Posts by Chanda Macias
Southern University launches hemp product line, becomes first HBCU to legally market marijuana
In partnership with Ilera Holistic Healthcare, the university launched ALAFIA last week, hoping to help destigmatize cannabis. In partnership with Ilera Holistic Healthcare, a medical marijuana company in Pennsylvania, the university launched its hemp product line, ALAFIA, last week. The name means “inner peace” in the Yoruba language, according to the team behind the product.…
Read MoreHistorically Black University Launches Its Own CBD Line, Becoming First To Ever Do So
Ilera Holistic Healthcare and Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Baton Rouge have partnered to produce their own CBD line. Dr. Chanda is the CEO of Ilera Holistic and spoke with Forbes about the recent announcement. The Southern University and A&M College, the largest historically black university in Louisiana, serving African-American students since…
Read More‘Jeopardizing my children’s lifestyle’: Marijuana industry moms face a unique stigma
When Chanda Macias’s 9-year-old son talks about his mother’s work, he speaks in code. She deals in medicine, she’s a doctor, and her place of work is a pharmacy. No further specifics allowed. “There’s certain words that he’s not allowed to say, period,” Macias told Yahoo Finance. “He’s not allowed to say pre-roll. He’s not…
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