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The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games — which, due to COVID-19, were actually held in summer 2021 — saw the introduction of a variety of new events, including BMX freestyle. Nick Bruce, an elite BMX athlete with a reputation for nailing tough tricks, including the flair windshield wiper, was one of nine competitors riding for Team

There’s certainly no shortage of high-THC cultivars lining dispensary shelves, but to conflate higher THC percentages with a more luxurious, complex, or altogether more effective high is at best misguided and at worst, a bit dangerous. Though canna-tech advancements continue to progress the agricultural end of cannabis cultivation, high-THC cannabis and cannabis products simply aren’t

This month of The Drop, Dante Jordan’s column rounding up all the can’t-miss strains and dabs from the best brands and growers, looks at anticipated releases from Pure Beauty, Grizzly Peak, and Cannabiotix. A new month and a whole new batch of strains you should be putting in your pipe and smoking. Here are the

Lorena Cupcake, voted “best budtender in Chicago” in 2019, has answered hundreds of questions from cannabis shoppers and patients during their time as a budtender. And now they’re turning that experience into a monthly advice column, Ask a Budtender. Got a question for Cupcake? Submit your questions to askabudtender@weedmaps.com.   Dear Cupcake, For years, I’ve struggled

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 5to9 Wellness, Glass House Farms, and more.  5to9 Wellness: New CBD tincture CBD brand 5to9 Wellness released

Though the years have been relatively few, the post-prohibition era of cannabis has produced tectonic shifts in how we process and consume the plant. And no other corner of the modern weed market exemplifies these shifts better than edibles. What was once — and, depending on your age, still is — synonymous with high-powered, homemade

West Coast topicals brand Papa & Barkley was founded by Adam Grossman and Guy Rocourt in the summer of 2016. Known for its infused creams, balms, and tinctures, it’s been successful since day one.  I recently hopped on a Zoom with Rocourt, the brand’s co-founder and Chief Product Officer, to discuss Papa & Barkley’s story

Many military veterans are barred from accessing medical cannabis since it’s still illegal at the federal level. And while there are some promising studies and personal anecdotes on the positive effects of cannabis on PTSD and other physical and mental health symptoms, in many places cannabis is still enveloped in negativity. That means veterans with

Jerry Garcia’s favorite movie was Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, a 1948 comedy/horror mashup that he says gave him “a general fascination with the bizarre” that would fuel his music career.  “There are things in this world that are really weird. I don’t think I knew that before I saw that movie, that there are

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 CBD For Life, Edie Parker, and two state expansion announcements.  Hi5 Seltzer: Expansion to Maine Following its