As we celebrate Father's Day today, we want to take a moment to honor the fathers and father figures who have been instrumental in the shaping of the cannabis industry. From growers and entrepreneurs, to activists and advocates, these dads have done for the cannabis industry what dads do best: protect, teach, encourage, and lead us from a counterculture movement to a multi-billion dollar legal market.

We would love to hear your stories about the intersection of fatherhood and cannabis. Share yours and tell us about your favorite "canna dads" by reaching out to us @honeysucklemagazine on Instagram.

Wei Hu

Founder & Partner, MRTA Law; Co-founder, Lenox Hill Cannabis Co.

@lenoxhillcco

Matt Greenberg

 Co-Founder, Platform Cannabis Advisors

Jason Salmon

CEO, Upstream Strategies

@jasonsalmonbk

Christopher Lucien

Co-Founder and COO, Bliss + Lex

@blissandlex

Jesse Roberson

Director of Procurement and Operations, Housing Works Cannabis Co.

@housingworkscannabis

Berner

Co-Founder and CEO, Cookies

@cookiessf

@berner415

Ted Lidie

Founder of Alien Labs and Creative Director of Connected Cannabis Co.

@alienlabs

@returnofthealien

Caleb Counts

CEO & Co-Founder, Connected Cannabis Co.

@counts

Aram Darmijian and Serge Darmijian

Founder, Gas No Brakes and Founder, Serge Cannabis respectively

@gasnobrakes_ceo

@sergecannabis3.0

Josh Schmidt

Vice President of Business and Development, Natura Life + Science / Sluggers; Founder, Dee Thai

@khunjosh80

@natura_lifescience

@sluggershit

@deethaiofficial

Christopher Louie

CEO & Co-Founder, Made in Xiaolin

@eless_enwhysee

@madeinxiaolin

@made.in.xiaolin

Khari Edwards

Head of Corporate & Social Responsibility, AYR Wellness

@khariedwardsnyc

Roland Conner

Founder, Smacked Village

@smackedvillage

Mack Hueber

President of Ayrloom / Gen V Labs & CFO of Beak & Skiff

@arlyoomny

Sohan Bashar

Founder & CEO, Silk Road NYC

@silkroad.nyc

Bryan Barash

Vice President, External Affairs and Deputy General Counsel at Dutchie

@wearedutchie

Paul Lepore

President of Happy Days

@happydaysli

Joseph Abramov

Owner of Urban Leaf

@urbanleafny

Jordan Isenstadt

Senior Vice President, Marino PR

@marinopr

@mrisenstadt13

Vladimir Bautista

Co-founder and CEO, Happy Munkey

@vladimirbautista123

@happymunkeygoodies

@happymunkey_

Ramon Reyes

Co-founder and CCO, Happy Munkey 

https://www.instagram.com/_zuripops/

@happymunkeygoodies

@happymunkey_

Jose Rozay

Brand Representative, Happy Munkey

@happymunkeygoodies

@happymunkey_

@everyone_loves_rozay

Carmelo Anthony

Co-founder and Chief Influence Officer, Grand National

(C) Emiliano Granado

@carmeloanthony

Paul Yau

CEO and Co-founder, The Travel Agency

@thetravelagency.co

@paulfyau

Jesse Tolz

VP of Marketing, The Travel Agency

@thetravelagency.co

Stu Zakim

Founder, Bridge Strategic Communications

@stuzakim

David Feldman

@skipintroadvisors

@feldmanlegaladvisors

@davidfeldman1000

Jeremy Rivera

Co-founder and President, TerpBros

@terpbros.astoria

Jayson Tantalo

Co-founder, Flower City Dispensary; Co-founder, New York Cannabis Retail Association

@jayson_tantalo

@nycannabisretailassociation

@flower_city_dispensary

Coss Marte

Founder, CONBUD; Co-founder, New York Cannabis Retail Association

@cossmarte

@conbud

"Hawaii" Mike Salman

Founder, Chef For Higher And Fly Private Social

@hwmk

@chefforhigher

@flyprivatesocial

David Zelinger

Partner, Canis Major Partners; Partner, KLIK

@zelidav

@klikpass

Darryl Impalli

Founder, Don’t Forget The Daddy; Head of Sales and Business Development, Canis Major Partners

@theshoot3rsdad

@dontforgetthedaddy

Richard Montero and Anthony Rivera

Co-owners of SeshNYC

@myseshnyc

Joseph Bondy

Founding Principal, The Law Offices of Joseph A. Bondy; Vice Chair, Board of Directors, NORML

@josephbondy

@natlnorml

Steven Phan

Co-founder, Lettuce Print

@phan_man

@lettuce.print

Gregory Gray Sr., Omar Tejada, and Jeffrey Lopez

Co-founders, Gotham Buds

@gothambuds

Damien Cornwell

Founder, Just Breathe

@damien_cornwell71

Mike Flynn

Founder, FlynnStoned

@flynnstonedcannaco

@mikeflynnstoned

Prince Franco

Customer Service & Marketing Specialist, Housing Works Cannabis Co

@princehomme

Emanuel "Shag" Santiago

Founder, Shag Snacks

@shagsnacksnycbx

@shaghandyman89

Arian Walker (Tech King)

Founder, Walker Studio; Talent Manager, Tech's Talent Agency; Board Member, NYC NORML

@tech_king

@walker_studio

@techstalentagency

@nycnorml

Dr. Midtown

Founder, Dr. Midtown

@dr.midtown 

Arnold Malek Sapp

Artist, Producer, Writer, Engineer

@semilay 

Raymond Soto

Owner, Fly Guy Edibles and Fly Guyz Bakery

@flyguyzbakery

Piff Breeder

Founder, Piff Coast Farms 

piffcoastfarms.com

@piffcoastfarms

Corey “OG” Dishmen

Co-founder and CEO, The Library

@thelibraryceo

@thelibrarynj

Josh Tepperberg

Founder, The Mediblist; Executive Director, UNLOC

@themediblist

@unloc_ny

Roco The Funny Man

Photographer 

@roco.thefunnyman 

Natural Wunder

Genetics Curation, Saavi; Cannabis Photojournalist

@natural_wunder

@saavinyc

HighAndHappy

Creator, Are We High Yet Show

@highandhappylove

Mister Nice Guy

Founder, Mister Nice Guy Strains

@misterniceguystrains

Richard Delisi

Co-Founder, Delisioso

@delisioso

@freedelisi

Rick Delisi

Co-Founder, Delisioso

@delisioso

M-1

Artist, Dead Prez; Founder, Urban Aroma; Board Member, Last Prisoner Project

@M1deadprezrbg

@urbanaroma_

@lastprisonerproject

@deadprez

Umi RBG

Artist, Dead Prez; Board Member, UNLOC

@umirbg

@deadprez

@unloc_ny

Nick Bryan

Founder, Golden State Banana

@golden_state_banana

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Featured image: Left to right: Carmelo Anthony of Grand National, Ted Lidie of Alien Labs, Vladimir Bautista of Happy Munkey