It's hard to miss a bus with "The Great American Dispensary Tour" painted on the side in large smoky letters, framed by cannabis drawings that look inspired by a Grateful Dead poster. Getting noticed isn't an issue for the road trip this ride was designed for: a new docuseries exploring how different states, producers, and consumers are shaping legal cannabis in real time.
The Great American Dispensary Tour series is backed by Flowhub, a cannabis software company, and is hosted by founder and CEO Kyle Sherman. Produced in collaboration with Emmy-winner Ricki Lake and journalist Jason Kennedy, the travel show is designed to "uncover the human stories behind the nation's rapidly evolving cannabis industry."
For Episode 1, "Cannabis is Home in Nevada," Sherman starts in the place known for its vices: Las Vegas. The 30-minute episode moves from MJBizCon — the industry's massive annual trade show — to pioneering consumption lounges, dispensaries like Thrive, and extraction labs and grows that keep Vegas shelves stocked.
Then the bus heads eight hours north to Winnemucca, where the veteran-owned Gold Leaf dispensary functions as a small-town community hub in a landscape that feels worlds away from the Strip.
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