Featured Brand: Queen Mary
At a Glance
Category: Edibles, Tinctures
Type: Solventless, fast-acting, unique cannabinoids
Region: Los Angeles, California
Heritage: Social Equity, BIPOC-owned, Woman-owned
People: Tiana Woodruff
Ethos: Women-empowered, social equity, natural ingredients
Overview
A BIPOC woman-owned brand with grit and determination born out of the War on Drugs. Queen Mary is an Emerald Cup award-winning brand empowering women to take charge of their well-being.
The Heritage
Founder & CEO Tiana Woodruff grew up in one of the lowest-income zip codes in Los Angeles, personally witnessed the war on drugs, and had family members go to jail as a result. She watched her sweet, amazing grandmother transform into a mean, demanding, and distant octogenarian on opiates for pain. After helping her grandmother wean off opioids with cannabis gummies, she saw the change in her and learned about the healing properties of cannabis.
Seeing the potential of cannabis she bootstrapped her business and won a social equity grant to get Queen Mary started. After navigating through the maze to get a California cannabis license, she came up against impossible situations that left applicants with no chance of getting a license.
A self-made entrepreneur and not one to quit so easily, Tiana became a mentee of Our Academy, a non-profit workshop and accelerator program for cannabis equity applicants, legacy operators, and others impacted by the War on Drugs, which was instrumental in helping her navigate taking a brand to market.
The Ethos
Queen Mary is a cannabis brand, catering to women for mental health and as an alternative to addictive prescriptions. Designed for the Professional Woman and Stay-at-Home mom with so much on her plate, the pressure of her responsibilities and obligations can become overwhelming.
Owned by founder and CEO Tiana Woodruff, she watched friends, neighbors, and family members perish from opioid overdoses and vowed to use her brand to promote natural supplements to offset the effects of prescription medicine.
Over the last two decades, the rise in the use of prescribed depressants, stimulants, and opiates has led to addictions and overdoses at an alarming rate. Having witnessed this destruction in her own family, Queen Mary is designed to give women back their power and vivify their day.
Queen Mary donates to and supports programs that keep families together and help end homelessness amongst women and children, including Downtown Women’s Center, Upward Bound House, and Good Sheppard Center.
The Products
Queen Mary’s product lineup features strain-specific, fast-acting rosin gummies and tinctures supplemented with unique cannabinoids and other functional ingredients including THCV, CBN, vitamin D, Vitamin B12, lavender, and Rhodiola Rosea. The supplements are designed to help give more focus, improve mood, combat anxiety and depression, and improve overall mental health.
Naturally flavored and made with vegan ingredients, they’re one of the handful of fast-acting, water-soluble, nano-emulsified whole plant rosin products available. This means, that rather than waiting 90 minutes to 2 hours to feel the effects of the edible, Queen Mary’s products start to take effect within 15 to 20 minutes of ingesting.
Enchanted Strawberry Lemonade gummies are daytime gummies made with Blue Dream. Each gummy contains 10mg of THC and is infused with Rhodiola and B12, which are natural supplements. B12 helps with energy and focus and Rhodiola is a mood enhancer that relieves anxiety and stress. Combined with the THC, the gummies provide a more focused and effective high for the day.
Moonstruck Blueberry Lavender gummies are made with Tahoe OG and contain 10 mg THC and 5mg of CBN, a minor cannabinoid and natural sedative to help relaxation and sleep. CBN is also great for inflammation, so it helps provide relief from symptoms of pain and inflammation. The fast-acting formula is ideal for those who have trouble falling asleep.
The Boost Elixir is an espresso-flavored tincture that can be used as a coffee additive for an extra burst of energy and focus during the day. Made with Tahoe OG, THCV, and Vitamin D for increased concentration, this contains trace amounts of caffeine from the espresso flavoring but does not contain additional caffeine additives.
In 2024, Queen Mary is updating their recipe to use monkfruit as the sweetener for a completely sugar-free edible.
Visit the Queen Mary website to learn more!