Even sitting at his “ease” in the house he built (Mercy Wellness), Brandon Levine is taut and nervy. His brain is a policy brain, restless, seeking, spinning and flashing. He is a leader, and he is a human vector, held in self-restraint.
Whether his journey through the ever shifting cannabis industry made him, or whether his inborn character suited him, Brandon Levine is a rare survivor. And he thrives, even amid the current industry conditions of mis-regulation, over-taxation, piratical rents, glutted supply, dropping prices, corporate-buyouts and fierce do-or-die competition.
This spring, surrounded by friends and work family, Levine celebrated the 15th anniversary of Mercy Wellness (whose branding evokes its medical-era founding). The occasion was marked to celebrate all they had achieved over a long journey—and to point to the future, for the event was held in Mercy Wellness Lounge, Sonoma County’s first ever cannabis “consumption lounge.”…