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Find the strain Flavor Crystals and smoke it ASAP. It’s one of the best strains that ever existed.  I came across Flavor Crystals in Portland during the pandemic and it was the brightest spot in the darkest world. Aesthetics? Beautiful. Flavor? Unique. Experience? Enough to make a friend of mine that doesn’t even smoke exclaim,

This past year has been a gratifying one for Kika Keith, co-founder of the Social Equity Owners and Workers Association (SEOWA), and most recently, owner of Gorilla Rx Wellness Co., the first dispensary in Los Angeles owned by a Black woman. You may recognize Keith from Uprooted, Weedmaps’ 2020 docu-series highlighting California’s long and complex

With so many great cannabis brands releasing exciting new products in new markets, it can be hard to keep track of every release. So we’re rounding up a few significant releases. This week, we look at releases by 22Red, Willie’s Remedy, and more.  Airgraft x Maven Genetics: New pod release Maven Genetics and Airgraft have

Though taxonomically indistinguishable, hemp and recreational cannabis exist on either side of a 0.03 THC percentage. Cannabis containing less than 0.03% THC is termed hemp, and anything with a greater THC percentage maintains the cannabis, weed, and pot terminology. And while low THC can, and often does, describe hemp, for our purposes, it refers to

Whether you’re shopping for an ergonomic appliance, a contemporary contraption, or some other ultra-modern, cutting-edge canna-gift to round out a friend’s utensil collection, one thing’s for sure: there’s an overwhelming number of pot-related devices on the market today and it can be difficult to know where to start.  Recreational cannabis has opened the floodgates for

Since casual smokers are still hazy on the definition of the term “solventless,” before we get into this review of Jetty Extracts’ excellent new solventless line of concentrates, vapes, and infused pre-rolls, let’s talk about what it really means for a product to be considered solventless. If you’re already familiar with solventless products, skip ahead

Portland-based Hapy Kitchen is an artisan cannabis edibles company specializing in baked goods, caramels, chocolate bars, and an assortment of fruit pastilles, hard candies, and flavored tinctures. Its award-winning line of confections includes an extra gooey brownie, a toffee freckled brown sugar blondie, and a strain-specific chocolate cookie that features Blue Dream Hash Rosin —

California-based Alien Labs has been kicking out premium flower since the golden days of cannabis. Recently, I hopped on a video call with the brand’s founder, Ted Lidie, to speak about its legacy and the products that helped build the company up into one of California’s most recognizable brands. The Alien Labs origin story Alien

Recreational legalization has advanced more than the science of cultivation; breakthroughs in canna-tech are also ubiquitous to this infused era of enlightenment. Vaporizers once relegated to tabletops are now handheld, the gravity bong has become a prestige consumption device, and Hitoki, a novel producer of cutting-edge smoke-tech, has produced an all-inclusive waterpipe that uses an

Antuanette Gomez was a holistic nutritionist at a chronic pain clinic in 2015 when she learned just how often her patients used cannabis to manage their pain.  The eye-opening revelation made her curious about the endless medicinal applications cannabis could provide. Seeing this, she decided to create easier access to quality cannabis for all, which