Breeze Botanicals offered a truly unique shopping experience, blending a full-service cannabis dispensary with a traditional herbal apothecary. As a landmark in Oregon’s history, we were proud to be the first OLCC-licensed cannabis dispensary in the state.

From 2014 to 2025, we served the Ashland and Gold Hill communities by featuring medicinal herbs and cannabis cultivated and wildcrafted right here in Southern Oregon. With a curated selection of over 48 medicinal herbs, including hemp and cannabis, we dedicated over a decade to promoting local farmers and artisans, including our sister company, Sun God Medicinals.

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Brie Malarkey: Founder, Herbalist, and Entrepreneur

A self-taught herbalist, mother, and entrepreneur, Brie Malarkey is the founder and CEO of Sun Breeze inc. which owns Breeze Botanicals and Sun God Medicinals - an herb processor in Central Point, Oregon.

Her companies focus on plant medicine that is cultivated in Southern Oregon, working hard to support the region's farmers, food producers, wildcrafters, and artists, through their commitment to local agriculture and the Rogue Valley economy.

Inspired by this humble beginning, all of the Sun God Medicinals products are crafted with love and the desire to help others. Enriched by the legends of traditional herbal medicine and world mythologies, our product lines offer holistic wellness rooted in the heritage of herbal plant medicine. From meticulously sourced organic herbs to the therapeutic potency of hemp and cannabis, our formulations are carefully crafted to nurture your customer's wellness and vitality.

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Brie has studied the herbal works of Michael Moore, Rosemary Gladstar, and Susan Weed as well as attended various medical marijuana conferences for clinicians including both the 2015, 2016, and 2017 Medical Cannabis Conference in Arcata, California where she learned from Donald Abrams, MD;  Ethan Russo, MD; Dustin Sulak, DO; Michael Fratkin MD; and Martin Lee, Author/Director of Project CBD.  Although not an expert, over the years she has studied cannabis and cancer care; successful organic methods for cannabis cultivation; analytical analysis of cannabis;  terpenes and phyto-cannabinoids; and endocannabinoid physiology.  ​

Dear Valued Customers and Community Members,

I write today to let you know that the Breeze Botanicals’ stores have been sold, and the ownership transition will be effective on May 5th, 2025 and to let you know I will be in both stores to say goodbye this Sunday May 4th, 2025. I will be at the Gold Hill store from noon-3pm and then at the Ashland store from 4pm-7pm.

The store will be closed on Monday May 5th for the system change over to the new owner. At this point the stores will open again on May 6th with the original Breeze Botanicals store hours, look, and feel while change starts to begin. You will see the same familiar faces with a few extra new ones.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for your incredible support over the past 11 years. It has been an honor and a joy to be a part of the Rogue Valley community and to serve you in Ashland and Gold Hill. I've cherished the relationships we've built and the memories we've made.

It's been a great decade of my life running these stores - it has brought me so much joy to be a part of the fall of prohibition against this great plant and to also bring awareness to some of the medicinal herbs found in Southern Oregon and the many ways to embrace cannabis. We were the first to lift a cannabis moratorium back in 2014 and the first to be licensed in the entire state of Oregon to serve all adults in 2016. We weathered the pandemic, supported many non-profits, and sought to support our region’s farmers. We’ve stayed as true as we can to plant medicine through an ever evolving new cannabis marketplace.

As many of you know I followed the love of my life to the Portland area two years ago and am now a grandmother of two beautiful girls. It is time to transition to a new chapter and leave these beautiful stores I've nurtured over the past decade with a very capable and wonderful cannabis entrepreneur. More to come on that!

In this new chapter of mine I will be focusing on those I love, causes I love, creating art, and will still actively be involved in plant medicine from Oregon.

I will take time to know my family and be active in the lives of those I love.

We only have one life to live (as far as we know) and I want to really be present for my aging mother and other relatives, my husband, and help raise my beautiful granddaughters. 

I’ve always been a visionary and now the Breeze Botanicals apothecary & dispensary vision is coming to an end for me, but not the end for consumers in the region.  

We are pleased to pass the torch to Jeremy Kwit, who is the owner and founder of Substance, who shares a passion for cannabis and plant medicine. 

Substance delivers a welcoming, design-forward retail experience that combines the ease and variety of a neighborhood market with the personalized care and attention to detail of a high-touch boutique. With a product-intensive approach and thousands of cannabis items to explore, Breeze Botanicals’ customers can look forward to an expanded menu of trusted Oregon brands and new offerings across every category.

Guided by President Jeremy Kwit’s people-centered leadership, Substance has earned a reputation for operational excellence, outstanding customer care, and strong support of Oregon’s craft cannabis community. Jeremy’s focus on creating spaces where guests and staff feel valued, informed, and empowered ensures that Substance remains a trusted resource as it continues to grow and bring even more choice and quality to the communities it serves.

We understand that the Substance team has agreed to hire 100% of our current Breeze Botanicals associates and plans to continue offering Gron, Mule, Benson Arbor, Sun God Medicinals, and many others. Plus a variety of new products. I’m excited to see how Substance Markets will bring fresh ideas to the dispensary to better serve the Ashland and Gold Hill communities.

We wish Jeremy and the entire Substance team all the best and hope you will continue to support BreezeBotanicals.com and Sun God Medicinals in its next chapter. Thank you again for everything and may the 4th be with all of us as we say goodbye and transition in life. 

Sincerely,

Brie Malarkey

Founder and CEO

June 2024 - Breeze Botanicals cannabis dispensary celebrates 10 years of business

February 11, 2020 - 5 years later, second OLCC licensed dispensary in Oregon celebrates anniversary

August 15, 2019 - Southern Oregon Cannabis Company Fights to End Alzheimer's Disease

June 5, 2019 - First Cannabis Dispensary in Southern Oregon Celebrates Five Years in Business

May 1, 2019 - Accidental Activist, Herb Nerd, and 100-Mile Healing

March 22, 2019 - Local Organic Herbal Processor to Donate Free Product For Medical Marijuana Patients

​March 7, 2019 - From Seed to Sale: Sun Breeze, Inc

February 22, 2019 - Brie Malarkey: From Wine to Weed and Everything In-Between

November 12, 2018 - Veterans Helped with Compassion Program in Oregon

November 12, 2018 - Breeze Botanicals has a military discount on cannabis - News 10 

October 5, 2018 - Breeze Botanicals Giving Back to Breast Friends® for October Breast Cancer Awareness

September 26, 2018 - Upper Rogue Gal Shows Support for Veterans

September 20, 2018 - Southern Oregon Sun Breeze Inc. Gives Back in Walk to End Alzheimer's

With a goal of helping consumers understand medicinal herbs, we've created a few educational documents related to cannabis as well as links to websites with additional information. Feel free to download and share, but note that all content is sourced from patient testimonials and general understandings about cannabis. 

​By reading this material you agree to hold Breeze Botanicals and our employees, agents, and representatives harmless and understand we are not attempting to diagnose or treat any specific diseases.  Consult your doctor for specific questions about your body and the use of medicinal herbs.

Video Links 

https://youtu.be/3vipINryKQs

https://youtu.be/Pge6-X6e7As

Internet Resources

• Patients Out of Time
• Phoenix Tears
• Cure Your Own Cancer
• Understanding Terpenes
• Recent Research on Medical Marijuana

Pesticide Concerns in Cannabis

• Pesticide Use in Marijuana Production: Safety Issues and Sustainable Options

Additional Articles About Cannabis

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