Peake Releaf loves the Maryland patient community, especially members who travel from afar to experience our shop. You may be looking to change things up as a medical cannabis patient. You hunger for community and you’re a little tired of your limited selection of dispensaries. So learn why you ought to grab a ticket and..
Women Grow: How Our Rockville Dispensary Keeps Women and Social Equity in the Loop
Women Grow is a national organization for mentorship and support for women in the cannabis industry. Despite how revolutionary it is, cannabis is still laden with gender and race issues in a lot of its spaces. The Leadership Summit provides a safespace to address these problems and to restore spirits of women in the industry..
Boost your mental health by taking a hike with your favorite MoCo cannabis dispensary!
It’s Mental Health Awareness month, so we’re combining hiking and cannabis to help regulate your mood and bolster your well-being. The two overlap and fall over each other in how well they can better our minds. And you know we want you to live your best life. Make it a self-care Sunday kind of day..
Patient Advocacy and Highlights of the East Coast’s First Cannabis Science Conference
The Cannabis Science Conference was a great experience and we hope you made it! There’s no denying the hefty price tag. But the resources, panels, exhibitors, doctors, keynote speakers and so many more helped create a very educational experience. This was the conference’s first time expanding to the east coast. If you weren’t able to..
Answering to 420’s Mysterious Past and How It’s a Source of Change
420 is never about just getting high. No matter what any mainstream media source or your cousin on tokes too hard on Thanksgiving says. Its origin is about as smoky as the occasionally muddled mission behind the day. But with events like the National Cannabis Festival and Charm City SmokeFest on the horizon, we’re here..
Peake Releaf’s Spring Maryland Cannabis Events Digest 2019
It’s apart of our mission to do whatever is (ethically) possible to bolster patient advocacy in Maryland. So far we’ve covered tips for discussing medical cannabis with your family and community. And we also push for an inclusive experience for all patients, especially those of color who may have paid a major price thanks to..
Starting the Conversation on Inclusive Cannabis Patient Advocacy in Maryland
With the swoons (or despair) of Valentine’s Day behind us, it’s time to shed the light of Black History Month onto the cannabis industry! Sure, there is some progress happening. Marilyn Mosby’s decision to stop prosecuting cannabis crimes. Kamala Harris’s (sudden) alignment with legalization. But those moves are mere drops in the bucket of systematic..
Act on your spirit of advocacy with Maryland NORML’s 2019 Cannabis Legalization Lobby Day
Maryland 2019 Cannabis Legislation Lobby Day is quite the mouthful. But it’s an essential event for advocates and activists seeking cannabis reform. This event is hosted and organized by NORML, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. As a Maryland resident and possible medical cannabis patient or caretaker, you will get an overview of..
#ReLeafIsHere
#ReLeafIsHere. We’ve used the hashtag #ReLeafIsComing leading up to our grand opening, and the usage of that hashtag has been accompanied by educational videos, inforgraphics, community engagement events, and more. We believed that before we even opened our doors it was our responsibility to introduce, and in some cases re-introduce, ourselves to the neighborhood that..
A Community Worth Growing, Part Five
One perspective we have not had an opportunity to engage, until recently, were patients that did not have an interest in a TED-style event or conference. Their stance on not being interested in these types of events was due to the specific feeling that there were not enough new patient-centered developments in the industry to..