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LEVEL
LEVEL is a science-driven cannabis company that engineers precision cannabinoid tablets - Protab, Hashtab, Rosintab and Tablingual - designed to deliver effects-specific experiences without sugar, calories or guesswork. Founded in 2015 by organic chemist Chris Emerson, PhD, LEVEL manufactures in California and has become the state's leading cannabis tablet brand.
Chris Emerson
Chris Emerson, PhD, is the Founder, Chief Scientist, and CEO of LEVEL, California's #1 cannabis tablet brand. A US Navy veteran and Chinese interpreter turned small-molecule chemist, he abandoned a Stanford postdoc in 2012 to spend four months living in a tent on a Mendocino cannabis farm - and emerged with a founding thesis that would reshape how the industry thinks about getting high. Instead of chasing THC percentages, he built LEVEL around effects-driven cannabinoid formulations using precise ratios of acidic, neutral, and degradative compounds the plant alone can't deliver. Two US patents, multiple peer-reviewed publications, and an IRB-approved clinical trial later, LEVEL is the top-selling cannabis tablet brand in California, now operating in seven states.