Female… and Probably Microdosed

She’s been blazing the trail from OG medical marijuana to modern-day edibles, with her high-powered career and stoner habits as balanced as a perfect hybrid.

Grinder in hand and papers on the table, we’re just waiting to see what she rolls next.

And we’ve got some ideas. If history has taught us anything, it’s that when women rise, so does the THC percentage. Our guess? The future is potent. Potent in small, perfectly measured doses, that is.

This Women’s History Month, make your stoned foremothers proud. Buy women-owned and support today’s cannabis leaders, one puff at a time.

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