FIND YOUR INNER GODDESS WITH DIOS

BEHIND EVERY COMPANY IS A CODE OF ETHICS THAT DEFINES its true mission. In the world of cannabis, those ethics are even more important and manifested through local social equity permit programs.

DIOS holds the Type 11 Distribution License in California, obtained through Oakland’s Equity Permit Program as Doing It Ourselves LLC. The program was initially implemented several years ago for people living in areas with disproportionately high numbers of cannabis-related arrests.

Mahlate Hagos is the founder and CEO of DIOS, a 100 percent Black woman-owned cannabis brand.

DIOS—an acronym which stands for Doing It Ourselves—also means god or goddess in Spanish, a double entendre. “I actually think it’s fitting, given that last time I checked, DIOS