DARIEN, IL – A marijuana dispensary is planning to open in late spring in Darien. High Haven is described as female-led and minority-owned. It is set to be at 8131 Cass Ave. in the Darien Plaza. The business has secured five licenses in Illinois to run dispensaries,...
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‘A Very Long and Hard-Fought Battle:’ Inside One Company’s Quest to Secure Licenses in Illinois’ Adult-Use Cannabis Market
Illinois’ adult-use cannabis licensing process has been littered with legal challenges, and High Haven, a female- and minority-owned company based in the state, is just one of several business hopefuls embroiled in litigation to secure licenses to operate in the...
Profiles in Legalization: Cannabis Banking: Defense amendments and the MORE Act
Recent weeks have seen movement on two important pieces of federal cannabis reform. First, the House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act. While defense spending isn’t normally meaningful for cannabis, Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) attached an...
PodConx: Women Leading In Cannabis
Michigan’s recreational cannabis market has experienced swift changes in the three years since 56 percent of voters statewide just said yes. While the early months in late 2019 and early 2020 saw a supply bottleneck as retail stores opened and commercial growers...
MiBiz: Barriers, opportunities persist in Michigan’s growing cannabis market
Michigan’s recreational cannabis market has experienced swift changes in the three years since 56 percent of voters statewide just said yes. While the early months in late 2019 and early 2020 saw a supply bottleneck as retail stores opened and commercial growers...
Authority Magazine: Women In Wellness: Mahja Sulemanjee-Bortocek Of High Haven On The Five Lifestyle Tweaks That Will Help Support People’s Journey Towards Better Wellbeing
As a part of our series about the women in wellness, I had the pleasure of interviewing Mahja Sulemanjee-Bortocek. Mahja Sulemanjee-Bortocek founded High Haven in 2019 after identifying innovative and necessary solutions for cannabis companies to scale while putting...