The brainchild of three friends who grew up together in Corvallis, STICKS has the distinction of holding the first wholesale recreational license ever granted in the state. Initially operating with a focus on brokering flower with a long-term goal of moving into production, the company now makes infused and noninfused prerolls, gummy edibles and, most recently, all-in-one vaporizers. Cementing itself as a tour de force over the last decade, the brand can be found in more than 400 dispensaries across the state.
Colin Landforce, CEO and owner/operator, credits STICKS’ ubiquity to value and reliability.
“Our biggest crutch, no pun intended, is consistency,” Landforce articulated. “We’ve leaned into these distillate-driven categories. I know a lot of folks in the industry are not fans of it, but there’s massive amounts of consumers who want them and have been largely disregarded. We still do classic prerolls, but when we do our infused stuff, we have so much more control over making sure that this joint is exactly like the one you bought six months ago.”
STICKS develops proprietary flavors and strains in-house, which allows the company to offer brand–specific products catered to consumer tastes. Each selection is named in a way to pay homage to the organization’s home state. Cascade Crisp, for example, is an apple-dominant flavor named after the Oregon Cascades. Crater Cookies, a GSC-like option with sweet notes, is named after the Oregon national park and natural wonder, Crater Lake.
“We’re having fun with it, but the flavor and the name are a big deal to us. Like what Mountain Dew does with flavors, it’s like our Baja Blast,” Colin noted.
STICKS designs their product lines to be uniform with one another. In other words, flavors like their Seaside Slush are available not just as an infused preroll but also as an edible gummy and an all-in-one vaporizer. The idea is that the consistency from product to product and between batches gives customers a dependable experience.
Freshness is another huge factor when it comes to sourcing material for STICKS products and maintaining standards.
“A lot of brands in our category — that being the value category, and especially infused — are using 18-to-24-month-old weed. Because it’s getting infused, those numbers never come up,” Landforce pointed out. “We source fresh flower from as few good growers as humanly possible. One of our taglines has always just been, ‘good weed.’”
At the end of the day, “good weed” is exactly what most consumers want more than anything else. Whether a preroll costs $1 or $15, value and consistency matter in 2026. Landforce and his partners understand the inherent value in this and seek to provide a baseline that truly “STICKS” the landing with customers across Oregon.
