Cookies
By: Teresa Esparza
The founder and CEO of Cookies brand Gilbert Milam better known to the community as rapper Bernar, yet he created the company that is based out of San Francisco. As a young man Bernar worked in a dispensary where he gained a good amount of insight into the business.
His passion grew the same way his business did due to his efforts and his applied discipline from a young age that has since carried on with him over time. On the other hand, during an interview over the phone with Marijuana Retail Report (MRR) he was also known as an artist who tagged the streets of San Francisco at night, but due to his love for smoking it led him to get a medical card at the age of eighteen; therefore, after having a card it then slowly started to spark in him an interest for something greater. Further, Bernar discusses his first time in the business and how it was going great for an experience waiting to be mastered in terms of understanding the business inside-out. Bernar talks about his first time in the business, first starting in an administrative support position. Moreover, some of Bernar's job duties included checking the paperwork of customers and supporting customers when they ever needed help.
Aside from supporting customers, the Cookies' menu offers around thirty to forty options to choose from the variety of cannabis's, yet the Cookies' brand also has many products like infused drinks, edibles pre-rolls, and as well as CBD oil. Further, the cannabis industry is always coming out with many different products. Moreover, Bernar is opening up Cookie locations around the world while trying to attain another useful by learning about the rolling paper game and the company is called Vibes Papers. Further, the kind paper the company uses is crafted in France, but cut and knitted in the Dominican Republic.
Many other brands have started to include cannabis in their products like the NYX makeup brand Bare with me collection. Everything in this collection is sativa infused to help reduce redness. Another brand that came out with their own hemp-derived cannabis sativa was ELF Cosmetics.
There are three popular strains sold in dispensaries, sativa being one. Sativa Indica has a infinite relaxing effect. On the other hand, there are also hybrids of the two strains. Further, the hybrid is known to reduce anxiety according to Alan Carter, Pharm.D., who medically reviewed this information on Healthline.
Aside from strains, Carter in terms of the information from Healthline also spoke about high taxes have been within the field cannabis. Aside from that, Govern Gavin Newsom deemed it an essential business when he put into effect the stay-at-home order on March 19, 2020 to slow the spread of Covid-19. In fact, more than 20 states kept dispensaries running after the Covid-19 breakout began. Cannabis medication helps in many ways to relieve chronic pain because often times folks use cannabis instead of using painkillers in addition to helping cancer patients deal with the vomiting and nausea; however, the cannabis is only there as another option for those who are interested in using this product.
For more information, you may follow @Cookiessanbern with Instagram and the new dispensary is located 494 W Orange Show Rd, San Bernardino, CA 92408. Hours every day from 8 am-10 pm.