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  • Uncorking Chemistry: The Parallels Between Wine and Cannabis

    Sep 1, 2024, 3:17 pm By Mike Gianakos
    Wine and Cannabis, which are two of nature’s most controversial and celebrated creations, share a surprising number of chemical similarities. At first glance, these might seem like entirely different worlds — wine, with its centuries-old traditions, and…
  • Barney’s Farm & Backpack Boyz Team Up For Seed Release

    Aug 23, 2024, 6:50 pm By Matt Jackson
    A historic collaboration hit the streets of Holland this month when Backpack Boyz teamed up with well known and highly decorated Dutch brand Barney’s Farm to release seeds of Black Cherry Gushers and Lemon Cherry Gelato. This first run of feminized seed…
  • Budtender of the Month: Vivi Camacho

    Aug 6, 2024, 3:43 am By Mike Ricker
    This Army vet has been getting into Muay Thai boxing with her husband, who fights Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Outside of the Cannabiz, she loves being her own boss when running a successful, independent business as a loan signing agent. Follow her on Instagram…
  • Shop Review: Sparket

    Aug 6, 2024, 3:32 am By Mike Ricker
    Local Legends Remy Olivier Robin Sparket has been a team effort from the start with married owners Wendy Buck and Nick Benge providing medicinal Cannabis for patients since 2013.  Wendy spent 17 years as an emergency room nurse before aiming her compass…
  • From Cannabis Confections to Psychedelic Concoctions: An Interview with Carol Mangabat

    Aug 6, 2024, 3:10 am By Mike Gianakos
    As a Cannabis patient and advocate, the last decade of human evolution gifted me with eye-opening opportunities to connect with spiritually conscious individuals. Many of these encounters were infused with the sweet essence of ganja lingering in the air.  In…
  • Alternative Therapies: Oregon Service Center Directory

    Aug 5, 2024, 3:38 am By Amanda Day
    Services Centers in Oregon provide a legal location for accessing alternative “therapies” like psilocybin. Each center hosts an array of state-licensed facilitators operating options like individual, couple, family, group and retreat sessions. However,…
  • Grow Tour: Crawn Co.

    Aug 5, 2024, 3:17 am By Amanda Day
    In Salem, Oregon, cousins Stefan and Jordan Crawn are turning trials into triumphs at Crawn Co. Overcoming everything from financial to health obstacles, they’re cultivating not just Cannabis but a living legacy. This fresh indoor flower facility is fueled…
  • Shop Review: Climbing the Canopy at Trees

    Aug 5, 2024, 3:05 am By Mike Gianakos
    Trees is an Oregon and Colorado-based Cannabis dispensary that’s been supporting both medical and recreational clientele since it first opened in 2017. In the years since its founding, Trees has expanded its canopy, cropping up two additional storefronts in…
  • Rehashed: Reggae Rise Up Maryland

    Aug 5, 2024, 2:47 am By Wyatt Early
    On a beautiful sunny day in Baltimore, the Maryland Leaf crew set out for an epic adventure at a festival that holds a special place in our hearts: Reggae Rise Up. What started out as something we all talked about going to three years ago has become something…
  • Refresh the Stash at Trilogy Wellness

    Aug 2, 2024, 7:09 pm By Wyatt Early
    One of the first dispensaries I ever visited in the state of Maryland was Trilogy Wellness, which has been around since the inception of this market. Some things have changed as time went on, like its hours extending to 10:30 p.m. every day of the week as a…
  • Patient of the Month: Missi Santos

    Aug 2, 2024, 6:55 pm By Mike Gianakos
    In 2014, Missi Santos lived and breathed education, dedicating her time to teaching video production to a small class of ninth graders in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Growing up, she suffered from constant sinus issues, and she eventually underwent a procedure to fix her…
  • Budtender of the Month: Rachel Davis

    Aug 2, 2024, 6:43 pm By Wyatt Early
    Rachel is a 4/20 baby born and raised right here in Baltimore. Before the Cannabis industry, Rachel spent time in the food service industry and planned to eventually merge that experience with her growing level of Cannabis knowledge. After obtaining her…
  • Shop Review: Gelato

    Aug 2, 2024, 6:31 pm By Mike Ricker
    Fueled by Fantasy  A happy-go-lucky father-and-son team started the grand scheme a couple of years ago with the Gelato brand, which evolved into this kaleidoscopic flagship store. The concept was simple: to continue proliferating their San Diego lifestyle,…
  • Budtender of the Month: Amy Hoskin

    Aug 2, 2024, 4:41 pm By Mike Ricker
    Amy Hoskin is an Orange County native and certified nature lover, splitting her seasons free diving the Pacific Ocean in the summer and camping in Joshua Tree National Park in the winter.  Now with a new baby, she’ll have a little buddy to tag along for all…
  • Class is in Session: Psychedelics 101

    Aug 1, 2024, 7:23 am By Wes Abney
    Glossary of Terms Every trip is unique, and the same dosage or drug might have completely different effects on two similar people, so use caution when taking a first step into the world of psychedelics, especially when outside of clinical settings. Lingo is…
  • Blotter Paper: The Art of LSD Lives On

    Aug 1, 2024, 7:22 am By Matt Jackson
    The history of acid is a rich and storied legacy that traces all the way back to a fateful bicycle ride in 1943, but it wasn’t until the 1970s that blotter paper, dosed with LSD and decorated with tiny designs, took shape as a prominent form of…
  • Pondering The Orb: Marveling Marbles

    Aug 1, 2024, 7:20 am By Mike Gianakos
    Looking Into the Mind’s Eye While Cannabis enthusiasts are familiar with “functional” glass, there is a lesser-known but impressively deep and varied subculture of glass marble makers. These works of art are not only inspired by psychedelics but are also…
  • Branded Psychedelic Mushroom Products

    Aug 1, 2024, 7:18 am By Mike Gianakos
    Since the dawn of the underground psychedelics trade, trust has been paramount. “Know your dealer” has been the mantra, and bunk products or bad trips were the possible downside.  As psychedelics continue to gain mainstream acceptance, restrictions are…
  • Psychonautical: Comedian Shane Mauss

    Aug 1, 2024, 7:17 am By Tom Bowers
    Exploring the depths of one’s own mind can be a beautiful and dynamic journey. It can often be hilarious. And sometimes dangerous.  Shane Mauss is no stranger to the power of psychedelic compounds and their potential to impact how we perceive the realms…
  • Cannthropology: Gonzo and Ganja

    Aug 1, 2024, 7:12 am By Bobby Black
    With his trademark sunglasses, cigarette holder, and bald head, and his passion for guns, drugs, whiskey, and weed, author Hunter S. Thompson was essentially a living caricature — an iconoclastic literary figure whose eccentric writing and excessive…

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