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This playful project highlighting the nectar of our beloved flower was styled by Alex Dubs of @workdubs and photographed by Amanda Day of @terpodactyl_media. It’s an ode to the essence of the plant that we’ve come to know and love in many forms. To create the hummingbird, these creative collaborators chose the live rosins of Lofty, Focus North, Oregrown, and Decibel Dabs, along with Squishy Scientific’s temple ball and Dr. Jolly’s cured resin. The sculpture (seen feeding from Oregon’s Flower of the Month by Echo Electuary) offers a taste of the current market as it continues to lean into solventless selections.

PHOTO BY AMANDA DAY @TERPODACTYL_MEDIA STYLING BY ALEX DUBS @WORKDUBS

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Thanks for picking up The Concentrates Issue of the Leaf!

Our Concentrates Issue is my favorite of the year for one simple reason: I love dabs!

My first dab was around 2011 – in the century-old boiler room below the now closed Northern Cross Collective Gardens – and I remember feeling the oil touch the red hot nail as the vapor burst into my lungs with the force of a thousand bong hits. The world closed in around me and I felt the reverberation of raw THC as it pulsed through my blood and into my mind, sending me away for the next few hours, humming with a high that was unlike anything else.

Over the last decade of publishing and working in Cannabis, I have personally seen the concentrate world evolve from homemade Rick Simpson Oil and open-blasted butane hash oil, to highly medicinal mono-cannabinoid extracts and vaporizable concentrates of all kinds, to being the precursor to a new world of edibles, topicals, capsules and more. For our Concentrates Issue we sought out the best examples of the different types of extractions, to share how they affect the body and the science behind the scenes.

“FOR OUR CONCENTRATES ISSUE WE SOUGHT OUT THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EXTRACTIONS.”

Concentrating Cannabis means exactly what it sounds like: taking a full plant and using a process or solvent to extract the purest essence of it. This makes it incredibly important to only consume high-quality, pesticide-tested concentrates. Quality concentrates have the ability to impart healing values that Cannabis flower alone cannot replicate, delivering a pure flavor and experience that captures the taste and effect of fresh Cannabis in a perfect dab. Look closely and you’ll see that concentrates cover every aspect of Cannabis – every product beyond flower – from medicinal to recreational uses and benefits.

Our comprehensive Concentrates Issue covers the different extraction methods, terminology, ways to consume and much more. So take a dab, flip through this beautiful and informational issue, and learn something new that you can share with someone in need of Cannabis – as both a plant and a medicine. And as always, thanks for reading and sharing the Leaf!

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MINNESOTA VETERANS ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN 2024

Thousands of Minnesota veterans will be able to access medical marijuana for the first time in 2024. Veterans receiving care through the VA System have faced some unique challenges, according to Office of Medical Cannabis Director Chris Tholkes.

“Those providers are not allowed to certify their patients for the medical program because of the federal standing of marijuana,” Tholkes said. “So, we are tasked with developing a new way to get veterans into the program.”

FLORIDA TO VOTE ON ADULT-USE CANNABIS LEGALIZATION IN 2024

Aconstitutional amendment to legalize the adult use of Cannabis could be on the Florida ballot next year. The proposed amendment is inspiring both support and opposition.

NCAA PANEL RECOMMENDS DROPPING MARIJUANA FROM BANNED DRUGS

NCAA panel is calling for the removal of marijuana from the organization's list of banned drugs. The panel suggested that testing should be limited to performanceenhancing substances.

The proposal released in June from the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports would mark a big change for the NCAA. The organization has been drug testing at championship events since 1986. Committee members recommended halting Cannabis tests at events until a final decision is made this fall.

"Veterans receiving care through the VA System have faced some unique challenges, according to Office of Medical Cannabis Director Chris Tholkes."

Suncoast NORML Executive Director Chris Cano has issues with the petition, but it already received enough signatures to put it on the 2024 ballot. Cano said if passed, it could benefit businesses more than consumers.

The Adult Use of Marijuana initiative would allow the legal sale of Cannabis to anyone over 21 by medical marijuana treatment centers. The proposal is currently being reviewed by the Florida Supreme Court. Once allowed on the 2024 ballot, Floridians can vote to legalize personal use of Cannabis.

Legislation would still have to be introduced and approved by all three NCAA divisions to take effect. Administrators in Divisions II and III had asked the committee to study the issue. The recommendation comes as the U.S. is seeing more states allowing medical or adult marijuana use.

“Legislation would still have to be introduced and approved by all three NCAA divisions to take effect.”

KENTUCKY MAN ARRESTED AFTER ANSWERING DOOR WITH A BLUNT

A Kentucky man was charged with trafficking marijuana after answering the door with drugs in June. Oak Grove Police say they went to the home attempting to serve an arrest warrant and 28-year-old Pedro Gelpi answered the door with a Cannabis blunt behind his ear. During a search of the home a large amount of marijuana, along with money, was reportedly found. Gelpi was arrested and charged with trafficking marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

MARIJUANA LICENSE REVOKED IN MICHIGAN UNLICENSED CASE

The Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency ordered an already suspended marijuana business in Shiawassee County’s Corunna to destroy all of its marijuana products, and then revoked its license.

The CRA in a statement issued in June said inspectors discovered suspected illicit and unlicensed marijuana, in addition to other rules violations. The discoveries happened during an October 2022 site visit to discuss the business’s inoperable camera system.

“When licensees don’t act within the laws and rules that govern the Cannabis industry, we must act swiftly to protect the public,” CRA Director Brian Hanna said.

D.C. WOMAN BLOCKS NEIGHBOR SMOKING MEDICAL WEED

A D.C. resident just won a private nuisance case to block her neighbor from smoking medical marijuana. The ruling –in a first-of-its-kind case in the District over Cannabis smoke – may influence other judges and landlords, reports the news website, Axios. Cleveland Park resident Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd was so bothered by the smoke she sued her next-door neighbor, representing herself. A judge ruled last Monday in her favor. The judge ordered Thomas Cackett to stop smoking inside his own home – or anywhere within 25 feet of Ippolito-Shepherd’s address.

“Josefa IppolitoShepherd was so bothered by the smoke she sued her nextdoor neighbor, representing herself.”

Medical and adult marijuana use are legal in D.C.

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ROCHELLE TEEGARDEN

She’s a devoted wife and cat mom who loves spending time with friends and family. There’s never a missed opportunity for sharing a good hug with someone important and a reminder that she loves them –we all need that! Life is all about laughing and loving for her, with eternal hope for humanity. Follow her @TEEGARDENROCHELL.

YOU’VE BEEN IN THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY FOR SEVEN YEARS AND HAVE SPENT THE ENTIRE TIME WITH THE SAME OWNER. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO BE FRIENDS WITH THE PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH? It’s very important to me. I feel like working in this industry is more than just selling weed. It’s about caring and wanting to help people. And if you have owners that understand that it’s a passion and not just a job, and you see them as friends, you put more thought and care into how you approach what you do – because I believe you should never treat your friends like shit. It’s a family … it’s a team.

WHAT DID YOU DO BEFORE YOU GOT INTO CANNABIS, AND WILL YOU EVER GO BACK? I worked in the healthcare industry, and I would never go back. I loved being a nurse and I loved helping people, but I did not love seeing the side effects of the prescriptions. I find joy in knowing that folks won’t be harmed by the medicine.

WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF HEADED? DO YOU INTEND TO BUDTEND FOR ANOTHER 30 YEARS AND HEAD OFF INTO THE SUNSET? Yeah, honestly, I love my position. I don’t work because I have to, I work because I love to. I was disabled by back surgery and I had to learn to walk again. I was told to stay home for the rest of my life, and that didn’t suit me. So, I do this job because I love it and I get to work with great people – my friends. (giggles)

NOW THAT YOU CAN WALK AGAIN, WHAT IS YOUR PREFERRED WAY TO USE THOSE LEGS? Skating. I love skating. I skate roller derby, and the thing I wanted to do most when I could walk again was to skate. I will skate forever.

ARE YOU CURRENTLY BUSTING LADIES IN THE CHOPS WITH YOUR ELBOWS WITH A PARTICULAR ROLLER DERBY ORGANIZATION? Ha! I’m currently skating with Dockyard Derby Dames in Tacoma!

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“I WORKED IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY, AND I WOULD NEVER GO BACK.”

MARGIE’S POTSHOP MARGIE’S POTSHOP

“Surprisingly enough, this shop is not best known for the great weed selection and customer care – it’s for the ongoing paranormal activity in the area.”

SASQUATCH SIGHTING!

FLOWERS

Jet Fuel by Buddy Boy – Garrett

Dirty Recon by Withit Weed – Ginger

Pineapple Cake by Momma J’s – Brandie

Tropical Runtz by Rochester Farms – Missy

Violet Flag by High State – Andrea

Joints

1988 African Mango Blunt by NWCS – Garrett

Infused Toasted Marshmallow by Rochester Farms – Missy

Friday Kush Cavi Cone by Buddy Boy – Emilio

Apple Drip Cavi Cone by Buddy Boy – Andrea

CARTS

Huckleberry Pie Tasty Terps by Cowlitz County Cannabis – Garrett

Full Spec Agent Orange by MFused – Ginger

Zenergy by MFused – Missy

Headspace by Dabstract – Emilio

LEGACY CRED

Officially the first legal recreational Cannabis shop on the West Coast, amazingly the doors swung open for the first time in July 2014! Margie was a single grandmother in her sixties, and the first person to get a legal license because of her experience as a controlled substance pharmacist. In the aughts, she was exposed to people having their lives ruined by opioids, so she applied and was awarded the ability to start this journey before passing in 2021 and leaving the legacy to her daughter, Jill Szubski.

ACCOLADES

For two years straight, this hot spot was recognized as the Best Cannabis Store in the Gorge (including Oregon) through a contest by Bi-Coastal Media which owns five radio stations in the area. And by the way, that includes the award for Best Customer Service. It all makes sense now, right?

CONVERGENCE OF ENERGY

Surprisingly enough, this shop is not best known for the great weed selection and customer care – it’s for the ongoing paranormal activity in the area. They’ve officially documented more Bigfoot sightings than any location worldwide, making Washington the epicenter of reported Sasquatch interactions. In fact, if you kill a Sasquatch, you’ll get five years in jail (but you’ll be worldrenowned)! In addition, there have been sightings of a giant cat with an ape-like face called the Klickitat Ape Cat with over 60 sightings. Also, Washington state has the most UFO sightings per capita in the U.S., with close to 7,000 documented. For more details, go to margiesoutdoor.com!

dabs

Lava Rocks by Rolling Farms – Garrett & Emilio

Pez by Tasty Terps – Ginger

Tropical Zkittlez by Tasty Terps – Brandie

Pina Colada w/ CBG by Passion Flower – Andrea

edibles

Blood Orange by Wyld – Ginger & Missy

Pineapple Habanero Gummy Bombs by Cowlitz County Cannabis – Brandie

Raspberry Cheesecake by Skuared – Emilio

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Concent Extracts explained.

FRESH FROZEN

The process of freezing Cannabis plant material right after harvesting it, typically with dry ice, to preserve trichomes for concentrate extraction.

ICE WATER HASH

Made when trichomes are separated from fresh frozen plant material using nothing but ice, water and filter bags. Also referred to as bubble hash, it is usually dabbed but can also be mixed with flower and smoked.

FULL MELT

The highest grade of ice water hash, usually rated at five or six stars. Fully melts and leaves very little to no residue or char on the banger.

STAR SYSTEM

What stars are we talking about here, you say? Ice water hash is rated on a scale of one to six stars based on quality and meltability, with one being the lowest quality and six being the highest.

FLAG OF HASH

Pressing out water hash using parchment paper into a flag shape in order to dab it off a nail.

TRADITIONAL HASHISH

Produced for centuries in countries such as Morocco, Afghanistan, Nepal and India, traditional hashish is made by either separating the trichomes from a live plant with one's hands (charas) or by agitating dried, cured plant material over a screen (dry-sift), then compressing the collected resin to form a solid brick or ball of concentrate that is typically brown in color.

Six star bubble hash that’s been washed and cured using a unique process that preserves resin. It has a consistency similar to soft fudge and can be cut with a knife.

LIVE ROSIN

Solventless hash oil made by using water and ice to agitate the trichomes off of the fresh frozen plant material, which is then placed into a rosin press that uses heat and pressure to extract the rosin.

FRESH PRESS

Rosin that goes directly from the parchment paper it was pressed onto and into the jar. Tends to have a glassy, stretchy consistency like taffy.

COLD CURE

Fresh-pressed rosin that has been stored in a jar, cured at low temperatures, and agitated until it has more of a batter-like consistency.

FULL SPECTRUM EXTRACTS

Includes all compounds of the Cannabis plant such as cannabinoids, terpenes and flavonoids, rather than isolating just one specific compound.

WAX

An umbrella term used to describe concentrates that appear soft and waxy in appearance. Typically extracted using butane or hydrocarbon solvents, and comes in a variety of forms referred to as butter/badder, honeycomb, crumble, sugar and more.

BHO

Butane Hash Oil, or a form of concentrates extracted using butane, and available in various consistencies. Excess butane is purged using a vacuum oven.

DISTILLATE

An extract made with a distillation process that separates all materials and compounds from one specific cannabinoid, often THC. Can be used to dab or vaporize, but is most often found in edibles, topicals, vape cartridges and other products.

DIAMONDS

Cannabinoids which have been purified and isolated to form crystalline solids that look like diamonds.

FECO

Full Extract Cannabis Oil. A dark, tar-like extract made by soaking plant matter in a solvent – typically grain alcohol. Often used for severe pain relief. Sometimes referred to as Phoenix Tears or Rick Simpson Oil (RSO), after the Canadian engineer and Cannabis advocate who helped popularize its medical use to treat tumors and other cancers.

SHATTER

Named for its glass-like consistency that tends to crack or shatter when broken, typically gold or amber in color.

HASH HOLE

Also referred to as a “donut,” hash holes are rolled with a snake of hash rosin surrounded by flower. As the flower and rosin burn together it creates a perfect ring of hash resembling a donut, with bubbling rosin in the hole.

JAM

Bubble hash that has been pressed and heated until the microcrystals of THCa separate from the terps in the rosin, creating a jam-like consistency with small chunks of crystals.

EXTRACTION

The process of removing the resin from fresh frozen plant material to make a concentrate.

SOLVENT

Extraction methods can use solvents, such as butane or CO2, to create products like BHO or CO2 extracts.

SOLVENTLESS

Extraction methods not dependent on solvents can use techniques involving ice and water, or heat and pressure, to remove oils. This is used to create products like rosin or traditional hashish.

SQUISHING

Also called “pressing,” this is the process of using a rosin press to apply heat and pressure in order to “squish” live rosin out of the plant material.

RESIN

A sticky substance found in trichomes that can be collected or extracted from the plant to make various forms of concentrates.

MICRON SCREEN

A series of mesh screens that allow trichomes to fall through to each successive screen while

HEAD STASH

Your personal, private reserve stash of those extra special or rare terps you don’t want to share. “My roommate better not have smoked that jar from my head stash while I wasn’t home.”

HEADIE

A piece of glass you’re proud to pull up to the sesh with. “Hey man, can I take a dab of this fire off your new headie?”

GLOB

A dab of epic-sized proportions. “I need a giant glob after the day I’ve had.”

710

The dab version of 420. And if you haven’t gotten it yet, “710” spells “OIL” upside down and backwards. “What event are we pulling up to for 7/10 this year?”

WOOK

A hippie who likes to take a lot of dabs and hang out at music festivals to see jam bands. “Wow, there sure were a lot of wooks on lot at the Grateful Dead show last night.”

DAB RIG

A water pipe that is used to inhale Cannabis concentrates.

E-RIG

A device that electronically heats a nail for dabbing rather than using a torch. Learn more about Focus V, one of the innovators in eRig technology, in this month’s issue or at LeafMagazines.com

NAIL

An attachment that connects to the downstem of a rig, like a bowl in a bong, to hold and heat up the concentrate.

BANGER

A bucket-shaped attachment on a rig to dab concentrates off of, made in a variety of materials, sizes and designs.

QUARTZ

A common material used to make bangers that can withstand high temperatures for longer periods of time, making it the most common and ideal material for taking dabs off of.

TERP SLURPER

A style of quartz banger with a dish attached to the bottom, invented by glass legend JP Toro. When a concentrate is heated up and melts, holes in the bottom of the banger allow oil to seep out into the dish, enhancing flavor and minimizing waste.

CARB CAP

A device that seals around the banger to help regulate the amount and direction of air going to the nail on a dab rig.

DABBER

A tool that is used to scoop up dabs and place them on a banger.

DAB MAT

A mat made of non-stick material that is placed underneath a rig when dabbing to protect the glass and keep it in place.

TERP PEARL

Small balls that spin around the bottom of the banger while dabbing to distribute the concentrate and heat evenly.

TORCH

A device filled with butane that is used to heat the nail of a dab rig to high temperatures.

ISO

Referred to simply as “iso,” isopropyl alcohol is great for getting sticky resin off surfaces and is used to disinfect and clean dab tools and rigs between uses.

THE CARTA 2 | FOCUS V

LATELY, I haven’t been leaving the house without my handy CARTA 2 – an electronic rig from Focus V dreamt up to help hash heads “dab smarter.”

Seriously, I think I may use this device more than my own cell phone.

The thing absolutely rips – with a larger atomizer than the classic model and a 360° heating element for optimized airflow, they say “the CARTA hits hardaaa.” Even with more power, the design is sleeker than ever before. She fits right in my car’s cup holder or coat pocket and comes in an adorable mini backpack that is both portable and stylish.

Besides being thoughtfully crafted for onthe-go usage, the amount of personalization

the CARTA 2 provides is perhaps its most significant differentiator. Some of my personal favorite features are the ability to upload custom screensavers and change the LED color to match my mood or the vibe of the sesh I’m at. Here at HQ, we obviously like to keep our device on-brand – glowing green with the lil’ Leaf Nation logo as our screensaver. A whole slew of more fire features certainly makes it easy to customize your own concentrates experience with the CARTA 2.

Originally available in black and clear, Focus V recently dropped four fresh colorways: Grape, Midnight, Mint and Forest, as well as new Chromatix glass tops attachments and a limited run of custom branded Tuff Tethers with matching Zach Harrison carb caps.

AN OLED DISPLAY SCREEN showcases all the quick stats you need to see and tactile buttons on the base make for quick time and temp adjustments in between hits or users, or even mid dab. If you want to go digital, there’s the mobile app that makes it possible to fully control the device from your phone – changing the temperature or hit duration, saving color presets and LED light shows for different sesh vibes, or even heating up your dab – all from across the room and with the press of a button.

“We created the piece so that it could be yours,” explains JR, the brand’s Director of Product Development. “Choose your colorway, upload a custom screensaver, or mix and match accessories. We wanted to push the E-Rig space and innovate in personalization and individuality to help destigmatize dabbing. With our device, you can turn the LED light pink, put the temp down low, and heat up a dab for your grandma from your phone. It makes the whole process not only more personal, but more accessible to people who might not try dabbing off of a rig – which can seem scary with the torch, or overwhelming because it requires a lot of accessories and ongoing costs like filling up butane.”

Beyond building a device that functions effortlessly and looks sexy doing it, I’m all about being part of the Focus family because I love what they’re doing to bring the concentrates community together. The founders all have a legacy background in the Cannabis industry, currently operating with a “small but nimble” team that is incredibly passionate about hash, based out in LA with an East Coast hub in NYC as well.

Sam, the company’s CEO, goes on to tell me how, “Eight years ago, I started Rosin Tech – one of the first companies to pioneer solventless hash extraction equipment. That evolved into Rosin Tech Labs, which is now one of the leading hash companies in California. We have always championed hash-making at all levels and continue to push this passion through our products like the CARTA 2 and the network of industry functions you can always find our team at.”

The brand has been a part of international events from Spannabis in Barcelona to Hall of Flowers and Legends of Hashish in California, and collaborated with other industry leaders like Blazy Susan, Mystic Timber, and SakiBomb. A popping Discord channel creates a community for users to connect virtually, while tracking technology and social features through the app allow you to keep a count of device hits – and see how much your friends are seshing, too.

There’s even an international leaderboard of app users where you can upload your dab count and become a world champion. Finally … someone has made smoking concentrates a sport.

Thank you, team CARTA.

Making smoking concentrates convenient and customizable

“WE WANTED TO PUSH THE E-RIG SPACE AND INNOVATE IN PERSONALIZATION AND INDIVIDUALITY TO HELP DESTIGMATIZE DABBING,” EXPLAINS JR, DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AT FOCUS V.

PHOTO BY FOCUS V

GARBANZOS FOR THE ROAD

4 SERVINGS | 5MG THC PER SERVING | 20MG THC TOTAL

2 tablespoons cider vinegar

2 tablespoons olive oil

4 teaspoons canna-olive oil

1 tablespoon lime juice

2 teaspoons curry powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cumin

½ teaspoon turmeric

½ teaspoon Aleppo pepper

3 cans chickpeas/garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained

2 grilled chicken breasts, thinly sliced shredded carrots pita chips

1. In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients except the pita chips and mix well to combine flavors. Allow to sit for 30 minutes before serving.

HIGHJULY

The chickpea salad is healthy, easy and makes a great warm weather lunch or dinner. You can leave out the chicken entirely, or sub a different protein like tofu or shrimp. This smoothie is my weekend morning treat – starting the day with a bang, not a bong. If you have never had a citrus curd, try this. Creamy like velvet, tangy and sweet, the crunch of the toasted bread, the luscious fruit … you just have to try this at home.

LEMON LIME CURD WITH TOASTED BAGUETTE

12 SERVINGS | 5MG THC/SERVING | 60MG THC TOTAL

2 large lemons, zested and juiced

1 lime, zested and juiced

1 cup granulated sugar

5 egg yolks, lightly beaten

4 tablespoons canna-butter, cut in pieces

2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut in pieces

1 teaspoon vanilla pinch of salt

12 slices toasted baguette

1 cup berries, sliced if large

1. In a medium bowl, combine the zest and sugar. Mash together with a wooden spoon or potato masher.

2. In a medium saucepan, combine the zest and sugar mixture, lemon juice, yolks and butters. Stir to mix well. Cook the mixture over low heat, stirring frequently until the mixture thickens, about 12-15 minutes. Remove from heat and place in a bowl. Stir in the vanilla and salt.

3. The mixture will thicken as it cools. Allow to come to room temperature, chill in the fridge for two hours.

4. Spread the curd on the toasted bread. Top with berries and toasted flaked coconut.

Sometimes I bring my lunch to work and make this salad with CBD. And I share. When infused with THC, folks have to come to my house to eat it … and they have to promise to stay ‘til the THC feels are gone. This salad is good for you and only gets better as the flavors commingle.

2. Serve with pita chips. I like to mix them into the salad – the dressing and crunch go perfect together.

GREEN DREAM

SMOOTHIE

2 LARGE SERVINGS

5MG THC/SERVING

10MG THC TOTAL

1 ripe avocado

1 ½ cups almond milk, or milk of your choice

1 banana, peeled and sliced

½ cup almond butter

1-2 tablespoons honey

2 teaspoons canna-oil or butter, (melted and cooled)

chia seeds

1. Combine all the ingredients in a blender. Process until smooth.

2. Divide between two glasses and top with chia seeds. I never thought I would enjoy drinking avocado anything. I also didn’t know how healthy avocados are. But this drink is fire. Get a ripe avocado (yields to gentle pressure) and give it a whirl in the blender with the rest of the ingredients. I wonder if a savory version with the stuff that goes in guacamole would be good?

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INTOXICATING EFFECTS AND MAY BE HABIT FORMING.

THE FLOWER HAS A SUGARY AND BRIGHT CITRUS THAT SMACKS LIKE AN OVERHEAD SMASH WINNER

WIMBLEDON WIMBLEDON

Bright and floral buds with purple and green tinting shine with a brilliant creamy citrus tang that carries enough stoney power to make ten nis fun to watch on TV.

From the dazzling white of players’ outfits to the tightly trimmed green grass that acts as the playing surface, Wimbledon brings a vibe to tennis that doesn’t exist in any other sport. Played at the All England Club for 125 years, the event embodies the spirit of modern tennis with a classics approach. While most tennis is played on hardcourt, a blend of acrylic and concrete, Wimbledon is the only Major tournament that is played on grass trimmed to 8mm in height, with players sliding and falling in the chase of the ball, and the chance to hoist the silver cup overhead in a moment of supreme victory.

While most of us aren’t chasing tennis balls around on our off days, we can all relate to chasing another type of green, and the Leaf is in a constant pursuit of the best weed to share with our readers.

The Wimbledon strain, grown by Habitat Cannabis, is a cross of Strawberries & Cream X Grease Monkey X Wilson Reloaded for a complex hybrid that is stoney enough to get non tennis aficionados caught up in the drama and intrigue of a Major tournament.

Grown by Habitat Flower Company and bred by Masonic Seed Co., these buds define the term jar appeal, with a tight bud structure, deep purples and bright greens in the body, and tons of frosty THC trichomes running along the surface. The flower has a sugary and bright citrus that smacks like an overhead smash winner, with a creamy fizzy funk of strawberries, vanilla, chamomile and diesel finish that ignite the senses when breaking up a bowl.

First tokes are warming and full of creamy berries, exhaling with a rush that releases tension and fills the mind and body with enough euphoric energy to consider chasing a yellow ball around a court. Repeated hits deliver the relaxed euphoria with a gluey stoniness that balances the rush, leveling out for a heady high that’s ready for sports, whether in person or on tv.

Leaf Pro tip- if you have a friend with a Wii, try smoking the Wimbledon before playing Wii tennis! It’s easy, fun to play, and definitely better stoned!

STRAWBERRIES & CREAM X GREASE MONKEY X WILSON RELOADED @ HABITAT.FLWR | 25.2% THC | BRED BY MASONIC SEED CO.

HYDROCARBON

Slab Mechanix

Berry Caipirinha

Nug-Run Sugar Wax

Agro Couture

Purple Punch Live Resin

Golden crystals glistening with terps, the Purple Punch delivers a fizzy-berry-gas that tantalizes taste buds while filling the mind with a happy-go-lucky buzz that can make any moment a special one. 94% THC @agrocouture

Freddy's Fuego

Lemon Shortbread

Dessert dabs are the best, and this bright lemon-kushy-custard oil doesn’t disappoint. First tokes have a breathyyeasty-cakey aroma reminiscent of cookie dough before baking, with a bright, sugared lemon custard vapor that lingers on the palate as effects rush to the frontal lobes –stimulating thought while slowing the body in a floaty and heady daytime high. @freddysfuego_

Gold ‘N’ Grams

Concentrates

Lemon Peel Single Source Run Fire in Ice

Freshly-peeled lemons melt into a gassy-pepper-pine for a balanced, sweet ‘n’ sour funk that tastes like candied lemons with a dancing-in-the-rain, feel-good high. @gold.n.grams

We can’t pronounce it, but this fruit-forward, golden, nug-run sugar wax is bursting with rich red berries and vanilla-citrus-gas that fills the lungs and warms from the chest outward – delivering a body high that feels like wearing a weighted blanket, with a drooly euphoria to balance out a chillaxed, end-of-day buzz. 67% THC @slabmechanix

Petrol Extracts

Duct Tape Petrol Paint Terp

Sauce Infusion Brush

Make any joint infused with this ingenious new delivery method from Petrol Extracts. Using clicktip tech and a brush, you can slowly add the gluey-gassy terps of the Duct Tape to the inside during rolling, or outside of any joint or blunt – transforming a normal experience into an infused sesh! @petrolextracts

Plaid Jacket

Ethiopian Sky Cuddler

Intense notes of fermented and rotting tropical fruits waft out of glistening golden crystals, with deep notes of coffee, rubber and a dank funk that envelopes the senses – vaporizing with a sweeter flavor than expected and a floaty, ‘touch the sky via YouTube drone videos from the couch’ type of high. @smoke.plaid

Refine

Paloma Rocks

Perk up for this cocktail themed rocks and sauce that has a rich and robust grapefruit fuel with a tingly piney-kush exhale – brightening senses while relaxing the body for a perfect happy hour buzz. 83.21% THC

1.5% Terpenes | @x_tracted

Alpenglow Extracts

Black Bananaz

Live Resin

Fermented bananas full of rotting gas and Z terps burst out of the jar, intoxicating the mind with each sweet ‘n’ sour toke – delivering a vanilla-petrol exhale and a rush of euphoric, cerebral energy.

66% THC @alpenglowextracts

Gold ‘N’ Grams

Concentrates

Sweet Tartz Single Source Run Fire in Ice

Candied Tangie melts into a citrus-gas with a hint of sour lemon peel that smells spectacular – delivering a smooth, sweet vapor and a top-of-the-morning hashy energy that’s perfect for tackling work or pleasure. @gold.n.grams

Dank Czar

710

Phantom Georgia Pie

Ectoplasm

Fresh peaches melt into a creamy-yeasty-cookies that tastes like dessert and vaporizes into a heavy-THC high that dominates the senses and slows time as a chillaxed vibe takes hold. 95.3% THC

Lifted

Permanent Marker

Cured Badder

Sour funk permeates out of this golden badder that reeks with a greasy-rubbery-glue and a perfect dash of citrus gas that smells putrid and wonderful at the same time – delivering a sweet-ish, gluey exhale that rushes into the mind, melting into a puddle of happy indica bliss. 70.36% THC | 11% Terpenes @lifted502_

Apples

& Bananas Live Resin

I like to dab, dab, dab, Apples and Bananas! Golden and glistening with fresh and fruity terps, this jammy oil smells good enough to lick … and tastes even better when vaporized. Delivering a woosh of green apple and citrus with a hint of sour gas – mellowing the mind instantly, sending you into a happy, chillaxed high that’s perfect for a midday escape. @dankczar_washington

HYDROCARBON

Agro Couture

Super Lemon Haze

Bright and hazy with uplifting notes of lemongrass, and a hint of citronella with a Kushy exhale, this classic sativa kicks in immediately – elevating the mood and sending a surge of stoney energy to the mind and body. 93% THC @agrocouture

Refine THCA

As refined as THC can get, THCA is the form it takes before being heated and vaporized or smoked. This high potency concentrate is perfect as a bowl topper or rolled into a joint or blunt to add a smack of high THC to any smoking experience.

86% THC @x_tracted

Freddy's Fuego Big Baby

Loud, sour and funky – like a delicious dabbable version of a dirty diaper – but in a stinky terps way! Ripe with vanilla-rum-berries and a citrus-pie-gas finish, this vapor melts the mind and glues you on your backside – like a big baby in a dab timeout. @freddysfuego_

Northwest Concentrates

Blue Slushie

Bright and in your face with a citrus-gas and funky-sour Blue Dream haze that grips the lungs with a warming relaxation before smacking the frontal lobes with a stoney, euphoric high.

86% THC @nw_concentrates

Dabs 4 Less Afghan Kush

Rich and earthy with a bright piney-Kush flavor, this budget brand delivers high marks with a stoney, couchlocked buzz. @dabs4less

Lifted

Lazy Bee

Locktite Live Resin

Bright citrus glue drips from this glistening live resin, with tropical notes of pineapple and guava that come alive in vapor – delivering a thoughtful euphoria to the mind while gluing the body firmly to the couch for a perfect Netflix and chill buzz. 62% THC 1.8% CBG | 13% Terpenes @lazybeegardens

Garlic Icing Sugar Crystals

Raw and complex with dark notes of coffee, chocolate and garlic. Captivating the senses with a fetid funk that only a stoner could love – fogging the mind with a sweeter than expected citrus-garlic-glue exhale that tickles nostrils before hitting the head like a too-tight headband in a cerebral, elated high. 69.81% THC | 6.9% Terpenes @lifted_502

Bodhi High

Georgia Pie Live Resin

Jewels ‘n’ Sauce

Big chunky diamonds of THCA swim in a live resin sauce that’s dripping with creamy-berry-cookies notes and a funky-sour-pie kick that delivers a sweet-gassy exhale and a warming rush of time-warping euphoria that’s perfect for in-the-moment adventures. 81% THC | 6.9% Terpenes @bodhi.high.extracts

Skord Unicorn x Pineapple Pez #1 PHO

Known for pheno hunting, premium flower and propane hash oil, this exotic PHO is bursting with a rainbow of fruity Z terps with a tropical, skunky finish that dazzles the senses – gripping the lungs with a sour-Trix-glue that sends a high from the chest outward in a euphoric, glowing beam of potency. @skord.official.backup

Sticky Frog

Donny

Burger

Get baked backyard

BBQ style with this earthy-pickley-kushy live resin that delivers a heady derp effect that slows thoughts and simplifies senses for a stoney, munchies-driven buzz. 77.87% THC

2.3% Terpenes @phatpanda

Flawless Extracts Wedding Cake

Diamonds & Sauce

Big juicy diamonds float in a thick terpy sauce like icing on a kushy cake, with bright citrus-gas and sour-piney-cookies dominating the senses as the vapor fills the mind with a time-slowing, in-the-moment euphoric buzz ready for summer celebrations. 64.7% THC | 6.7% Terpenes @flawless_extracts

K Savage

Bacio Oreoz

Cured Extract

Bright and in your face with a creamy, citrus-turpentine fuel that tickles the nose on exhale before slamming into the mind with a frontal lobe numbing high that carries a drooly euphoria – perfect for munchies and getting lost on Netflix. @ksavagesupplyco

HYDROCARBON

K Savage

Gelato Cured Extract

Floral and fresh fruit flavors melt into a fermented vanilla-citrus-cookies gas that is a unique twist on Gelato terps – hitting the lungs with a whisper of vapor that imparts a thoughtful, vibe-enhancing buzz that’s great for creative activities.

@ksavagesupplyco

Svin Garden

Golden Lemons

Brilliant raw lemon peels melt into a funky sour-vanilla-gas that has a complex, mouth-watering flavor – bringing a fresh melon exhale and a rush of zingy, euphoric cerebral energy that pairs perfectly with coffee and OJ in the morning. @svin_garden

Canna Whupass

Fruity

Pebblz

Peach Ringz

These delightful little pebblz of oil are perfectly sized for little dabs, or big globs, and remind us of the dab version of Dippin’ Dots. Full of fresh Peach Ringz flavor, the vapor tastes like licking a bag of peach candy – delivering a high-THC buzz with a side order of sweet-minded munchies.

@cannawhupass

Paris Cannabis Co.

Watermello

Bright melons meet sour gas in a sour patch version of watermelon, with a heady earthy-Kush-glue finish that delights the taste buds – dulling mental thought and physical feeling in a glowy and tingly high that’s great for relieving daytime stress. @pariscannabiscompanybackup

Seattle Marijuana Co

Animal Mintz

Live Resin BHO

Sour power oozes from this heady live resin that’s full of minty-funky-gas with a citrus kick that teases the senses with a rush of euphoria before wrapping around the body in a relaxed, anxiety-free indica buzz.@seattlemarijuanaco

710 Phantom & Sauced Cannabis Co

Strawberry Delight

Earthy notes of strawberry fields fill the mind as golden crystals vaporize into a relaxed, toes-in-the-dirt high that’s perfect for outdoor activities.

92.3% Cannabinoids

5.47% Terpenes

Fire Bros.

Jack Black

Our May Fun Issue Strain of the Month (find online at leafmagazines.com), this rockstar worthy flower shines in oil, riffing with a complex blend of earthygassy-skunk that battles with hazy-citrus-melons for a crescendo of flavor that delivers as a mellow vapor – tickling the nose and wrapping up the mind and body in a floaty, euphoric sativa high. @firebros

Optimum Extracts

Sour Tangie Live Resin

Freshly picked citrus and tangerines ooze bright terps with a lovely hint of grassyKush that balances the sweetness of this live resin – delivering an uplifting and distinctly energetic high that’s great for starting the day on a high note.

64.7% THC | 6.7% Terpenes

@optimum_extracts_wa

Emerald City Cultivation

Cured Block Party Resin

Loud and funky like a party should be, this cured resin is brimming with sweet rotten fruit and a sour grapefruit gas that teases the senses before delivering an uplifting, lighter-than-air body high that’s ready for the dance floor.

@emeraldcitycultivation

Dank Czar

Alpine Guava Live Resin

Fresh floral bouquets of tropical flowers and citrus fruit dance with a gentle, green apple gas that teases the palate before vaporizing into a mellow breeze of island terps – relaxing the mind and body for a mental vacation … no beach required.

@dankczar_washington

Lazy Bee

Miracle Alien Cookies

Diamonds & Sauce

Sour-gassy-citrus jumps out of the jar with big, terpene-coated THCA diamonds that melt into a smooth, expansive vapor that grabs the chest in a high-THC buzz – as the creamy-pine and diesel terps light up the frontal lobes for a mind-melting, couchlocked body high.

82% THC | 1.5% Terpenes @lazybeegardens

Painted Rooster

Gouda Berry Live Resin

Big bouquets of rose petals and red berries on the vine dance with a gassy-fizzy-haze that dazzles the senses before smacking the palate with a sharp, creamy tang that slows time while enhancing sounds and feelings for a fun, in-the-moment buzz.

@paintedroostercannabis

HYDROCARBON

Fire Bros. Lime Skunk

Bright and golden with in-your-face notes of vanilla-sugared limes and kushy-skunky-gas that lingers on the palate, this uplifting cross of Green Ribbon x Lemon Skunk has a floral, lime peel exhale and a ‘calm mind meets energetic body’ sativa high. @firebros

Painted Rooster

Dirty Zprite

Cured Resin

Light golden with a cured terps, buttery consistency, this effervescent resin has sweet lemon-lime notes with a gassy-piney finish that has a 7-Up with a Z terp garnish exhale – sending the head floating above a chillaxed body for an energetic and dazed daytime high.

@paintedroostercannabis

Canna Organix

Jokerz Nectar

High terpene nectar will have you wondering “why so serious” as creamy-gassy-pickles with a lemon funk grip the mind – turning a frown to a smile with an energetic, but slightly disjointed high, worthy of the Joker. 60% THC @cannaorganix

Flawless Extracts

Casper

OG Live Resin

Bright eye-watering notes of vanilla-lemon-gas with a nutty-earthy-Kush finish that’s both sweet and complex –exhaling with a rush of floaty, euphoric and giggly effects worthy of the friendly ghost moniker. @flawless_extracts

Seattle’s Private Reserve

Orange Creamsicle

Terp Badder

Dive into a summertime treat with a creamy-orange zing of citrus with a gassy-sour-glue finish that oozes from the golden badder and coats the palate in a low-temp dab – rushing into the senses with an ‘ice cream on a summer day’ buzz. @seattles.privatereserve3

Oleum Moon Shadow

Live Resin

Raw notes of gassy chamomile and vanilla drift into a skunky haze that grips the senses and mind in a dreamy, stoned euphoria with a perfect amount of drooly sedation that’s great for lazy summer afternoons. @oleumlabs_

Emerald City Cultivation

Juicy Cat

Nearly translucent, this light-golden, glistening oil is ripe with fermented lemons and vanilla-citrus-kush that brightens in vapor – uplifting the senses while sending a cheery energy to the mind and body for a dazzling daytime buzz.

@emeraldcitycultivation

Svin Garden

Gummy Worms

Sour gas melts into candied Kush with bright, lemony Z terps for a complex and sugary flavor that gets sweeter in vapor – sending a rush of cerebral energy that elevates the mood and relaxes the body for a fun summertime buzz. @svin_garden

Lucent Extracts

Lemon Meringue Live Resin

Candied-lemon terps zing out of the jar with a creamy-vanilla-gas that delights the mental senses while chilling the body and reducing anxiety in a sativa-leaning, chillaxed high that’s perfect for daydreaming. @lucentextracts

Refine & House of Cultivar

Apples & Bananas

Loud Resin

Two Seattle OG companies com bine with a loud and funky, citrus gas that screams with green apple peels and creamy banana diesel, plus a syrupy-sweet and smooth exhale that rushes effects into the frontal lobes – melting the mind into a sedated puddle of euphoria. 52.76% THC 15% Terpenes @x_tracted | @house.of.cultivar

Paris Cannabis Co.

Grandi Guava

Light golden crystals glisten with sweet and mellow tropical fruit notes and a gentle tingle of gassy menthol that transports the mind to the tropics – delivering a syrupy-smooth vapor and a relaxed, cocktail-in-hand, toes-in-the-sand high.

@pariscannabiscompanybackup

Mammoth Labs

Runtz of Eden

Fresh orange peels float in a creamy-gin-fizz that smells like an orange blossom cocktail – rushing into the mind with a watery eyed, frontal lobes buzz that brings giggly energy to a morning that’s perfect for brunch – no alcohol needed.

@mammoth_labs

Mad Mark

Applesauce BHO

Turn the Mr. Yuk frown upside down with this syrupy sauce that’s full of fresh, green apple-gas with a hint of grassy-haze that has a delightfully funky exhale and a chill, carefree buzz that’s the opposite of mad … until the jar is empty. @madmarkfarms

Seattle’s Private Reserve Royal Rainbow Shatter SPR brings the old school shatter tech with fresh strains and terps for a throwback dab experience that’s fun and powerful. The shatter doesn’t have a ton of bag smell, but the vapor is full of earthy-citrus-gas that tingles on exhale. @seattles.privatereserve3

Legendary Laboratories

Strawberry GMO

Mouth-watering, freshly-picked strawberries dipped into a field of earthy garlic – delivering a superb, syrupy smooth exhale that fills the mind with a stoney, cerebral energy and relaxed muscles that are ready for any adventure.

@legendary.laboratories

VAPE CARTRIDGES

Slab Mechanix

Slymer Cartridge

Dive in the slime with this gassy, funky cartridge that’s oozing with terps.

First tokes deliver big smooth clouds with a lemon-cookies-fuel that dazzles the frontal lobes – melting the mind into a floating body below, with a buzz worthy of the name Slymer! @slabmechanix

Gold Leaf Gardens

x Polar Icetracts

Frosin Rum Cakez Pod

Good things come in small rosin pods, and the Rum Cakez shines with creamygassy-earthy terps and a distinct vanilla-cake-rum tang for a buzz that’s uplifting, but also cerebrally stoney and perfect for a chillaxed Netflix daze.

@goldleafgardens420 | @_polaricetracts

Northwest Concentrates

Gelatti Disposable

Flawless Extracts

Purple Punch Cartridge

Step out into summer feeling

Flawless with this high-terpene blast of creamy-berries and vanilla-citrus-gas that smacks with a kiss of Kush – delivering a chillaxed, floaty and euphoric buzz that will get you grooving on the dance floor, just add your favorite beats.

69.3% THC | 7% Terpenes @flawless_extracts

Refine

Khalifa Mintz Disposable Vape

Artizen Dutchberry Cured Resin Cartridge

A classic strain from Artizen in a tasty cured resin format, the Dutchberry combines Dutch Treat and DJ Short Blueberry for a cartridge that is bursting with bright berries and piney-creamy Dutch tones for a complex and delicious hit that’s irresistible – delivering a hybrid high with heightened senses and aware energy, plus a warming body high that’s great for powering through a day.

@artizen.cannabis

Desaus

Black Widow Cartridge

Don’t fear the bite of this widow, because these terps are pumping a gassy-floral-berries venom that lights up the body and mind with heady sativa effects, and a syrupy lemon-vanilla exhale that invites big repeated hits.

@desaus_pnw2

Vapes 4 Less Side Car

Cartridge

Ballin’ on a budget, this sweet vape is full of tropical-pineapple-syrup that exhales in smooth clouds – delivering a chillaxed, no-worries high.

Northwest Concentrates

Hawaiian Cartridge

Swim in the sauce with the Gelatti, which reeks of dark, earthy-gassy terps with a sweet-citrus-sap exhale that tingles the palate before delivering a frontal lobe smackdown and a happy-go-drooly buzz.65.7% THC

18% Terpenes @nw_concentrates

Full Spec Chocolate Punch

Live Resin Cartridge

This tasty cross of Dosi Punch x Chocolope delivers rich and sour clouds with dark chocolate and woodsy-piney-berries that sets the palate to salivating – intoxicating the mind in a munchies-driven, chillaxed buzz. @full.spec

Refine has been crushing the concentrate game for a decade plus, and we love their high-terpene disposables. Inhaling the golden concentrate fills the lungs with a rich minty-earthy-gassy fuel that floods the mind with a confident euphoria and rap star worthy body high.

83.2 % THC

8.9% Terpenes @x_tracted

Pressed Piña Colada Distillate Cartridge

Take a tropical vacation with this cocktail-themed vapor that’s full of CBD. First sips deliver a coconut-forward, sweet colada that nails the drink flavor – with a relaxing high worthy of island time, even if it’s during a 10-minute breather. @pressed_flavor

Avitas Ultra Lounge Live Resin Disposable

Catch a stoney wave with this super high terpene cartridge. First puffs waft big clouds of gassy-tropical-Kush, with a deep, sour-cookies finish – delivering a blend of euphoria with a definite durr-brain buzz that’s fun and relaxed, perfect for flip flop adventures.

68.5% THC | 17% Terpenes @nw_concentrates

Super terpy and perfect for setting the vibe into Ultra Lounge mode, this syrupy vapor is full of warming berries, citrusy sap and a buzz that amplifies sounds and feelings – like a favorite song playing on indica mode.

57% THC | 9.7% Terpenes @avitas_grown

VAPE CARTRIDGES

Plaid Jacket Emergency #9

Cured Resin Cartridge

A tantalizing blend of Orange Push Pop x Sunset Sherbet, the only emergency is how potent this sativa is. Rich with creamy citrus and funky sherb flavors, effects rush into the mind quickly – imparting a footloose, stoney buzz that’s perfect for summertime activities. @smoke.plaid

Emerald City Cultivation

Garlic Sherb Cartridge

Sweet but sour in the best way, the Garlic Sherb delivers a funky-gassy-garlic inhale with a sweeter, berry-sherb exhale that tickles the nose while dulling senses in a couchlocked, sedated indica high. @emeraldcitycultivation

Emerald City Cultivation

Candy and Cake

Hybrid Cartridge

These are a few of my favorite things and they’re better together – inhaling with a sweet lemon icing and a cakey-cookies-Kush exhale that tastes like dessert and delivers a heady munchies energy that’ll get you from the couch to the fridge and back again! @emeraldcitycultivation

Bodhi High

Modified Candy Grapes

Liquid Live Resin Cartridge

Crafted in Spokane, this liquid live resin is dripping with terps, filling the lungs with a smooth vapor that’s ripe with a sour-gluegas and a bright, green-grapes tang that adds complexity to this delicious concentrate. This cross of GMO x Purple Punch slows time and imparts a happy, cerebral high that’s great for sunny days. 82% THC | 11% Terpenes @bodhi.high.extracts

Pressed Peach Rings Distillate Cart

Each syrupy inhale tastes like a nostalgic time machine, filling the mind and body with a rush that’s the adult version of the sugar rush at a park while eating peach rings off each finger. The flavor is perfectly on point, with a rich and clean vapor filled with creamy peaches and a sugary sparkle that delivers a euphoric, heady buzz – perfect for sunny daytime vaping. 78.4% THC @pressed_flavor

Minglewood Brands

Caesar Plugplay

Inhale the glue like an OG with a rich vapor that feels palatial, and might trigger a sudden munchies urge for a Caesar salad.

@minglewood_brands_wa

Micro Bar

Artizen

Gelato Runtz Live Resin Cartridge

A powerhouse blend of two acclaimed strains, this cartridge smacks with a thick smooth vapor full of earthy-piney-gassy terps with a sour-berries exhale – delivering a tingly, muscle-relaxing high that is a superb mood elevator, preparing the mind and body for summer fun. @artizen.cannabis

Dank Czar

Rainbow Melonz

Live Resin Cartridge

A hot cross of G45 x Watermelon

Zkittlez x Moonbow 112, this strain shines in live resin. First hits are syrupy and sour, with melon-gas and breathy, candied Z terps that tickle the nose on exhale, with effects settling on top of the head like a 10-pound hat – slowing thoughts as warming durr-phoria settles over the mind and body. @dankczar_washington

Flawless Extracts Mimosa Live Resin Cartridge

Float away like the bubbles in a fresh mimosa with this fruity and gassy cartridge. First puffs deliver a super smooth citrus-gas with deep, earthy-Kush notes and a hint of fizzy berries from the cross of Clementine x Purple Punch – delivering a euphoric and uplifting buzz, just like a morning mimosa.

66.7% THC | 4.2% Terpenes @flawless_extracts

Oleum Extracts

Pop Rocks

Live Resin Cartridge

Fizzy and delightfully candied, this syrupy live resin has an abundance of flavors like a bag of Skittles, with fruity notes popping into the palate and tickling the nose with a perfect kiss of vanilla-Kush on exhale and an uplifting, euphoric and floaty high that’s made for summer adventures. @oleumlabs_

Quick Strike

Zhirley Temple

Disposable Vape

Perfect for puffing fat clouds of fizzy-creamy-cherry flavored vapor that is the exact smokable version of a Shirley Temple, the Micro Bar is totally discrete and packs a surprisingly powerful punch of THC with the super sweet vapor. This is a puff anywhere disposable with fun flavors and a sexy design. @microbar.us

Neon Kiwi Strawberry Cartridge

Taste the tropics with this rich and creamy vapor bursting with strawberry and kiwi flavor, teasing the taste buds with visions of white sandy beaches – where big smooth tokes deliver a mental vacay from this high potency distillate cartridge.

@neon_canna

VAPE CARTRIDGES

Plaid Jacket

Ethiopian Sky Cuddler

Cured Resin Cartridge

Exotic and loaded into a beautiful cartridge with Plaid Jacket branding, this golden oil is dripping with terpenes, delivering a cheesy-creamypiney inhale with an earthy and floral exhale – resulting in a heavy body high and sedated mental state, perfect for chilling. @smoke.plaid

Fire Bros. End Game HTE Live Resin Disposable Vape

A dizzying cross of Cherry Punch x Ethos Cookies, this golden oil shines from a custom blue disposable that’s branded with golden embossing and 206 shoutouts. Sips of the smooth vapor whisper into the lungs – exhaling with a cherry-wine-gas kiss that slows thoughts and time for a baked in the moment buzz. @firebros

Oleum Extracts

Dream Factory Vape

Hitting a disposable discretely feels like a dream machine with the dabs coming from Oleum’s Dream Factory. This sweet vapor tastes of red berries and citrus-vanilla-gas, with a chemmy, uplifting high that’s cerebral and perfect for blissful daydreams.

@oleumlabs_

Skörd Marijuana

Dirty Donut Cartridge

This funky and fun named strain is a cross of Tangie x Dosidos x Apple Fritter bred by Uprising Seed Co. –delivering a loud and yeasty, sour-citrus inhale that’s complex and smooth – resulting in a sedated energy that’s perfect for stoned daytime activities. @skord.official.backup

Agro Couture Gelato Cake Live Resin Disposable Vape

Rich and earthy, with a Kushy-minty-gassy frosting, the Gelato Cake drips with terps and delivers a buzz that loosens muscles and sends the mind to drifting with thoughts of cake (munchies or otherwise) dominating in a perfect ‘Netflix and chill’ high. 60.1% THC @agrocouture

Dank Czar

Garlic Grapes

Live Resin Cartridge

A classic example of a strain name that tantalizes stoners but would be scary on a restaurant menu, this cross of Grape Gas x GMO is loud af in live resin – with a funky burst of sour-garlic-rubber and a fermented grape tang that crinkles the nose and lingers on the palate. Perfectly pungent, this vapor smacks while delivering heavy eyelids and a melty, indica high that warps time with a skunky funk. 93% THC @dankczar_washington

Oleum Extracts

Rainbow Guava

Disposable Vape

Oleum is Latin for Oil – and they’re the OGs just like the Romans of old (check out their company profile in the Glass Issue of NW Leaf online at leafmagazines.com).

The Rainbow Guava is fruit forward with a wave of tropical flavors that crash into a rich, Kushy finish for an uplifting and euphoric high. @oleumlabs_

Heylo

Cherry Wine Cartridge

Relaxing and flavorful, the weed equivalent of an endof-day glass of wine is so much healthier! The Cherry Wine from Heylo is full spectrum CO2 with 57% CBD, 3.6% CBC and only 2.7% THC, providing a low psychoactivity buzz that’s chillaxed and perfect for ridding stress or pain at any time. Tasting of rich earthy cherries, it’s smooth and medicinal – and great for balance after a high-THC dab! 2.7% THC 57% CBD | 3.6% CBC @heylocannabis

Cookie Jar

Cannabis

Super Cookie

Live Resin

Jr Cartridge

Dip your hands in the cookie jar and grab a fat hit of gassy-earthy-cookies that tingle the nose on exhale and brighten senses before slamming them in an uplifting, but totally stoned buzz. @cookiejarcannabis

Solr Bear

Solventless

Azul Runtz Live Rosin Cartridge

Rich and mysterious, this golden rosin has a deliciously dark flavor profile, with a peppery-rubber-gas and a hint of Agave Runtz that provides a kiss of sweetness on exhale –resulting in a full spec, chillaxed buzz that’s great for lazy moments. @solr.bear

Fire Bros. Bananas Wilson

Disposable HTE

Live Resin Vape

Fresh and fruity – like inhaling the mythical rainbow from the Skittles commercials – this disposable hits tough with big clouds of effervescent tropical vapor, for a stoned but happy, active high. @firebros

Treehaus by Heylo Demon Slayer

Cartridge

Cannabis is great for slaying demons internal and external, especially the high terpene CO2 from Heylo – bringing full spectrum, strain specific flavor and a clean vapor. This sativa strain is perfect for fighting evil – aka activities like cleaning – with a rich, creamy, vanilla-berry-pine exhale and an uplifting, head-inthe-clouds high. 81% THC @heylocannabis

VAPE CARTRIDGES

Skord Marijuana

Zazul #4 Cartridge

Distillate

Disposable

Thick and gluey with creamy notes of lemon-gas, this high potency pen has a quick-hitting, stoney effect that’s relaxing and spacey.

95.09% THC

3.96% CBD @phatpanda

Wedding Cake

High Terpene Extract

This potent cross of Triangle Kush x Animal Mints has a thick and rich vapor that consumes the senses with earthy dark notes of chocolate-Kush-gas with a minty-sour-pine exhale that tickles the palate as effects wrap around the body like icing on a cake – delivering a mentally enthusiastic, couchlock high with a side order of the munchies. 75.68% THC

6% Terpenes @lifted502_

Spoil’d

Grape Ape Distillate

Spoil’d carts come with a magnetic adapter for batteries, which makes an already beautiful golden cartridge that much cooler. The Grape Ape brings classic flavors of spicey-grape-Kush with a robust gassy-haze that delights the senses before delivering an indica high worthy of King Kong.

85% THC @spoildconcentrates

Optimum Extracts

Mandarin Sunset

Full Spectrum CO2

Zazul sounds like a made-up stoner word, kinda like zaza, and we love it! This strain, pheno hunted by Skord, is featured in the January 2023 article “On the Hunt” online at leafmagazines.com. The strain is Zkittlez x Planet Purple originally bred by Archive Seed Bank, with the Zazul #4 pheno being unique to Skord. The premium PHO concentrate leads with a candied Zkittlez, with spicy-earthy-cookies and a sharp, fruity zing that’s complex and delicious. @skord.official.backup

Live Resin

Thick and heavy like a punch from the Champ, this earthy-berry-banana vapor is creamy and gassy, with a mentally uplifting, but sedating body high – great for Netflixing episodes of “Mike Tyson Mysteries.” @itstyson20

Spoil’d

Pineapple Express

Distillate

A classic strain and high-larious stoner movie, this sweet tropical cultivar sends waves of hibiscus and haze through the lungs and into the mind – sending the vibe to island mode with a relaxing, uplifting buzz. 89% THC @spoildconcentrates

Dabstract Ice Cream Cake

HTE Cartridge

This cakey and pungent high-terpene extract smothers the senses with heady notes of piney-gassy-cookies that deliver a floaty, euphoric and chillaxed high that comes with a case of fridge-raiding munchies deserving of the strain name. 66.40% THC

15% Terpenes @dabstractlabs

Oozing with warming notes of tropical citrus with a fresh floral gas, this golden oil is full of beneficial cannabinoids and terpenes that pack a heady punch – delivering a heavy indica high that’s giggly, calm and in the moment. 79.5% THC | 2.5% CBG | 2.8% CBN | 1.7% CBD

@optimum_extracts_wa

Fresh and fruity with bright green and hazy raspberry terps reminiscent of the foam on a berried hefewei zen, this cartridge delivers a heavy, high-THC hit that's sedating and giggly.

90% THC | 3.19% CBD @phatpanda

Lifted Cannabis Co.

OG Mintz Live Resin

Deliciously thick and super terpy, this live resin grips the lungs with OG gas and a tingly, earthy-minty-Z exhale that rushes into the mind – sedating thoughts and slowing time before melting into the body in waves of chillaxed euphoria.

74.37% THC

12% Terpenes @lifted502_

Optimum Extracts Huckleberry Haze

Distillate

Syrupy sweet with a thick vapor that tastes yummy enough to frost a shortbread cookie with, this fruit forward, jammy distillate with botanical terpenes tastes delicious and delivers a heady, powerful, high-THC experience. 92.2% THC

1.6% CBG | 2% CBN @optimum_extracts_wa

Panda Pen Original Glue

Panda Pen Raspberry x Skywalker

Distillate Cartridge

Lifted Cannabis Co.

Tyson 2.0 Banana Punch

Stay true to your roots.

Dutch Treat

Northern Lights x Haze

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Blue Roots Cannabis

Limonene Linalool

Caryophyllene Myrcene

Relaxing Calming Creative

Uplifting

Warning: This product has intoxicating e ects and may be habit forming. Cannabis can impair concentration, coordination, and judgement. Do not operate a vehicle or machinery while under the in uence of this drug. There may be health risks associated with the consumption of this product. For use only by adults twenty-one and older. Keep out of reach of children.

SOLVENTLESS

Polar Icetracts

Frosin Rum Cakez

Rich and sour, with an undeniable warming vanilla-rum flavor, this hash rosin oozes with terps and exhales with a rush of lavender, brown sugar and gas that lingers on the palate as effects slow time and enhance the senses – warping the body up in a big stoney hug. @_polaricetracts

High Tide Cannabis Company

Sprungalungs Live Rosin

It sounds like a hot dab gone wrong, but the live rosin is pure fire – with a raw and funky nose full of sour-gassy-rubber that mellows in vapor. The result is super smooth and exhales with a sweet citrusy kiss, gripping the lungs with a high that builds from the chest and wraps around the entire body in a happy, hazy hug. @hightidecannabisco

Legendary Laboratories

Apple Jelly Rosin

Rich and raw like a freshly-pressed glass of pulpy apple cider, this sweet and sour, gas-powered rosin delivers a complex, apple-fuel exhale and instantly mind-numbing effects – slowing time, amplifying sound, and providing a glowing sense of euphoria. @legendary.laboratories

Lazy Bee Gardens

Bacio Bars

Live Hash Rosin

From the sun-kissed, light-deprivation greenhouses of Eastern Washington, this beautiful rosin is rich with grassy-choco-chem that’s creamy and full of gas, with a sweet-fuel vapor that grips the lungs and rings the brain like a gong – stimulating thought while relaxing muscles for a chillaxed, in-the-moment high. 75% THC

6.6% Terpenes @lazybeegardens

Constellation Cannabis

Orange Peel Rosin

Bright and terpy like freshly-squeezed orange juice, this rosin is the perfect embodiment of the name – with a hint of underlying skunkiness and piney gas on exhale, and a rush of uplifting and drooly euphoria that settles on the mind like a warm beanie.

@constellationcannabis_wa

Redbird

Papaya Cake

Ice Water Hash

Donut

Donuts and hash, what could be better? The donut ring is fresh pressed ice water hash, and the sauce is solventless HTE using mechanical separation (warm cure), with both tasty elements made from the Papaya Cake strain. First flavors are gassy and tropical, with a sugary coating of earthy-OG-cake that shines through on a smooth exhale – delivering a heady and uplifting, but majorly stoney buzz. @redbird_wa

North Sound Solventless Grape Pie Hash Rosin

Washed and pressed in Bellingham in a one-person operation, this Cannarado genetics cross of Cherry Pie x Grape Stomper is the essence of craft rosin with high potency genetics. This golden rosin glistens with creamy grapes and berry-gas terps that are amplified by notes of sugary-breathy-pie that dazzle the senses – pushing on the frontal lobes as time slows and the mood elevates, while a floaty-euphoric high wraps around the body and mind in a wondrously terpy hug. 69% THC

2.9% CBGA @north_sound_2.0

Dank Czar

Papaya Guava

Hash Rosin

Go full tropic haze with this tasty rosin that’s reeking with fermented tropical fruit wafting on a breeze of citrus-haze-funk, getting more delicious each time it’s sniffed. The vapor smoothes the funk and releases the fermented fruit in a delicious exhale and uplifting, but definitely loaded, full mind and body buzz. @dankczar_washington

High Tide Cannabis Company

Toazt and Jam

Live Rosin

First notes from the jar have a bready-breathy-sourdough vibe that’s delicious and balanced with a sweetness that shines in the vapor. Notes of juicy red berries and a vanilla tang exhale dominate – delivering a euphoric and energetic high worthy of a breakfast dab.

@hightidecannabisco

Solr Bear Solventless GMO Live Rosin Badder

Get glued to the couch with this gas-forward rosin. The GMO terps go hard in rosin, rushing into the senses with sour garlic, rubber, citrus and fuel – numbing the mind while slowing the body down in a high worthy of the label couchlocked. @solr.bear

Lazy Bee Gardens

Wonka Zkittlez Live Hash Rosin

Powered by the sun, this high-terp live hash rosin is full of rich and funky Z terps, with a sour earthy-piney-chocolate that lingers deliciously on the palate – brightening senses with a sweet-grapefruit exhale while delivering a mental boost of stoney energy and euphoria that’s perfect for busy days.

76% THC | 6.2% Terpenes @lazybeegardens

Redbird Chocolate Bars

Dry Sift Rosin

Bursting with deep earthy notes of piney-Kushy-chocolate, this gorgeous light-colored rosin smells tasty enough to eat. Low-temp dabs deliver a tangy sour-gas exhale that delivers a surprising rush of cerebral energy with a perfect amount of stoney durr – resulting in a high-fun, low-productivity daytime dab. 64% THC

3.99% CBGA @redbird_wa

SOLVENTLESS

Kindness Concentrates

GMO Papaya Rosin

Golden, sweet and funky, this rosin smells like a slice of fresh papaya landed in a garlic box that’s started to green out – super fresh and sour at the same time – with a bright and gentle vapor and a heady euphoria, with a hint of googly eyes after repeated hits. @kindness_family_farm

Dank Czar

Planet Purple Hash Rosin

This Archive cut of Sherbidos x Moonbow is gorgeous and golden, with a breathy-sour-sherb meets creamy-vanilla-citrus and berried-Z terps in a complex and mouthwatering combination that goes full purple-creamy-Z on exhale – filling the mind with a creative contendness and bodily energy that’s amazing for daytime work or pleasure. @dankczar_washington

Plaid Jacket Rain Mintz

Fresh and floral like a PNW forest after a surprise summer rain, this earthy-piney-minty rosin has a warming, sweet candied lemons exhale that fills the lungs and mind with a glowing, senses on fire euphoria that’s ready for a rain dance, especially in a sprinkler.

@smoke.plaid

Six Fifths

Papaya Cake

Cold Cure SHO

In your face sour tropical fruits and glue ooze from this raw and funky rosin that has a fizzy citrus kick on exhale, calming senses and anxiety while sending waves of happy energy in a perfect stoned for breakfast buzz.

74.87% THC 7.2% Terpenes @sixfifthswa

Bubs The Kushman

GG4 Live Hash Rosin

Loud and gassy, this sour-funky glue has a thick and terpy feeling when jar sniffed that amplifies and expands in a smooth vapor – gripping the lungs and gluing the mind, while couchlocking the body in a wondrously stoney indica high.

@bubs_502

Green State Papaya Cake

73-159u Rosin

Screw the summer diet and eat cake for breakfast with this floral, creamy and earthy rosin that smells like a lemon frosted sweet Hawaiian roll with a slab of funky sour butter melted on top, delivering a tropical smooth vapor and a euphoric, thoughtful and energetic morning buzz. @greenstatewa

Mammoth Labs

Cherry Bomb Gelato 73-120u

Cold Cured Live Hash Rosin

Brilliant waves of earthy cherries rush from the jar, filling the mind with candied creamy berries with a hint of choco-pine that delights when low temp dabbed, delivering a smooth and sweet cherried exhale with a mind and time slowing, chillaxed but happy-floaty buzz. @mammoth_labs_washington

Bacon’s Grease

Bootylicious 70-149u

Cold Cure Rosin

Insane waves of sour grapefruit diesel and piney-cookies-cream rush out of this perfect orb of Constantine X Cookies + Cream rosin, delighting the senses before delivering a gentle rush of vanilla glue that wraps around the body like a hug from a friend, with a warming euphoric energy perfect for a midday coffee break. 75.32% THC @baconsbudscannabis

Knots Cannabis

Hash Locktite Rosin

This gassed and glued cross of Mt. Rainier X Original Glue has a thick sour jar flavor with notes of bubblegum, haze and pine that tease the senses before a floral glue seals the palate and grabs the chest in a warming, hazy and floaty high perfect for couchlocked fun. @knots.cannabiswa

Bacon’s Grease

Pressurized Berries

70-149u

Fresh Press Rosin

Syrupy caramelized berries with lighter notes of gassy-kushypine rise softly from this fresh pressed rosin, delivering a smooth kiss of vapor with a vanilla gas exhale that softens senses and sounds for relaxing, floaty and carefree high.

78.81% THC @baconsbudscannabis

Torus Pink Certz Cold Cure

159-73u Rosin

Bright citrus fizz with notes of pink lemonade and creamy gas ooze from this light golden-yellow rosin that vaporizes into a thick gluey citrus exhale that rushes into the frontal lobes, melting the mind into a puddled body that flows to music and vibes for a stoney, daytime buzz.

91.7% Cannabinoids @torusculture

Bubbie’s Bubble

White Tahoe Cookies

Hash Rosin

Dripping with sourgas terps reeking of fermenting fruit, pine and a lavender-vanilla-turpentine, this funky fresh rosin ignites the mind and body with a euphoric, stoney high perfect for daytime fun.

@bubbies_bubble

FECO/ RSO

Canna Organix Mixed RSO

Skagit Organics Slurricane RSO

The perfect delivery method for Cannabis medicine or high-dose edible experiences, Skagit Organics uses the whole plant with pure ethanol for Department of Health certified Full Extract Cannabis Oil, or FECO – which has been used for treating symptoms of cancer, high pain, and provides many other medicinal benefits with a full spectrum range of Cannabinoids and terpenes, plus a strain specific high! This Slurricane will blow your hair back like a hurricane, so hold on and enjoy the ride with high potency RSO.

60% THC @skagitorganics

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A blend of strains mixed into FECO provides a full spectrum blend of cannabinoids and terpenes for a high potency extract that can be used medicinally or recreationally.

Just google Full Extract Cannabis Oil or RSO to learn more about how this product can help heal and deliver a potent high.82% THC @cannaorganix

Skagit Organics GG4

RSO

Dabbable distillate made from Skagit’s premium RSO, this oil is smokable through any dab rig, or perfect for using as an edible for high potency effects. With rich GG4 terps, a healthy amount of CBD and a glued to the couch high, you can have this oil both ways – for a supremely stoney experience that’s medicinal and relaxing.

54% THC | 11% CBD @skagitorganics

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Trail Blazers

From the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, hundreds of thousands of hippies traveled to the Far East in search of adventure, enlightenment and the world’s best hashish, along what was known as the Hashish or Hippie Trail.

BEAT IT

After World War II, the U.S. experienced an economic and cultural boom – leading many well-to-do Westerners to begin vacationing along the old Silk Road (also known as the “overland route”) and later publishing accounts of their adventures. These tales, along with beatnik author Jack Kerouac’s groundbreaking novel “On the Road” – which glorified a Zen, vagabond lifestyle – incited a wanderlust in America’s youth. In 1957 (the same year that “On the Road” was published), Kerouac himself visited Tangiers, Morocco – meeting up with fellow beat writer William Burroughs, who lived there for a few years.

As the ‘50s ended and the Beats evolved into Hippies, more counterculture icons began heading East: Beat poet Allen Ginsberg moved to India in the early ‘60s, and in 1967 the Beatles also headed there for a meditation retreat at an ashram. As a result of these cultural influences, hundreds of thousands of young Americans disillusioned with capitalist consumerism and Cold War paranoia began a decade-long exodus to the East – seeking a freer, simpler life and the ultimate mystical high. Though they didn’t actually call themselves “hippies” – reportedly preferring the terms “intrepids” or “freaks” – this pot-smoking pilgrimage to the hashish capitals of the Old World became widely known as the “Hippie Trail” or “Hashish Trail.”

ON THE ROAD

Following in the footsteps of such legendary explorers as Alexander the Great and Marco Polo, countless counterculture vagabonds undertook some or all of the nearly 6,000-mile overland journey across Eurasia. Typically starting off from a European city such as London or Amsterdam, these “intrepids” would often travel by train, car, motorcycle or “Kombi” (often garishly painted Volkswagen minivans). But the cheapest, most common modes of transportation along the Trail were either hitchhiking or via the several bargain bus lines that emerged to serve the ever-growing influx of hippie hash seekers, such as the Indiaman Bus Company (who offered rides from London to Bombay for around $45), Amsterdam’s Magic Bus, Budget Bus and Swagman Tours (a.k.a. the “Asian Greyhound”). These companies marketed inexpensive fares to the hippie crowd via underground publications and bulletin boards at various Hippie Trail hotspots.

Main photo: Chicken Street in Kabul, Afghanistan—one of the hippie hubs on the Hashish Trail. Above: route maps from the Swagman and Indiaman bus companies. Left: Swagman bus tour makes a stop in Kabul (1970).

While there was no formal or definitive trail, these journeys typically followed one of two main paths: a Northern route, passing through Tehran, Kandahar, Kabul and Lahore en route to India and Nepal, and a Southern route, through Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Pakistan. Regardless of the specific route, however, almost all of these pilgrimages (which would take several weeks or even months to complete) passed through certain hubs that offered travelers access to rest, restaurants, resources, connection with fellow Cannabis-loving compatriots and of course, killer hand-made hashish.

THE PUDDING SHOP

As the only metropolitan city to straddle Europe and Asia, Istanbul, Turkey (a.k.a. the “Gateway to the East”) was where all routes converged. And for any freaks passing through Istanbul, there was one essential stop: The Pudding Shop.

Opened in 1957, the Lale Pastahesi (Turkish for “Tulip Pastry Shop”) was a small restaurant/dessert shop on the city’s imperial avenue (Divan Yolu) that was nicknamed “The Pudding Shop” by Western visitors who frequented it due to its variety of cheap and delicious Turkish puddings.

The Pudding Shop became the hub for all hippie activity in the city – a phenomenon the owners encouraged. To capitalize on the increased patronage and publicity, they actually had new signs made with the nickname to hang in front of the shop. They also installed a bulletin board where travelers could leave messages, post travel tips, and solicit or offer rides. Remarkably, this message board became the only place in the city where information about inexpensive transportation to Asia was available to Western tourists.

KABUL & THE HINDU KUSH

Long before the U.S. or Soviet invasions, or the Islamic Revolution, Afghanistan was actually a pretty progressive place that was warm and welcoming to Westerners. Various accounts from that time – including those of future travel gurus like Rick Steves and Lonely Planet founders Maureen and Tony Wheeler – tell of bus drivers, hotel managers, and even customs agents smoking hookahs with travelers and offering them gifts of free hashish. According to the Wheelers, by the early 1970s, Kabul was actually “in danger of becoming a tourist trap” – with an average of around 5,000 hippies in the city at any given time.

Like in Istanbul, there was a specific part of town that catered to the influx of hippie tourists. In Kabul, that place was called Chicken Street – a narrow, two-block-long mar ketplace crammed with eateries, hotels and various shops selling clothing, rugs and trinkets. Oh … and you could buy hashish and opium there, too.

Leaving Kabul, the route continues along the southern edge of the Himalayan Mountains in a region known as the Hindu Kush (or, as the Greeks called it, Cau casus Indicus), where the potent, portly “indi ca” variety of Cannabis first originated. It was Hippie Trail travelers who first brought seeds

of these strains (such as Afghani and Kush) back with them to Europe and North America – and it was those genetics that then laid the foundation for most of the popular cultivars we enjoy today.

GROOVY GOA

Next, the Trail traverses the infamous Khyber Pass into Pakistan and India. At that point, travelers had a choice: either turn south into India, or continue southeast along the Himalayan foothills and up into Nepal.

In the winter, many would head down to the state of Goa on India’s west coast for its warm weather and water. Originally a Portuguese colony before being annexed by India in 1961, Goa retained many of its European sensibilities and famously welcomed foreigners. In fact, Goans have a trademark term for their indolent, indulgent lifestyle: susegad, from the Portuguese word sossegado, meaning “quiet.” That philosophy, along with its beautiful beaches, lack of police presence and accessibility to drugs (particularly hashish and LSD), made Goa what has been described as “a counterculture Nirvana.” Indeed, Anjuna Beach’s legendary full moon parties have attracted many hash icons over the years, including Mila Jansen and Frenchy Cannoli.

K-K-K-K-K-KKATHMANDU

During the warmer months, however, the most popular terminus of the Trail was Nepal’s fabled capital of Kathmandu.

Boasting one of the oldest hashish-making traditions in the world, Nepal is renowned for its hand-collected, hand-pressed hash known as “charas.” Charas is typically rolled into what is called Temple Balls, which were sold legally at cafes and hashish shops all around the country. And just like Chicken Street in Kabul and The Pudding Shop in Istanbul, there was one particular section of town that the hippies all gravitated to: in this case, Jochen Tole Street in Kathmandu Durbar Square, better known by the nickname Freak Street. Freak Street became the epicenter of the counterculture in Nepal thanks to its concentration of hotels, eateries, tattoo parlors and most importantly, its three dozen government-licensed

hash shops – the most famous of which was the legendary Eden Hashish Centre. Opened in around 1970 by owner Devi Dhatta Sharma (nicknamed the “Ganja Raja”), Eden was a five-story Cannabis dispensary catering exclusively to tourists that featured a warehouse floor, a showroom floor, and a consumption lounge floor loaded with comfy couches and beds.

Sharma brilliantly marketed the shop to Westerners with a series of calendar posters featuring images of Hindu gods and goddesses and English writing that served as perfect souvenirs – and later, as sought-after collectors’ items. The business became so successful that in 1973, Sharma opened the Eden Hotel: a nine-story luxury hotel one block south of Freak Street, whose “Heavenly Pleasure Room” served a selection of hash-infused foods and drinks.

Unfortunately for him, the flow of tourists was about to dry up.

END OF THE TRAIL

Sadly, during the mid to late ’70s, several wars erupted that would spell doom for the Hippie Trail –including America’s War on Drugs. In 1973, the Nixon Administration reportedly paid a $47-million bribe to King Zahir Shah to have him declare Cannabis and hashish illegal in Afghanistan. Three years later, bowing to U.S. pressure, Nepal also banned Cannabis products. Then, a series of military conflicts across the Middle East and Asia – including the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979 – quickly made many nations along the Trail inhospitable and dangerous to Western travelers, effectively ending tourism in the region.

Today, few remnants remain of the old Hippie Trail. The Pudding Shop is still open, but other than some old photos and clippings on the wall, it’s essentially just a tourist trap. The hash shops on Freak Street were long ago replaced by conventional businesses, and tragically much of the neighborhood was destroyed or heavily damaged by an earthquake in 2015. But hey – I hear Goa is still pretty chill, at least…

To hear one hippie’s tales from the Hashish Trail, listen to Episode 23 of our Cannthropology podcast at worldofcannabis.com/cannthropology or wherever you get your podcasts.

Nepal is renowned for its hand-pressed hashish known as “charas,” which was sold legally at cafes and hash shops all around the country.

Hash shop in Kathmandu.

Outside the Pudding Shop in Istanbul (early 1970s).

Temple ball hash.

Eden Hash Centre on Freak St.

PUDDINGSHOP.COM

Eden Hash Centre promo calendar & restaurant menu.

Daily Mirror article on hash in Kabul (1971).

MICHAEL PALMIERI

Hippie chick selling Manali hash in Goa.

DUDE, WE WERE HAVING A GREAT NIGHT, AND THEN... It appeared that the late shot of elixir was what transformed Dr. Jekyll into Mr. Hyde, escalating the exuberant whiskey-burn growl into an ear-piercing screech.

And that’s where the off-switch appears to have malfunctioned.

Like a shark upon the first scent of blood that triggers the wide-eyed feeding frenzy, in an instant, what was a composed practice in cocktail etiquette became an all-bets-are-off mission to Mercury. This was the turning point where the motor skills became erratic and sloppy – effectively turning the leaking lip into a lawn sprinkler that sprays the bar with nonsensical gibberish.

And here I am, hyper-aware of every tic and touch while you decimate the vibe of the room with nails-on-a-chalkboard karaoke. The turkey strut turns to a fumbling act of foot balance and mumbled lyrics – thoroughly entertaining yourself whilst the room second guesses the system of open mics and over pours.

Dropping the microphone, you parade to the bar demanding attention – lambasting those who won’t share in your fist-pumping, shot glass-pounding camaraderie, measuring the patron’s moxie in ounces.

Your jerking, brutish arms are weapons of buzzkill. And then there you go, swapping spit with the wobbly sea hag who appears like a ball to the barstool chain – deliriously charmed by your advances. She cackles with delight while you attempt to dance her around before stumbling to the filthy floor like limp bags of garbage meant for the dump.

Meanwhile, her cross-eyed cougar friend peers towards me, on the hunt for the thunder from down under. So, I grab your arm and shuffle out of the impact zone as the bouncer gets anxious.

Thankfully, I just use Cannabis. So, you have a friend to drive you home.