Budtender of the Month: Karissa McBride

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By Oregon Leaf StaffAug 5, 2026, 2:27 pm
Karissa McBride (@dontforgetblondie) is a budtender, shift leader and photographer at Emerald Triangle Dispensary in Albany. A medicinal patient for the entirety of her adult life, McBride recalls Cannabis having a ubiquitous presence in her family growing up. “My grandpa used it medicinally, and I watched…

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