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  • Spannabis Sets Sights On New Permanent Home

    Mar 6, 2025, 5:01 pm By Matt Jackson
    It looks like next year, Spannabis attendees will be making reservations for the Guggenheim instead of La Sagrada Familia. An email sent out to exhibitors announced that Spannabis, the worldwide Cannabis convention, will be ending its more than 20-year…
  • Maryland 2025 Flower Roundup

    Mar 6, 2025, 4:53 pm By Wyatt Early
    Grassroots Cannabis Company Novarine Opening the jar released a complex and potent aroma — a striking blend of cheesy, citrus and pine terpenes. This beautiful flower crosses Thai Landrace and the renowned sativa-dominant hybrid, Caprichosa Thai. A couple of…
  • Northeast Leaf 2025 Flower Roundup

    Mar 6, 2025, 3:49 pm By Northeast Leaf Staff
    Monkey Jones Alien Strawberry Candy The nose jumps out at you. It’s all sweet strawberry and tart lemon yogurt, with dense, thick green spears and purple sugar leaves, all crusted with resin glands. Cracking the bud open shows more of the classic purple…
  • Elevate Your Fate: The Sacred Rastafarian Art of Steaming

    Mar 6, 2025, 5:51 am By Northwest Leaf Staff
    The sesh is more than a ritual, it’s a communion with the earth, a bridge between the physical and the divine. In the Rastafarian tradition, the sacramental herb of Cannabis, or ganja, is honored as a vessel of healing and enlightenment. Rooted in a…
  • Herb ‘n’ Legends: Does Holding Your Breath Get You Higher?

    Mar 6, 2025, 5:17 am By Matt Jackson
    Welcome to another case of examining some of Cannabis’ most enduring superstitions. This month we look at one that, to this day, gets brought up at smoke sessions and livestreams all over the world. Some people will tell you irrefutably and with religious…
  • Oregon Leaf 2025 Flower Roundup

    Mar 6, 2025, 4:13 am By Oregon Leaf Staff
    Loud AF Farms Skunk #1 (Afghan x Colombian Gold) x Acapulco Gold In honor of the late Skunkman Sam, we’re filling a fresh bong with the historic cultivar that inspired his namesake and ushered in a new era of hybridization (read more on page 26). Loud AF…
  • California Leaf Flower Roundup

    Mar 3, 2025, 4:28 am By Tom Bowers
    A Golden State Celestial Peak Lemon Sherbet x Black Afghan For years, this top-tier cultivator from the shadow of Mount Shasta has packaged its flower in beautiful, simplistic packaging that speaks to the quality of the flower within. This selection from their…
  • Compound Genetics: Synthetic Seeds

    Mar 3, 2025, 3:52 am By Matt Jackson
    I was at a party when Felipe Recalde from Compound Genetics came up and pulled out a vial filled with these clear, gelatinous bubbles. Inside each orb was a tiny green shoot suspended in goo like an embryo in a fish egg. He shook them up and poured some into…
  • In Memorium: Salute to the Skunk Man

    Mar 3, 2025, 3:27 am By Bobby Black
    The Cannabis community is mourning the loss of yet another of its greatest icons — breeder and entrepreneur David Watson (better known as Sam the Skunk Man), who passed into the great beyond on Monday, January 27, 2025 (the same day that medical marijuana…
  • Company Profile: Smoken Promises

    Feb 21, 2025, 11:25 pm By Matt Jackson
    The newest Cannabis to drop in California this month comes from a partnership between California giant Connected and the heartfelt and passionate couple behind the popular lifestyle brand Broken Promises. Jason Blake and Mandee Bence founded the company almost…
  • Cannthropology: Cypress Hill

    Feb 15, 2025, 3:21 am By Bobby Black
    High on the Hill  From Snoop and Dre, to Meth and Red, to Berner, Cudi and Khalifa — many rap icons have made Cannabis an integral part of their music and personas throughout the years. But when it comes to the true OGs of reefer rhymes, the musical…
  • Glass Artist: JD Maplesden

    Feb 12, 2025, 1:54 pm By Northwest Leaf Staff
    Whether it’s losing his phone in Croatia and still making a friend’s wedding logistics a dream, bouncing around Barcelona or visiting Teotihuacán with his Mom and checking another box on her bucket list, JD is always always ready for an adventure! JD…
  • Patient of the Month: Connor Sheffield

    Feb 10, 2025, 11:16 pm By Maryland Leaf Staff
    In his dorm room at the University of Maryland, Connor Sheffield experiences a typical dilemma amongst college students: a dying laptop in the middle of a video call with no charger in sight. Connor is quick to take action though, a skill that has carried over…
  • Budtender of the Month: Dishant Patel

    Feb 10, 2025, 11:03 pm By Wyatt Early
    Dishant moved to the United States from India at the age of 16, noting a vast cultural difference surrounding Cannabis. He genuinely enjoys and thrives off of making people’s day better when they visit the store. Holding a strong belief that the Cannabis…
  • Shop Review: Nirvana Center Dispensaries

    Feb 10, 2025, 10:54 pm By Wyatt Early
    A very happy 5th anniversary to Nirvana Center Dispensaries, which first opened its doors in Baltimore in February 2020. Something about this store has always had a hometown feel, from the employees to the atmosphere and everything in between. They now have a…
  • Shop Review: Cannabis Country Store

    Feb 10, 2025, 8:52 pm By Mike Ricker
    From Feed to Weed  Photo by Daniel Berman Awarded the first and only license for the city, these Battle Ground natives have taken the responsibility of showing the locals in this small town how it’s done properly. Originally the owners of a local feed…
  • Shop Review: Humboldt’s Premium

    Feb 9, 2025, 10:11 pm By Mike Ricker
    Going with the Flow When the construction industry saw a significant dip after the real estate crash over a decade ago, professional contractor James Alvesand and his wife, Amy, looked toward the Cannabis biz for their next venture. Starting with a collective,…
  • Shop Review: Xclusives Taste

    Feb 9, 2025, 9:27 pm By Oregon Leaf Staff
    Opened in August 2023, Xclusives Taste has the distinction of being one of the very few Black-owned dispensaries in the state of Oregon. Sherman Brown, owner and operator of the retail space, originally grew up in Louisiana with dreams of building his own…
  • Company Profile: Gem Nuggets

    Feb 9, 2025, 9:15 pm By Amanda Day
    In Oregon’s bustling Cannabis scene, handcrafted cannagars stand out as a unique and artisanal way to enjoy the plant on a special occasion. Few makers embody this artistry and passion better than private, custom cannagar maker Ebony G. Miles, creator of Gem…
  • Grow Tour: Smokey Point Productions

    Feb 9, 2025, 8:32 pm By Northwest Leaf Staff
    No matter how many garden tours I have the privilege of going on, I’m always amazed. Today was no different. The team here at Smokey Point Productions has built an amazing bridge between the commercial side of Cannabis production and the custom-cultivar,…

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