HOW WE ROLL
Our Roots
Crutch Cards co-founder, Dan Kushman, had an “aha” moment on the shoulder of an Oregon back road: his car overheated, he tore a business card into makeshift filter tip, and Crutch Cards was born. That rough-around-the-edges ingenuity still guides us. We focus first on the makers inside our own culture—graphic artists, glass-blowers, beat producers, tattooists—who live the cannabis life as hard as we do. We believe ambitious people refine ideas by working them, so we give creators the canvas, the mic, and the distribution while we handle the messier bits—print runs, logistics, and keeping the hemp dust off their laptops.
Hemp for Good
Paper doesn’t have to come from forests. Hemp grows in months, pulls carbon from the air faster than trees, and needs far less water and chemistry to become pulp—slashing deforestation, energy use, and CO₂ in one move. By printing exclusively on American-grown hemp blended with post-consumer fiber, Crutch Cards has become one of the biggest single drivers of demand for domestic hemp paper products, proving that premium feel and planet-first sourcing can co-exist. Our long-term partner, New Growth Paper , makes our tree-free sheets—showing brands across packaging, labels, and yes, rolling tips, that a cleaner supply chain already exists. The more joints rolled on hemp, the more acres of regenerative hemp we plant, and the closer we get to a paper industry rooted in fields, not forests.
Tight Crew, Big Hustle
All that hemp stock lands in Eugene, Oregon, where a tight crew of machine operators and pack-out pros shepherd each limited run through an HP Indigo and a seven-point quality check before it ever leaves the shop. Across the country in Vermont, our lone remote teammate designs the web magic that keeps orders flowing. We stay small on purpose: fewer hand-offs, stricter eyes on color and cut, and a culture where everyone can trace a finished box back to their own fingertips. The result isn’t just “Made in the USA”; it’s made by the same people who share your sessions, swap your art, and hustle to keep raising the bar for the culture we all call home.