The 31-year-old former dispensary manager with a design degree has worked with 15 marijuana retailers since opening her firm two years ago.
Dispensary manager Alex Adelo said the findings could be a consequence of offering consumers a free joint or free delivery if they leave reviews.
The footage goes on to show the officers chumming around, playing darts, and snacking on edibles, before making some unsavory remarks about the dispensary manager, Marla James, who is an amputee.
A California-based start-up called Green Bits offers a tablet-based inventory management system that dispensary managers can use to track cash purchases.
Dispensary managers who have accounts with Severn describe a rigorous protocol meant to keep pot-related accounts off the federal grid and to ensure they are following regulations.
The classes took place in person at first, the student body made up of an assembly of people in the industry and interested in it, from dispensary managers in Colorado and California, to tax lawyers and real estate investors.
The online Medical Marijuana Education series offered by Cannabis Training University includes some of the most recognized and knowledgeable medical cannabis experts including marijuana attorneys, accountants, cannabis horticulturists, insurance agents, medical marijuana dispensary managers, marijuana point of sale software companies, cannabis chefs, and canna-business owners and vendors.
Another person involved in the industry said dispensary managers ask employees to leave reviews too — again a potential policy violation and explanation for the high volume of flagged reviews.
Like many in the local marijuana business, Cait Hurley, 28, the dispensary's manager, said she was worried that new government regulations would favor corporate interests and exclude women and the working class.
And when I asked what jobs they were looking to fill, they said, essentially, everything: a director of cultivation, retail dispensary store managers, HR, marketing.
Weed auctions operate under a traditional model: sellers submit their wares, and buyers – dispensary owners, intake managers and extract manufacturers – are given an opportunity to inspect products before bidding on parcels awarded to the highest dollar.
