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“The wholesale side of [porn] has really taken a hit, so a lot of people got into novelties because you
can’t download a dildo,” Jon noted. “A lot of people went into pills and other physical gigs, and I just wound
up wandering over into the medical marijuana side, and it’s a physical good and it’s something that I was
already familiar with and an industry that I’m already kind of familiar with, so it was a really easy transition.
These two industries are very similar although this is more like how VHS was in the ‘80s than the current
state of adult.”
Jon’s sales territory consists mainly of the “San Gabriel Valley, San Fernando Valley, downtown L.A.,
Hollywood and a little bit of the Inland Empire.”
And how does he do it? “Just like adult in the old days: You hit the streets and you knock on doors, and
you have to go face-to-face, and then there’s the pop-up sessions, the secret sessions, big events, small
events, and you do it all.”
Meanwhile, several adult performers have also created their own niche markets for marijuana-related
products.
“About two years ago, I met my business partner Donna who’s based out of Santa Rosa, and she’s the
owner of Natural Cannabis,” said actress Layla Price. “We met through a mutual friend and we talked and I
liked the direction she’s going with her business, so I thought, okay, it’d be a great idea to partner up with
her, and we discussed some ideas, like what I wanted. What I really like about her is, she’s open-minded and
she asked me, ‘Okay, what is Layla Price’s go-to strain? Like what do you like?’ And we discussed that and
we created some products like my best-selling strain Gorilla Glue, which people love, and here we are two
years later and still going strong.”
So far, Price’s strain, as well as her blue raspberry lollipop edible and vape pen, are only available in the
Bay Area locations, though she’s looking to expand.
“I’ve been smoking it for a very long time, and I love it, I enjoy it, I love it for recreational use but I also
love it for medical use too. It helps me calm down, it relaxes me but also it’s enjoyable, it’s fun to smoke. I
really love it, I think it’s great and I’m really happy Prop 64 passed because I think it’ll generate more sales
because before, it was only for people who had a medical card but now it’s for like almost anybody. I mean,
come on; it’s harmless and it’s for the greater good,” Price said.
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The award-winning Jada Stevens is another popular
actress who not only has her own devices to sell, she also
works part-time at a local dispensary.
“Ever since I moved to California, I started getting
into the cannabis community,” she stated. “There’s more
uses for it, as far as, like, it’s used for chronic headaches,
cancer patients, like younger kids that have medical
problems, different things besides just getting high and
being a stoner.”
Stevens sells a branded vaporizer manufactured by
The Kind Pen, and recently, she added a bong that she
co-created with the Silica Glass Company, plus she’s
a spokesmodel for Raw Rolling Papers, all of which
she promotes on her website, jada420.com—but most
Sundays through Wednesdays, fans can find her working
at a local co-op.
“Some days, I shoot a lot, so when it doesn’t affect my
schedule, I work at the shop, so I’m very deeply involved
with the cannabis community,” she said, adding, “It’s
definitely good that Prop 64 passed so nobody can go to
jail and be criminalized for it, but it will cause a lot of
negative things will be less and the prices will be higher.”
Some performers truly use the substance for its
medicinal value. Take adult performer and former
marijuana farmer Bobbi Dylan. “I use it for multiple
also, like a higher price, and the quality
Misty Stone ,Jenna Sativa and Veronica Rodriguez; photo by Jay Allan.