Buds Craft Givesback By CHYNNA PEARSON
For all the states that have legalized marijuana, Oklahoma included, the money that has been made is staggering. In the last year alone, the United States made well over three billion dollars. According to NBC News, this amount of money came from just over a dozen states and 35 have some form of legal marijuana. This money is not only from the taxes but from the dispensaries themselves giving back to the community through donation as well. One of these storefronts is BudsCraft in our very own Oklahoma. BudsCraft has two dispensaries open, one in McAlester and the other in Henryetta (This one is brand new! It opened on December 30th of last year.). Here at Chronic, we got the opportunity to speak with James Monks, the CEO, and founder (and janitor and budtender and purchasing manager... he really has a hand in every part of his business. That is something I love to see in an owner!) Luckily, we now get to know more about the dispensaries and their mission. Let’s begin with how James began the business in July of 2019. Before he even opened anything, he knew that growing cannabis was one of his goals. He, his wife, and his kids were actually on their way to Oregon when 788 passed.
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