Chanda Macias

Thanks to a new scholarship program, women and minority-owned cannabis businesses will have a chance to shine at the upcoming Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in Chicago. This initiative, a collaboration between Benzinga and Women Grow, aims to provide these businesses with the opportunity to...

To celebrate International Women’s Day, it’s essential to shine a light on the women making strides in the Cannabis industry, a field historically dominated by men. These remarkable women are set to share their experiences and wisdom at the upcoming Benzinga Cannabis Capital...

While there’s precious little data on cannabis employment in general, MJBizDaily faithfully provides an annual survey of industry professionals, the results of which currently show women to be less represented than men in the cannabis industry and pathetically outnumbered in...

It's all about building capacity, says Dr. Chanda Macías. "The demand is real and it's not slowing down." Come and meet extraordinary cannabis visionaries like Chanda Macías and let’s network and learn together. Join us on September 13 & 14 at the Benzinga...

Dr. Chanda Macias is a trailblazer in the legal cannabis industry many times over. In 2015 she became the country’s first woman of color medical cannabis operator as CEO of National HolisticTM Healing Center in Washington DC. Several years later, she became...

How can we create equity in cannabis?  This and many other important questions concerning the marijuana industry were tackled by Chanda Macias, CEO of Ilera Holistic Healthcare during a panel discussion at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference. Macias is also known to...

Only 8% of cannabis CEOs are women and even fewer are African American dispensary owners. "I'm just a little unicorn," Dr. Chanda Macias, CEO of Ilera Holistic Healthcare, said on the most recent Benzinga Cannabis Hour (see video below). Ilera is a Louisiana-based medical...

Despite nationwide advances in the legalization movement, cannabis is still not fully accepted among many demographics. One group that has often shown an understandable resistance to the advance of marijuana in society is the one composed of mothers: What if my kid gets their hands on pot? What if...

By Dr. Chanda Macias, PhD. The COVID-19 outbreak continues to reshape our day to day life; essential medical supplies are dwindling, hospitals are experiencing an unprecedented shortage of hospital beds, and more than 26 million Americans find themselves out of work. In the face of patients seeking...

Cannabis companies are hustling to stay afloat and turn a profit just like every other business, but for Dr. Chanda Macias, the ramifications of the economic downturn are much more personal. Mothers like her rely on medicinal cannabis for treating their children's ailments. As CEO of...

This week, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said it will expand the number of federal licenses for the research of cannabis; the Food and Drug Administration re-opened its solicitation of public input on a potential reclassification of cannabis under international treaties; and...

The pun "high fashion" applies today: the spring/summer 2020 season New York Fashion Week will feature a cannabis-related show for the first time ever. High Society On Sept. 7, a weed-themed show is hitting the runway, product of a collaboration between bold fashion designer Korto...

Not long ago, the cannabis industry could take pride in the higher-than-usual percentage of C-suite positions occupied by women, with roughly 1-in-3 of these posts held by a woman. This number plummeted in just a couple of years, however, dropping from 36 percent in 2015 to 27 percent in 2017...