Posh Cannabis In the few years since starting Posh Green Collective, owner Reese Benton has already made cannabis history
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osh Green, also known as the “Nordstrom of Cannabis,” is not only one of San Francisco’s fastest-growing cannabis dispensaries, it is the cit y ’s first Equity Retail Cannabis Dispensar y to be independently-owned by a woman of color. Owner and San Francisconative Reese Benton star ted Posh Green Collective in 2016 (poshgreencollective.com).
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During the few years since then, she has already curated one of the most renowned, high-quality cannabis menus in the Bay Area. She has contributed greatly to the creation of San Francisco’s Cannabis Equity
Program. And she has endured legal battles, an attempted robber y, and a worldwide pandemic—all before she could even open the doors of her dispensar y. But let ’s take it back to the beginning. The stor y of Posh Green star ts with a breakup. Benton’s former-par tner owned a cannabis dispensar y in the Bay Area, and when they ended their relationship, Benton lost access to his store and products. She tried visiting a few other dispensaries, but she wasn’t satisfied with the available options because none of them sold the high-quality products she wanted and none of them provided the client relationships she sought. So, she decided to star t her own.
