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  • Glass Artist: Trevy Metal

    Mar 1, 2024, 12:46 pm By Max Early
    Do you ever find yourself curious about where certain artists draw their inspiration from? Ever since I first laid eyes on Trevy Metal’s artwork, I have been intrigued and beyond curious with the aforementioned – left pondering where he comes up with some…
  • The Ups and Downs of Cross-Country Cannabis

    Mar 1, 2024, 12:35 pm By Matt Jackson
    Do they love RS11 out in Colorado as much as they do in California? Is Grape Gas what they’re rolling up in Arizona, and does New York still love smoking Diesel? These are the kinds of questions you have to ask yourself when you’re a multi-state brand in…
  • The Pursuit of Resin: Breeding for Hash

    Mar 1, 2024, 12:23 pm By Katherine Wolf
    Cultivators are typically going for buds with the best bag appeal. It’s all about growing out the fluffiest and fattest nugs that will sit looking pretty in their flower packaging. On the other hand, solventless extractors making hash and rosin are in…
  • Breeding Brilliance: The World’s Best Cannabis Creators

    Mar 1, 2024, 12:09 pm By Tom Bowers
    When you leave the dispensary with the newest heat from your favorite cultivator in-hand, you may not realize it, but decades of genetic cross-breeding, thousands and thousands of scrapped batches, painstaking rounds of assessment and data gathering, all led…
  • The Top Pot In North America

    Mar 1, 2024, 11:39 am By Tom Bowers
    The staggering complexity of the Cannabis plant creates a kaleidoscope of shapes, colors, aromas, flavors and effects – enticing people from all walks of life and cultural backgrounds. Concurrently, these people have a diversity of tastes and preferences –…
  • Budtender of the Month: Juan Rios-Sanchez

    Feb 7, 2024, 12:41 am By Mike Ricker
    Born in Mexico, Juan Rios-Sanchez’s parents emigrated to California when he was three years old, where he grew up heavily involved in team sports until discovering skateboarding. This is where he learned that to succeed in life, you always have to get up…
  • Shop Review: A Greener Today

    Feb 6, 2024, 2:43 pm By Wes Abney
    From Medical to Recreational Roots DANIEL BERMAN A Greener Today opened their first location on Rainier Ave in Seattle in 2012, serving patients with high quality flower, edibles and hash. With deep roots in medical and a passion for the plant that is unique…
  • Grow Tour: Sky High Gardens

    Feb 6, 2024, 2:31 pm By Wes Abney
    Sky High Gardens has followed a passion for the plant and people since the brand’s launch in 2015, and their legacy continues to grow with the addition of a new single-source hash lab to turn their flower into fire dabs. In the years since Washington…
  • Off the Shelf: Flavored Vapes

    Feb 6, 2024, 2:20 pm By Wes Abney
    In honor of getting high on the down low, we’ve rounded up our favorite flavored vapes for a Culture Issue edition of Off the Shelf. The power of the pen has been long-noted in history, so how lucky are we that our pens get us high in 2024? No consumption…
  • Budtender of the Month: Teho Stanley

    Feb 6, 2024, 2:09 pm By Mike Ricker
    The eldest of four children, he grew up in a musically talented family in South Carolina before relocating to Philadelphia. Following in his grandfather’s footsteps, he gravitated to the trumpet and spent his formative years playing in school bands. Music is…
  • Shop Review: Rosebud Growers

    Feb 6, 2024, 2:10 am By Mike Gianakos
    Rosebud Growers is conveniently located on MLK, but you probably knew that since it’s impossible to drive by and not notice the iconic, massive pink mural signage. The storefront has an authentic Portland vibe and that feeling definitely carries while…
  • Shop Review: Zen Leaf

    Feb 6, 2024, 12:03 am By Wyatt Early
    Moving from West Chesapeake Avenue to East Joppa Road in July, Zen Leaf is still bringing the heat to Towson. This dispensary’s short move down the road Zen Leafwas a very practical decision that added a functional drive-thru and a parking lot to their…
  • Budtender of the Month: Adam Scher

    Feb 3, 2024, 2:43 pm By Wyatt Early
    Adam Scher’s life was mostly a music-forward experience of singing and playing the guitar until the summer after he turned 30, when seemingly out of nowhere pain and blurred vision caused enough concern to take him to the doctor. After a brain tumor growing…
  • Rehashed: Big Ups to Budtenders

    Feb 3, 2024, 2:29 pm By Mike Ricker
    To show some love to the most deserving personalities in the biz, the newly revamped Cannabis Cafe in West Hollywood (formerly the OG Cannabis Cafe) swung open the doors for a festive night of food and frolic. This Budtender Appreciation Party showcased the…
  • Cultivating a Name: Champelli

    Feb 2, 2024, 12:27 am By Tom Bowers
    “She only sees me with Champelli treesShe only sees me having hella GsShe only sees me with European keys …” –  Mac Dre, “Davin Rims” Fashion, music and Cannabis all breathe the same smoke-filled air, and for the past four decades, Champelli’s…
  • Shop Review: Goat Global

    Feb 1, 2024, 8:09 pm By Mike Ricker
    Big Props Like most people in this community, the first seeds sprout from the heart – and from there, they are cultivated with ideas and hard work. This cultured enterprise was no different when three friends combined their visions with the intention of…
  • Upgrade to Warlock Status: The Glass Art of Alex Ubatuba

    Feb 1, 2024, 6:15 pm By Max Early
    Welcome to the world of Alex Ubatuba’s wondrous and elusive creations. Over the past 20 years, Alex has permanently carved his name into the glass world, offering a style and sleekness in a league of its own. Alex is world famous for his pendants, known as…
  • Cabin 7 Originals

    Feb 1, 2024, 11:45 am By Katherine Wolf
    I close my eyes and find myself with my toes digging in the sand, waves gently rolling in against the shore, palm trees stretching upwards toward the hot sun. But wait, those are no normal leaves on those branches. They’re weed nugs! And that’s no sun…
  • High Culture: Cannabis Icons

    Feb 1, 2024, 11:45 am By Mike Gianakos
    Humans are at the heart of every community’s culture, so for this year’s Culture Issue we’re highlighting some icons throughout the national Cannabis community. We’ve selected folks stoking the fires of canna-culture in the arts and entertainment…
  • Dope Designers: Fashion Artist Roundup

    Feb 1, 2024, 11:43 am By Katherine Wolf
    Stoners have always used fashion as a form of self-expression. As the Cannabis and fashion industries increasingly intertwine, these three designers are on the cutting edge of the cultural evolution.  Mars Mars grew up in NorCal always wanting his own brand…

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