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WES ABNEY ABOUT THE COVER

For the 2024 Concentrates Issue cover, the team dreamed up a dab like no other and passed the torch to the terrifically talented Mark Archer from Windham, Maine. He fired it up on a flawless Toro “Grail” (banger), roasted some rosin, and the rest is history. "Creating with hash rosin is one of my favorite things to do," says Archer. "When the Leaf approached me with the cover concept, I was absolutely stoked to try and bring the idea to life. Thankfully with the help of a fresh Toro Glass Grail and after a few (messy) days of trials, the hashterpiece before you was born."

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Editor’s Note

Thanks for picking up The Concentrates Issue of the Leaf!

We live in a glorious time of Cannabis freedom where we can consume our plant discreetly, in style, and with the simple push of a button or inhale and be high as a balloon. Concentrates are the essential extracts of the plant, delivering the purest form of Cannabinoids and terpenes for our pleasure in the form of dabs, cartridges, precursors for edibles, or topical products that have endless applications. This bounty of drinks and dabs in the dispensary has all come in the last decade or so of experimentation that has radically changed how we consume and share our favorite plant.

I often reminisce on times when smoking weed meant multiple hand washings, a shower of Axe Body Spray, and a triple piece of gum which definitely didn’t make me sound like a slurring stoned goofball when I stepped back onto the sales floor at Big 5 Sporting Goods. There, I would be fired for getting high, even if all the disgruntled shoe fetchers knew which water bottle was full of the manager's vodka in the breakroom fridge.

"IF THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD, COULD THE DAB PEN REPLACE BOTH IN THE FUTURE?"

Indeed, the smell of weed is what got folks in trouble, which is why the dab pen has really changed the game. Even the flavored cartridges, which high-brow rosin smokers look down on in snobby judgment, have a magical place in the modern world of getting high. How else might one get pleasantly baked in front of the bank, outside of church, or anywhere else you might want to blast off without the exhale smelling like piney-kushy-gassy skunks frolicking in the breeze?

Smoking a flavored pen lumps stoners in with the nicotine vapers, who are largely ignored. But, instead of inhaling cancer-causing chemicals, we’re celebrating the plant on the go and at home, with a perfectly timed and temperature-controlled glob of single-source cured resin.

Inside this issue of the Leaf you’ll find a curated selection of some of the finest resins, rosins, pens and extracts that represent the many ways the plant can be transformed into unique highs and medicinal products that are all safer than alcohol.

Cannabis is the healthy choice! The many reviews and all the pontificating and puffing make me wonder. If the pen is mightier than the sword, could the dab pen replace both in the future?

Albert Einstein famously said, "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” Given the choice, I believe it would be preferable if we all just got stoned.

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MARYLAND GOVERNOR ISSUES HISTORIC PARDONS FOR 175,000 CANNABIS CONVICTIONS

Maryland leads the way in drug war reparations with the historic pardons issued by Gov. Wes Moore freeing 175,000 from the burden of a drug conviction.

“Today, we take a big step enacting the kind of policies that can reverse the harm of the past and to help us to work together to build a brighter future," said Moore.

"This is a big deal. This is a really big deal.”

“...more than 150,000 convictions for simple possession, and over 18,000 paraphernalia charges.”

The pardons are largely for misdemeanor charges, with more than 150,000 convictions for simple possession, and over 18,000 paraphernalia-related charges. These backdated pardons cover arrests prior to Cannabis being legalized in the state in 2023, which linger on criminal records and can limit employment, housing or other opportunities. While 24 states have legalized Cannabis, none have taken such a significant action to right the wrongs of the war on drugs.

"We cannot celebrate the benefits of legalization if we do not address the consequences of criminalization," Moore said to WBALTV.

"That rollout [of legalization] must go hand in hand with pardoning past conduct, and Maryland is going to lead by example."

A pardon is not an expungement, but it will be noted on an individual's criminal record that the charge has been pardoned. This provides a legal shield against discrimination, meaning people can honestly say they have not been convicted of a Cannabis-related crime. While many of the early states to legalize focused solely on tax revenue generation and creating new rules that burdened the Cannabis industry, it appears that Maryland is truly living up to the goal of progressive legalization.

by the numbers

$40m

MICHIGAN OFFICIALLY SELLS

MORE POT BY METRIC TRACKED VOLUME THAN CALIFORNIA

California has led the world in production, sales and export of Cannabis for decades, but California’s market domination might be changing, at least in legal tracked sales.

Michigan legalized Cannabis five years ago, but the Wolverine State has been growing weed in the woods for a long time.

Ann Arbor, Michigan decriminalized Cannabis in 1974, making it one of the few free cities for stoners pre-legalization. We know Michigan loves weed, but are they really selling more than California?

According to point of sale data from BDSA, a Cannabis market intelligence company, Michigan is selling more grams of flower and units of products like vapes and dabs than California. Headset (another top data firm) also confirms that Michigan is selling more units than California, at least legally.

In terms of overall sales by cash value, CA is leading the way with $5.1bn in annual sales, versus Michigan’s $3bn in estimated recreational sales. While it isn’t a contest, that’s a ton of pot, jobs and tax revenue to support the state.

Our take is that the analysis is only as good as the data given, which makes the sensational headlines about Michigan selling more pot than California wrong. By many estimates the illegal Cannabis market is two to three times as large in California as the legal market, which isn’t accounted for in traceability systems. The West Coast is still the top dog when it comes to growing, selling and shipping pot, but as demand shifts to local, legal weed in new markets, it’s clear that states like Michigan, New York and Texas will one day sell much more weed than the Golden State.

LEGALIZATION

MINNESOTA CRACKS DOWN ON WEED SALES AHEAD OF LEGAL MARKET LAUNCH IN 2025

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Minnesota, weed is illegal to sell in flower form until the legal market launches next year, prompting police to continue the war on drugs as sales continue in retail locations around the state. Police raids netted 120 pounds of illegal flower from 91 retail locations, which sounds like a lot of risk, gas money and overtime for cops to fill a few tote bins full of weed that is illegal simply because it isn’t taxed or tracked yet. The Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) is responsible for regulating the market, and they were acting on reports of Cannabis being sold as hemp.

2024 CA STATE FAIR TO OFFER CANNABIS CONSUMPTION AND SALES

Judges of this year's pie contests will have the added advantage of really tasting the home-cooked flavor after visiting an onsite consumption lounge at the fairground.

Visitors to the fair won’t have to get high in their cars or hit the vape pen discreetly, as this year’s offerings include a 30,000square-foot consumption lounge where people can buy and try Cannabis from around the state. Similar to an Amazon store in Seattle, but likely with better security, customers will be able to scan QR codes and purchase Cannabis thanks to Embarc’s onsite retail license.

“...a major milestone in the state fair’s 170-year history.”

“This initiative spotlights the significant role of cannabis in California’s agricultural industry, marking a major milestone in the state fair’s 170-year history,” James Leitz, executive producer of the fair’s Cannabis competition and exhibit, said in a release.

the 2024 ballot.

The Hemp Bill passed by Congress allows sale of hemp products with less than 0.3% THC, which includes high potency Cannabis flower, as the predominant Cannabinoid is THCA until it’s heated and smoked. This loophole has allowed “illegal” Cannabis dispensaries to flourish in states around the country that haven’t legalized.

The OCM of Minnesota has been on the warpath, seizing 320,000 edibles so far this year, and raiding many shops for selling hot hemp products that will soon be legal to sell. They also warn that retailers who violate the law will face fines of up to $1,000,000. There’s no word if they expect this to stop all Cannabis use in the state until it’s actually legal to buy next year, but the OCM wants those in fear of illegal weed to know that they are doing “targeted” and “complaintbased” enforcement until licenses become available.

“Expanding the competition to include all form factors and providing patrons the opportunity to directly engage with and consume winning brands is transformational for public understanding of the plant.”

This year’s fair will also have a Cannabis category, where growers can enter their best flower in the hunt for a blue ribbon, or in this case, a gold medal. Our hot take? Go for the fair food, stay for the dabs, but avoid the rollercoaster after a trip to the ice cream cart.

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JOEY CARPER

NORTHWEST LEAF BUDTENDER OF THE MONTH

“I’M DEFINITELY LAYING DOWN ROOTS.”

HE LOVES living the small-town life where he can focus on the four Cs: curiosity, creativity, Cannabis and coffee. Composing music and following his favorite sports teams are often how he spends his free time when away from the company he loves budtending for, which he proudly boasts is based on “integrity, community and overall good vibes.” Follow him on Instagram @joeycarper.

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF THE STATE THESE DAYS? I’m living on a big piece of family property. We’ve got 640 acres, and I’m building my own little cabin to live in.

ARE YOU GROWING ANY OUTDOOR WEED? Yeah, I just got my first four plants in the garden since moving to Washington. I was born in Seattle but raised in northeast Oregon since the age of nine. Now that I’ve been here in northeast Washington, I’m definitely laying down roots.

YOU’RE A MUSICIAN AT HEART. WHAT’S YOUR INSTRUMENT OF CHOICE? I started out as a drummer, which is still my main instrument in the bands I play in, but I am a songwriter and play guitar and other instruments, and also have my own project studio.

HOW TOUGH IS IT TO GET A GROUP OF GUYS TOGETHER FOR A JAM IN LITTLE OL’ VALLEY, WASHINGTON? Well, there are just over 120 people in this town, so it isn’t easy. Back in Oregon, I’ve got a couple of bands. The main group I play with is called Rut Nut. We’re a power trio playing all original funk-rock.

IF YOU HAD THE CHOICE TO OPEN FOR ANY BAND IN THE WORLD, WHO WOULD IT BE? I really enjoy sharing the stage with lesser-known artists, but as far as someone with name recognition, I’d have to say Carlos Santana.

IF YOU WERE TO SHARE CANNABIS AROUND A CAMPFIRE WITH CARLOS, WOULD YOU SMOKE A JOINT OR DAB HIM OUT? It would definitely have to be a joint.

NOT A HASH HOLE? Hash holes are nice, but I would want to remember that conversation. (Laughs)

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SWEETJANE

SAVORING THE VICTORY

Owner Jennifer Strom was stagnant and frustrated in her previous career in the promotional industry when she entered the Cannabis lottery at the beginning of legalization, hoping for salvation from her employer that offered little room for advancement. Like many of us, she made a deal with herself that she would move every mountain if that’s what it took to make a life as a cannapreneur, and lo and behold, the gamble has paid off. Now she considers every day a blessing while standing resilient to the challenges of this journey, basking in a higher level of gratitude that she imparts to her dedicated team.

FLAVOR DOMINATOR

With a huge selection of vendors, every customer is certain to get the experience they expect. Operating a rare woman-owned business in the industry, Jennifer finds it important to cater to a female audience where comfort is the key. With an expanded horseshoe-shaped interior, you’ll find a comprehensive area dedicated entirely to pre-rolls, which are the most highly sought-after products on the market. Beautiful handmade cabinets break up the flowing white interior, accentuated by an extra-large drink refrigerator, perfect for finding your preferred quench for the summer heat.

THEY’VE GOT TASTE

With creating a community business that the city can hang its hat on, she set out to partner with like-minded farms to make a positive impact by changing how Gig Harbor perceives Cannabis. This meant initiating pet food drives, donating anonymously to schools and helping the community the best they can within legal state guidelines. And check this out: for the past two years in a row, they’ve had the great honor of hoisting the Weedmaps trophy for Best Boutique Retailer in Washington state. Wow! And they’re one of the only medically endorsed stores in the area, so if you’re a patient, come get your meds!

Kai’dro Frankenstein -Scott

Torus Permanent Marker -Don

Plaid Jacket Trop Cherry -Ronnie

Phat Panda Trophy Wife -Jessica

JOINTS

Ooowee Gushers -Jessica

Phat Panda Wedding Cake -Annie

Falcanna 3pk Fancies Orange Blossom -Allegra

CARTS

Forbidden Farms Melted Diamonds Wedding Cake -Shannon

Plaid Jacket MAC -Don

Mfused Green Crack -Annie

DABS

Lifted Cannabis Wedding Cake -Damien

Viking Rosin Cleo -Aben

Dawg Star Nitro Whips Sour Gummy Bears -Neil

EDIBLES

WYLD Good Tide -Allegra

Sinners & Saints Strawberry Kiwi 1:1:1:1 -Shannon

Major Orange Mango -Jessica

“FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS IN A ROW, THEY’VE HAD THE GREAT HONOR OF HOISTING THE WEEDMAPS TROPHY FOR BEST BOUTIQUE RETAILER IN WASHINGTON STATE.”

CRUNCHY MUNCHIES & STELLAR BITES

“Made with high-quality ingredients and attention to detail, these are the best stoner versions of a mainstream product we’ve come across in years.”

BITE AND CRUNCH into a new stoner twist on two classic chocolate bars that are ready for summer seshing.

Candy and Cannabis go hand in hand, often with one following the other in the form of a manic munchies binge. As a stoner who loves edibles, we’ve often found that the choice is between getting high or eating something yummy, but very rarely do the two coincide in such a beautiful way.

This is where the newest candy bars from Swifts take the cake, so to speak, with their infused versions of the classic Butterfinger and Milky Way, adding a blast of infused fun. Starting with the Crunchy Munchies, wrapped in bright yellow packaging, the rounded chocolate bite covers layers of peanutty chocolate with the unmistakable deliciousness of the Butterfinger. In a taste test, we aren’t sure we could pick the original, but given the choice, we are definitely going to choose the infused version from Swifts. These candies are so delicious that a whole package can easily become one big serving of floaty, fun candy.

The Stellar Bites are equally yummy, with a soft caramel bite and a smooth chocolate finish that melts on the palate as the effects send the mind and body floating away in a sugary bliss. Made with high-quality ingredients and attention to detail, these are the best stoner versions of a mainstream product we’ve come across in years.

With summer still waiting to appear in Seattle, grab a bag of candy, some Mountain Dew and Doritos, and hit the gaming or Netflix button with a sweet treat ready for hours of stoney nostalgia.

CHILL OUT!

No-Bake Edibles to Beat the Heat

SERVES TWO

PISTACHIO DREAMS

1 1/2 cups almond milk

1 ripe avocado, peeled and pitted

1 small banana, sliced

1 whole lime, cut into chunks

1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice

(from 2 large limes) or concentrate

1/4 cup shelled, unsalted pistachios plus 1 tablespoon chopped pistachios, for garnish

2 to 4 tablespoons honey (depending on how sweet you want it)

2 teaspoons canna-coconut oil

1. Put all the ingredients except for the chopped pistachios in a blender and blend on medium speed until smooth.

2. Divide the smoothie between 2 glasses and garnish each with 1/2 tablespoon of pistachios.

SERVES SIX

LET'S HAVE HUMMUS

1 medium garlic clove, chopped 1/4 cup tahini

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

1 (15-ounce) can chickpeas, drained/rinsed

2 tablespoons canna oil

1 teaspoon lemon zest

1 teaspoon smoked paprika

Salt and pepper to taste

1. In the bowl of a food processor, puree the garlic, tahini and lemon juice.

2. Add half the chickpeas and pulse to combine. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add the remaining chickpeas.

3. With machine running, add the canna oil.

4. Add the zest, paprika, and salt and pepper to taste. Pulse briefly to combine. Dust with paprika.

SERVES SIX

AVOCADO CRAB PASTA

3/4 pound spaghetti

2 ripe avocados, peeled and pitted

1 bunch scallions, chopped

2 garlic cloves, chopped

Zest and juice of one lemon

2 tablespoons chopped Italian parsley

Salt and pepper

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 tablespoons canna-oil

1 pound cleaned and cooked crab meat

1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese, plus more for serving

1 lemon, cut into wedges

1. Bring large pot of salted water to a boil.

2. Prepare the pasta according to the directions on the package. Drain and reserve 1/3 cup pasta water.

AS THE SUMMER HEAT and humidity intensify, I steer clear of using the oven and opt for cool beverages and no-heat meals. The top of the stove is OK, but I avoid turning on my oven until September. Obviously, I can’t always get away with this, but I try. I’m infusing with Girl Scout Cookies grown legally by my friend Teresa. It’s a lovely hybrid that leans indica, always uplifting and mellow. It’s a keeper. The recipes are guidelines; you can change ingredients, like shrimp instead of crab, and try a hummus with black beans instead of chickpeas. It’s summer, let’s chill out. Laurie@Laurieandmaryjane.com

3. In the bowl of a food processor, puree the avocado, scallion, garlic, lemon zest and juice, and parsley. With the machine running, add the oils in a steady stream until the mixture is a smooth paste. Thin with pasta water if too thick.

4. Place the spaghetti in a large bowl and toss with the sauce, crab and cheese.

5. Serve topped with a sprinkle of Parmesan and a squeeze of lemon.

Mia Shea

Mia Shea is a tenured borosilicate glass artist who got her sta rt on the torch at the Zen Studio in St. Petersburg, Florida, back in 2011. Since then, she’s done demos around the world, including Switzerland’s Cannatrade and at the Annual Degenerate Flame Off in Portland, Oregon.

THIS GLASS YOGINI currently calls Bellingham, Washington home. If you look closely, you might find her wandering the beaches on the shores of the San Juan Islands. You also might recognize Mia’s work from the cover feature in our Glass Issue back in April 2022.

Since then, this amazing artist has continued to grow her craft and solidify herself as a prominent artist in the contemporary glass art movement.

This representation is some of her most current work to date and highlights the range and intricacies of Mia’s translation from vision to physical art in the glass medium. Enjoy her description of this provocative journey into the past.

“In the Native American prophecy, White Buffalo Calf Woman came at a time of peril and brought with her the teachings of wisdom and peace so greatly revered in these ancient traditions” Shea says. “As the people circled around, she gifted them the Sacred Pipe so they could pray to all life. In regaining connection with ritual, balance was restored.”

Mia brings reverence of days past and transparency to this vestige of ancient Native American legacy. This piece shines light on a story that is meaningful to the current times as we navigate our way through a changing civilization.

The ancients speak of a simpler time when the act of manifesting one’s success would ring true for the entire tribe. Be that of a physical construct like the peace pipe or the mindset of bringing individual empowerment to help society join as one. We all stand to benefit from understanding the history of our peoples’ great past. I, for one, hope that this piece transpires the realms of time.

“My art is a vision of borosilicate glass born from the alchemy of inner power,” Shea says. “Through my quest to understand the multidimensional universe and investigating the interior landscapes of the soul, the glass has become an instrument in which I express the beauty of these incredible forces, masculine and feminine, working together. For this art requires the marriage of softness and fierceness in equal proportion. Borosilicate glass has truly become my greatest teacher and I am grateful to have been able to learn from so many amazing flameworkers. It is an honor to make this art for the people and bring the mystical feminine to life.”

“Raincatcher #32”

“Through my quest to understand the multidimensional universe and investigating the interior landscapes of the soul, the glass has become an instrument in which I express the beauty of these incredible forces, masculine and feminine, working together.“

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ATTENTION

If you have past drug possession convictions in Washington State (including marijuana and paraphernalia) you may be entitled to refunds. The 2021 State v Blake state Supreme Court decision found the law criminalizing drug possession unconstitutional, and convictions dating back to 1971 may qualify for removal from one’s criminal record, and financial refunds may be provided for court-ordered fines or costs.

Learn more at www.courts.wa.gov/blakerefund

“PURPLE-TINTED

AND COVERED IN TRICHOMES LIKE FROSTY IN ASNOWSTORM, THESE CHUNKY BUDS ARE GORGEOUS...”

SUPER BOOF

FLY AS HIGH AS A CELEBRITY ON A PRIVATE PLANE TWEETING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE WITH THE SUPER BOOF, WITH A FULL TANK OF CITRUSY GAS TO POWER SUMMERTIME ADVENTURES.

Today’s world is full of hypocrisy, but that’s not a surprise to OG stoners who remember when the D.A.R.E. program said Cannabis caused cancer, along with so many other lies about the plant that today is helping and healing lives around the world. This ties into the word Boof, a stoner term for mids or low-quality products, like the Bud Light of bud. Ironically, the name Super Boof is a play on this weed slang because the addition of super tasty genetics and terpenes takes this Boof and levels it to the top shelf.

Purple-tinted and covered in trichomes like Frosty in a snowstorm, these chunky buds are gorgeous in the jar, which includes a built-in scope on the lid for magnified looks. While many weed companies try to hide their weed in Mylars or layers of packaging, Mz. A shows off the trichomes with an up-close look at these beautiful nugs.

CULTIVATED BY

First notes are bright and creamy, with hints of fizzy-kushy-lemons and a piney-gassy-citrus that sends a wave of fresh squeezed orange kush flowing over the senses. Stunningly beautiful and fragrant, it was almost hard to break up a bowl, but the allure of tokes to come had us greedily tearing the dense and sticky flower in preparation for a stoney takeoff.

Smooth waves of citrusy-gassy smoke stay bright with each inhale, filling the lungs with a floaty, warming buzz that quickly spreads to the extremities and the mind. Our body felt at least 10% lighter, as if wearing Moon Shoes, bouncing around the house in a euphoric, forget-the-keys haze that’s ready for outdoor adventures after a few more tokes and the keys are found.

REVIEWS

Mfused Lemon Loopz TWISTED Melted Diamonds

Sugary fresh lemons melt on the palate with each inhale. When enhanced with the cold start function, it blasts a huge cloud of smooth, natural-tasting and sour-tangy vapor with an uplifting, cerebral buzz. @mfusedculture 96% Total Cannabinoids

Seattle’s Private Reserve Dank Dough

Get baked off this delicious batch of Dank Dough, which combines an earthy, doughy, and cakey inhale with a smooth, sour-gassy-citrus finish that is complex, mellow and instantly stoney. Effects rush quickly to a blissed-out mind before melting the body into a puddle of relaxation that’s ready for video games and pizza.

@seattles.privatereserve3 55.7% THC, 11% Terpenes

Artizen Jack Herer

Artizen is an OG company with a legacy that predates legalization in the medical movement, with a commitment to growing and processing fire strains that stand the test of time. Jack Herer was a Cannabis activist who wrote a book in 1973 called “The Emperor Wears No Clothes” about Cannabis legalization, which is still a great read, especially when hitting this uplifting sativa cartridge. First puffs are full of bright-citrus gas with a hazy, sour and earthy exhale that ignites the senses, relaxing the mind and jawline as a euphoric and creative energy takes hold. Google Jack Herer to learn more about the Cannabis legend, and taste the OG cut of his namesake strain from Artizen! artizencannabis.com | @artizen.cannabis

Micro Bar Rocket Popz Quick Strike

Blast off on a rocket of high THC power with this classic popsicle-themed flavor. The first hits deliver sweet and smooth vapor, with the iconic red and blue flavor that’s fruity and creamy, and a gentle exhale with a potent, floaty buzz. @microbar.us 91.8% THC

Lazy Bee Gardens

Powderhound

Live Resin

Freshly squeezed, gassy lemons burst out of this golden live resin, dazzling senses with floral lavender and a vanilla citrus zing that amplifies when dabbed, sending a rush of dizzying sativa energy to the mind and body. @lazybeegardens 82% THC | 2.36% CBG 1.6% Terpenes

Dabstract Orange

Zkittlez Diamonds

Giant icebergs of THCA crystals glisten with terpenes, oozing earthy, citrusy gas that delights the senses before delivering a heady, heavy high that melts frontal lobes and anxiety into a happy puddle. @dabstractlabs

Solr Bear

Airo Pod Lemon Diesel

Solventless Rosin

Pop a pod into the sleek Airo lineup of batteries and take a rip! These colorful and stylish pens provide a haptic buzz when delivering vapor, and the pods swap out with ease, allowing an easy peek at how much of the rosin has been vaped! The Lemon Diesel is sour and gassy, like old-school gas with the potency of fire solventless rosin from Solr Bear, delivering a stoned but inthe-moment classic sativa high. @airobrands_ | 37.7% THC

Dank Czar Afghan

Diesel Hash Rosin

Rich notes of lemony wildflowers and sour, gassy diesel ooze out of this beautiful rosin. The first low-temp inhale delivers a smooth and gentle, hazy diesel exhale that is superbly relaxing and stoney, calming the frontal lobes and delivering a happy daze buzz. @dankczar_washington

REVIEWS

Optimum Extracts Omega AK

If you missed the northern lights this spring, don’t fret, because the Omega AK will have you seeing stars in the daylight. This earthy, skunky, and gassy CO2 is full of terps and extra Cannabinoids for a well-rounded, uplifting but definitely stoned buzz. optimumextracts.com @optimum_extracts_wa 2.4% CBG | 0.8% CBN

Royal Tree Gardens

Guava 2.0 Hash Rosin

Sour fermenting fruit melts into funky, gassy guava notes that tease the senses as tropical and floral terps rise while loading a dab. The first inhales double down on the sour funk, gripping the chest with a warm hug before a smooth exhale that melts the mind into a puddle of stoney bliss. @royaltree.gardens

Hellavated Profilez Bomb Popz

The OG of flavored vapes continues to deliver heady highs with the Hellavated Bomb Popz, a fruity and nostalgic popsicle twist that is ready for backyard barbecues. The first inhale delivers a bright cherry and creamy lemony ice that delivers a different brain freeze that is stoney, blissful and ready for summer fun. @hellavated.vibez

Lazy

Bee Gardens Aliens on Moonshine CBD Live Resin Distillate/HTE

We love high-CBD concentrates, especially when they are generaluse and certified by the Department of Health for patients and grown with sun and love in Lazy Bee’s greenhouses. This golden live resin has high terpene extract added for a super terpy and flavorful buzz. The first tokes are bright with honeyed-citrus gas that fades into a richer, earthy and piney-skunk finish that keeps us returning for more tokes. After a solid sesh, we felt the CBD relaxing our muscles and jawline. As the THC and terpenes slowed our excessive thoughts, a smiley and happy high took over from head to toe. @lazybeegardens | 21% THC | 42% CBD 2.1% CBC

The Happy Pill

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Micro Bar Flavored Distillate

The game-changing team at Micro Bar is back with a new twist on the vape pen with The Happy Pill! With new unique flavors that tease the senses like the Red Apple Haze that is complex, tart and sweet, or the gassy and sweet Watermelon OG, you’ll find a happy hour with the Pineapple Maui Wowie as it slows down time with a potent, high THC buzz. microbarvape.com @microbar.us | 90% THC

81% THC | 1.5% CBD

Blush Velvet & Constellation Cannabis

Gelato Mintz Cold Cure Rosin

We blushed green with dab envy when we saw the new disposable and hash lineup from Blush Velvet! This terpy rosin sends a floral-gassy-citrus wave with notes of honey and rose petals with a minty-kush finish that delights the senses with a warming, floaty and euphoric high. @constellationcannabis_wa 67% THC

Pacific & Pine

Gorilla Cookies Live Hash Rosin

Light, gold and wet with terps, this gorgeous rosin reeks of sour fermenting glue with a cookies-like, funky, piney, and gassy tang that brings an old-school taste with fresh rosin tech. The first hits release a pine and lemon tang that tickles the nose, and a smooth exhale that brightens senses, sending a happy wave of floaty stonineness wrapping around the mind and body. @pacificpinecannabis | 64.13% THC, 7% Terpenes

REVIEWS

Constellation Cannabis Blush Velvet Gelato Mintz

Hash Rosin Disposable

Mfused Energy

The only flavor that’s also a color, purple is royalty in the weed world. This disposable has beautiful packaging with a metal tin inside and a lanyard for throwing the pen around your neck during adventures. The first hits release big clouds of a gassy, grapey and citrus flavor that remind us of a Slurpee that gets you happily stoned, and ready for a trip to 7-Eleven. @oohweeoohwee | 85.4% THC

Bodhi High Mean Mug Live Resin Terp Batter

Drop the sour looks with a fat dab of the Mean Mug that reeks of sour lemon skunks with a funky vanilla finish that slows down time and senses with a heady and drooly high. @bodhi.high.extracts | 80% THC 9.3% Terpenes

Dank Czar

Beautifully designed with a waterfall tip, this disposable is classy and full of Constellation’s solventless rosin that has proven to be consistently fire. First puffs turn the bottom tip pink, letting you know the vapor is coming and assuring this is going to be a hit for the ladies. The Gelato Mintz rosin is sweet and smooth, with notes of earthy chocolate gas with a piney kush finish that swirls around the senses like a fine perfume. @constellationcannabis_wa

Trop Sherb x Zmuckers

Bright, sour and in your face with funky gas, this golden rosin is soaked with terps, with a gentle, creamy and tropical finish. Cold start dabs deliver a slow rush of melty euphoria to the frontal lobes with each smooth exhale of vapor, lathering the mind and body in a warming, happy high. @dankczar_washington

Cannabis Northwest Nightmare Runtz Shatter

Rich Runtz notes with heavy Z terps melt from this golden shatter, sending a warning rush of relaxed euphoria and a side order of the munchies for a chillaxed-on-the-couch buzz.

THCV + THC

Balance Effects Line

Known as the diet weed, THCV is a Cannabinoid that provides energy, focus and appetite suppression, which is perfect for getting through a dreary workday. The first puffs of the Balance Effects Energy pen deliver smooth, easy hits with a warm, gentle tropical flavor of fruit and gas. We felt a quick kick of energy as the clouds lifted from our mind, filling the body with a purposeful high, focusing thoughts on the task at hand, making this the best way to power through the day with weed! @mfusedculture

63.01% THC | 13% CBC 13% THCV

Lifted Cannabis Slusheez

Watermelon Wave

Get juiced with the coolest new disposable to hit the WA market, with classic seethrough tech reminiscent of the clear Game Boy and all the tasty fire we expect from the labs at Lifted. First tokes release a rush of bright watermelon, with a creamy-sugary, gently sour, earthy and rindy tang that instantly made us crave a Slurpee as we hungrily inhaled more stoney vapor from this dope new disposable. liftedcannabisco.com @lifted502_ 77.19% THC

REVIEWS

Twisted Terps Wild Kiwi Live Resin

Tropical gas rushes from this golden live resin that has added terps for extra flavor, sending a relaxing wave of relaxation that melts the mind into a chilled body. @toastedcannabisco

Canna Organix Offendo Live Custard

Today, folks are easily offended, so we love a strain that celebrates the heritage of Cannabis, which was both offensive and illegal for decades. Now we celebrate tasty terps like the fermenting, funky and sour, fuelly lemon haze that rushes to the frontal lobes before sedating the body and mind in a goofy, giggly buzz. @cannaorgani

Plaid Jacket Emergency #9 Live Resin

For parents and everyone else stuck grinding in this difficult economy, the ninth emergency of the day is often the final straw, which is when we turn to delicious dabs to chase away angry thoughts. This Seed Junky cross between Orange Push Pop x Sunset Sherbet is sweet and funky and super high in terps, which send a rush of fizzy citrus gas and tropical kush that ignites the mind in a euphoric, forgetthe-keys and -worries high that’s prepared for the next emergency. @smoke.plaid 67% THC, 19% Terpenes

Micro Bar

Apricot Jelly

Syrupy notes of apricot melt onto the palate, coating the mouth in a sugary, sweet jam-like flavor that is delightfully fruity. The apricot has a hint of peach fuzz that melt into a gentle tangy cream that will have you searching the fruit section for a summertime treat once the munchies and strong head high take hold. @microbar.us 92.6% THC

Lish Black Prussian Live Resin

Sour gas and funky fermenting fruit ooze out of this complex, earthy and rubbery live resin that tastes so lovely to a stoner palate, delivering mind-numbing, couch-locked indica effects. 71.26% THC

Lucent Extracts Orange Fruit Snax

Bright orange spice and sharp citrus clear the senses on first inhale, sending an uplifting rush of creamy-earthymangos with a tart finish. Super smooth hits send the mind into a focused, but can’t sit still, buzz that demands action and delivers stoney satisfaction. @lucentextracts 73.9% THC

Lifted Wedding Cake Sugar Crystals

Sour gas and thick piney cake notes reek from glistening sugar crystals, teasing the senses with a stoney promise to be baked like a cake. First hits are thick with fuel and gluey cake notes before exhaling with a citrus kick, slowing the mind down as a heavy indica bliss delivers a freshly baked buzz. @lifted502_ 70.78% THC, 7.10% Terpenes

Mad Mark Mad Lemon Haze Rosin

Rich, complex and dark earthy terps melt into a rush of gassy lemon cream with a perfect hazy finish. First inhales deliver a lemony sorbet with a syrupy exhale, and a hazy, euphoric and giggly high. @madmarkfarms

Royal Tree Gardens

Carbon Fiber Hash Rosin

Bursting with notes of umami, soy sauce, caramelized garlic and a breathy lemon-gas finish, this terpy rosin gave us the munchies in a burst of Cannabis flavor magic. Low temp dabs reveal a smooth and sugary vapor with a gentle citrus gas that sends the mind floating towards the kitchen like a Zeppelin above a firmly-grounded, stoned body below. @royaltree.gardens

REVIEWS

Binske

Wedding Cake Live Resin Diamonds & Sauce

Classic cakey fuel with notes of earthy kush gas oozes out of these terpy diamonds, which melt into a sweet and smooth vapor that ignites the mind in a heady indica high. @binske

72% THC, 4.69% Terpenes

Walden Reserve Fruity Pebbles OG Hash Rosin

Bright and fruity with a kick of heavy gas, this beautiful rosin releases a beautiful blend of red berries and floral sugar as a dab is loaded. First low-temp tones are sour and funky with fermented fruit that slaps the palate, lifting the mind and body in a floaty feel-good high. @waldencannabis

Mfused Planet of the Grapes Terp Sauce

While this name has us imagining the Fruit of the Loom Grape Guy (Google it) blowing fat clouds before an underwear commercial, this gassy and grapey concentrate will quickly have you rolling around the room talking to fruit. Using the cold start function releases a rush of smooth grapey gas that is mellow in flavor but big on effects, clouding the mind in a stoney high thc euphoria. @mfusedculture | 78% THC

Lifted Cannabis Co.

Ripstix Mandarin

Butter Live Resin

Pick up a Ripstix and prepare for the fire of Lifted’s badders and resins in disposable form. The first tokes release a sultry citrus rush with notes of gassy and piney kush with a delicious hint of soy-orange rind-GMO that delights the senses with calming thoughts, delivering a balanced and chill high. liftedcannabisco.com

@lifted502_ | 75.37% THC

5.8% Terpenes

Smokey Point Productions

Super Silver Haze Live Resin

The classics are back, and we are stoked to be puffing Super Silver Haze, which graced the pages of NW Leaf often in the 2010-2014 era. This classic sativa shines in live resin, delivering a bright and gassy haze with a golden and lemony tang on exhale from the beautiful waterfall tip cart, sending a rush of creative, talkative and happy stoney energy straight to the frontal lobes.

smokeypointproductions.com

@smokeypoint_wa

82.4% THC

Lucent Extracts Orange Fruit Snax

Live Rosin DabGo

Fire rosin and brandnew tech combine in the DabGo, which heats up like an e-rig and delivers big, tasty clouds of terpy rosin. The Orange Fruit Snax is bright and effervescent, with citrus, skunky and piney gas and a creamy-tangy exhale that sends a wave of chill euphoria that clouds the mind and energizes the body for a stoney-fun buzz. @lucentextracts

Dewey Cannabis Snow Melt

Live Resin Dab Pen

Jump into sundown mode with this earthy, gassy and funky Snow Melt that tickles with terps on a smooth exhale, relaxing the mind and slowing time down to get into the moment, or escape at the end of a long day with a blissful, chill buzz. @deweycannabis

REVIEWS

Plaid Jacket

Zero Gravity Cured Resin

Float away into outer space, or at least out of the daily grind, with the Zero Gravity cured resin by powerhouse brand Plaid Jacket. The first tokes are bright and full of sharp gas and a hazy, funky cheese, with a vanilla-kushy exhale that tickles the nose with terps, dazzling senses in a floaty, heady buzz that’s ready for a moonwalk. @smoke.plaid | 65.5% THC 12% Terpenes

Blue Roots Cannabis Co

Honey Banana

This delightful cross of Strawnana x Honey

Boo Boo will plant you on the couch in a sedative euphoria where reruns of reality television suddenly become 99% audience-scoring hits.

Opening a jar releases waves of delicious honeyed bananas dipped in sugared gassy strawberries, finishing with a kiss of minty kush. Delightful tasting and superbly stoney, this is a sweet dream dab ready for prime time.

@bluerootsofficial | 76.4% THC

Orange Fruit Snax Live Hash Rosin

Fermenting orange peels burst out of the jar with a smooth, floral-funky vanilla cream that smelled so yummy we had to resist licking the dab tool. Low-temp hits release a calming, thought-provoking cerebral buzz that’s perfect for wake and bakes on days off. @pacificpinecannabis | 61.52% THC, 10% Terpenes

Artizen Dutchberry

Artizen has been growing Dutchberry since they started legal weed in 2014, telling a lot about both the company and the strain, which is still a top-10 strain in Washington after a decade of sales. This uplifting strain delivers the classic piney-breathy-haze from Dutch Treat with big berry energy from the DJ Short Blueberry for a sweet and funky high that sedates the mind without limiting thoughts or creativity for a perfect whistle while you work buzz. artizencannabis.com @artizen.cannabis

Bodhi High Apple Mac Live Resin

Bright and fresh, the Apple Mac has gentle notes of apples and citrus fruits with a sweet and gassy finish that make big hits easy, sending a relaxed buzz that eases stress while speeding up time in a daytime happy-daze high.

@bodhi.high.extracts 83% THC, 9.7% Terpenes

Optimum Extracts

Mendo Zkittlez

Clouds Live Resin

Cold-cured and strain-specific, this distillate-free disposable looks and feels classy with a sexy, black embossed disposable with a lightning bolt viewing port for the golden dabs inside. The first puffs are sweet and gassed up, with sugared lemons and piney gas with a definite kick of Z terps in the exhale, delivering a happy and in-the-moment cerebral buzz.

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@optimum_extracts_wa 88.9% THC, 6.6% Terpenes

REVIEWS

Poochies Honey

73-149u Hash Rosin

Sweet and sour, this golden rosin reeks of caramelizing bananas and piney fuel that delights the senses as a dab is loaded. The first inhale releases a loud and skunky gas with a syrupy-smooth exhale and effects that slow time while heightening senses of sound and vision for a wondrous, in-the-moment high. @fugufarms

Dank Czar

Papaya Guava Jam

Bright notes of sour tropical fuel and tangerine-guava-cream have us ready to pair this juice with a balanced breakfast. This jammy jam has a thin consistency and loud terps that smack the senses, but don’t spread it on toast. Dabbed at a low temp, the funk gets louder, blending notes of sugared guava on the exhale for a sunny vacation buzz, no beach required. @dankczar_washington

Optimum Extracts The Farmers Market Berry Blast

Bright berries remind us of a fresh blueberry muffin. Each tasty inhale instantly made us hungry for baked goods. This sugary disposable delivers big clouds of relaxing, munchie-inducing stoney bliss.

formerly known as Gorilla Glue #4 shines in this high-terpene extract. First tokes smash senses with a thick sour chem-earthy-citrus rush that exhales smoothly with a kiss of kushy cherries that calm thoughts and focus energy into a feel-good, get-things-done buzz. @avitaslifestyle | 59% THC, 11% Terpenes

Fire Bros. Day-Glo Live Resin

Step into the daylight confidently with this cut of Orange Julius x Mandarin Sunrise that’s full of rich, earthy and citrus terps. The first hits reveal an orangey, soy sauce, cookies-like gas that delights the senses, sending a rush of energy to the frontal lobes while relaxing muscles and readying the mind and body for daytime fun, even if it’s 2 a.m. @firebros

Lifted Cannabis Boysenberry Creme Brulee

Fresh baked gassy red berries melt into a skunky-hazybreathy funk that delights senses and kicks the munchies into overdrive. This delicious dessert strain is super smooth, with a fresh-baked fruity gas that lingers on the palate as effects swirl around the mind, slowing thoughts and amplifying sounds and feelings in a wonderful indica high. liftedcannabisco.com @lifted502_ | 71.55% THC 7.6% Terpenes

Ooowee

Grape-A-Licious Juice Box

Goodness grapecious, this vape is so tasty that nobody would have worried about what Gilbert Grape was eating because he should have been vaping Oowee. The first inhale tastes like grape Kool-Aid with a rush of gassy fruit that sent us floating into nostalgia like a bouncy house on a windy day. @oohweeoohwee | 84.4% THC

REVIEWS

Plume Papaya

Runtz Hash Rosin

Blow big clouds with these ceramic all-in-one rosin pens from Plume that send a big tingly hit of tropical-Z-skunk with a creamy, hashy, and pine exhale that quickly slows thoughts and puts a stoney hat of happiness over a floaty head high. 75.9% THC

Constellation Cannabis Gary Payton 70-149u Hash Rosin

Gorgeous, sappy and dripping with terps, this now classic strain still hits like GP dropping a surprise three. First notes are in your face gas with sour permanent marker and funky vanilla dazzling senses. Low-temp dabs reveal a smooth, sweet, citrus and earthy kush exhale with effects that slam dunk the mind and body into the couch. @constellationcannabis_wa

Mad Mark Banana Runtz

Diamonds & Sauce

Skunk Processors

Mango

Tropics

Solventless

Sap

Experience a breeze of tropical terps with each puff of solventless rosin from award-winning Skunk Processors. The first tokes send a warming wave of mixed fruit and gassy mangos with a piney-lime exhale that transports a floaty-stoned mind to a relaxing sandy beach, no plane ticket required. @getskunky4.0

1.4% CBD

Truffle Cake Live Badder

A giant iceberg of THCA rises out of a heady, hazy terp sauce that made us anything but mad. The first notes are creamy, gassy lemons with a banana funk finish that dazzles the senses on low-temp dabs, relaxing the mind and body with a chill, easygoing high. @madmarkfarms

Loud and sour, this cakey, earthy and gassy badder glistens with terps. We love the Lifted badder consistency, which melts into a beautiful fuel-cream-truffle finish that is instantly sedating, happily drooly and ready for the couch high. liftedcannabisco.com @lifted502_ | 58.72% THC, 8.8% Terpenes

Bright, piney and full of bright gas, this honeycomb-style resin delivers a rush of cerebral energy with big, cloudy dabs of gas. @toastedcannabisco

Binske Platinum Papaya

Live Resin Sugar & Sauce

Ride a tropical wave of freshly cut papaya with a hazy, sugary gas that frees the mind of stress while relaxing the body in a perfect beach day buzz. @binske | 63% THC 7.55% Terpenes

Doctor & Crook

Truffle Monkey

Bright and earthy, with rich notes of sour funky truffles and Z terps, this sativa cut delivers a rush of euphoric bliss that will get you in the mood for high-energy exploits in the gaming chair or in the woods. doctorandcrook.com @doctorandcrook

78.61% THC 46mg/g Terpenes

Toasted Girl Scout Cookie Cured Resin

REVIEWS

Dabstract Sour Blue Face Diamonds

Mellow, creamy blueberries and sour citrus gas melt from big, juicy crystals that dissolve at low temperatures into a clean, smooth vapor. It rocks the mind and body with big hits, sending a rush of stoney euphoria that sets our face in a goofy, buzzed grin. @dabstractlabs

response vibrates before a rush of sour-earthy-gas with a skunky-citrus zing that had us ready for a Star Wars marathon, glued to the couch in a giggly, euphoric haze. @airobrands_ | @solr_bear

37.49% THC

Buddy Boy Farms

Ice Queen Purple Haze

Hash Rosin

Red berries dance with lemony skunks in a floral bouquet of terps that smells tasty enough to lick the dab tool. First inhales of this classic strain release a syrupy, fruity, gassy vapor with a rush of giggly, hit-the-dance-floor-stoned energy. 52% THC

Freddy’s

Fuego

Dirty Sugah

Cured Resin

Disposable

It feels good to get dirty in the summer. Whether it’s dirt or sand under the toes, however you want to get down, this cured resin is ready to uplift your summer adventure. The first rips are gassy and loud, with a hazy, citrusy and skunky tang and a super smooth exhale that rushes effects to the mind, energizing thoughts while melting into a relaxed body high for a daytime toke that’s worth walking the plank for. freddysfuego.com @freddys.fuego | 83.9% THC

Habitat Flower Co.

Orange Fruit Snax

Live Hash Rosin

Sweet and creamy with notes of citrus sorbet and earthy gas, this golden rosin melts into a syrupy fresh vapor that exhales with a floral zing, sending a mood-elevating buzz to the mind and relaxing the body for a euphoric daytime dab. @habitat.flwr 73.7% THC

Seattle’s Private Reserve Dank Dough Live Resin

Terp Badder

Dive into this doughy gassy badder that is full of sour citrus, chocolate and floral fuel that set our tummy to rumbling as we loaded a dab. The first low-temp inhales are rich and smooth, with a complex doughy gas exhale and a relaxing, stress-free buzz that’s ready for a kitchen adventure. @seattles.privatereserve3

Lucent Extracts GMO Cookies Live Resin Badder

Sour waves of skunky glue wash over the senses with a golden cookies exhale that slows down time and amplifies sounds and sensations in a classic Indica high. 78% THC | @lucentextracts

Slusheez by Lifted Strawberry Paradise

Escape into strawberry fields of forever stoniness with this fruity and fun disposable that is ready for flavored fun. The first sips of syrupy vapor taste like a smokable drink, with fizzy-sugared strawberries that send a fresh-picked buzz right to the body for a happy hour buzz that proves it’s always 420 somewhere. liftedcannabisco.com @lifted502_ 77% THC

REVIEWS

Fire Bros.

Dark Rainbows Live Resin

A rush of deep, earthy cookies ignited the senses with a tropical blend of red berries and sour garlic gas for a complex and beautiful flavor profile. First low-temp hits release a sweet and mellow garlic-fruity fuel that chills senses and relaxes the mind and body in a happy daze. @firebros

Bacio Bars

Live Hash Rosin

Rich and dark earthy kush notes tingle the senses as a dab is loaded. Bright citrus and floral chocolate cookie notes release as the rosin melts, creating a sweet and smooth vapor that relaxes the mind and body in a happy, dazed buzz.

@lazybeegardens | 76% THC

Dabstract

Sunset Sherbert

Live Resin HTE

Rip into a perfect sunset vibe with the high terpene live resin from the OG’s of consistent quality in all corners of the state. First hits are smooth and gentle, with relaxed notes of gassy sherbert and earthy citrus sending the mind into a blissful state, with the high terpenes tingling on the exhale and freeing the head to float happily above a sedated body.

dabstract.com

@dabstractlabs

73.99% THC

14.93% Terpenes

Habitat Flower Co. Tropicandy

Live Hash Rosin

Sugary and bright with notes of fresh cherries and candy kushy vanilla, this golden rosin delights the senses with a tangy citrus gas exhale

Dewey Cannabis Co.

Purple Mango Live Rosin

Freshly picked mangos fall into a rich and earthy kush with citrusy gas that comes alive when dabbed at low temp, amplifying the fruity gassy vibes with a happy, sunny beach

Agro Couture

Pink Lemonade

Live Resin

Sip a summertime favorite with this bright and funky live resin that oozes with notes of freshly squeezed lemons and a skunky grapefruit tang. Low-temp dabs add a rush of sour citrus gas before sending the mind floating in a blissful, ready-forthe-sunshine high.

@agromechanix 92% THC

Plaid Jacket Super Boof Live Resin

Smoke like a superhero with this sappy and gassy, lemony, icy, kushy live resin with a funky mandarin twist that releases during a cold-temp dab, sending the mind soaring like a plane and ready for a soft landing in the kitchen.

@plaidjacketi502

Freddy’s Fuego

Sherb

Crasher Cured Resin

Walk the plank with this complex and beautiful resin that’s full of sherby, cheesy gas and a sugary, citrus funk that amplifies when dabbed, making eyelids heavy as a sedative buzz crashes over the senses. @freddysfuegomerch | 83% THC

Skunk Processors Fruity Pebbles

Solventless Batter

Save the cereal for the munchies and dive in first to this terpy and bright rosin that’s dripping with freshly cut berries and lemony floral fuel. The skunky finish amplifies when dabbed, exhaling with a funky zing and a rush to the forehead that glazes eyes and sets the mind on munchies mode. @getskunky4.0 | 76% THC, 6% Terpenes

Flight Boxes

REVIEWS

Washing Tons Rainbow Runtz

Fresh Press Rosin

Imagine the Skittles taste the rainbow flash of light when opening this jar, and you’ll understand the smörgåsbord of fresh and funky fruits and floral notes that ooze out of this beautiful rosin. First hits amplify the sweetness with a tart, gluey gas that slows the mind down into a sparkly body and mind high ready for playful adventures.

@washington_502

Washington Bud Company

Afghani

Hashplant

Fresh Press

Hash Rosin

Like a shimmering vision in a desert wilderness, this beautiful rosin cap tures the essence of an OG strain with indica genetics that goes back to the Hindu Kush mountains and the origins of hash. First notes are of honeyed, hashy orange peels and floral earthy gas with a kiss of kush that tingles the palate as a dab is melted, releasing a rich, smooth vapor with a piney-hashy exhale and calming, talkative, in-the-moment effects. wabudco.com

Skagit Organics Premium RSO

Premium Distillate THC, CBD, CBG and RSO Original Rick Simpson Oil or Full Extract Cannabis Oil (FECO) is a full-plant extract that has beneficial Cannabinoids, terpenes and other valuable plant matter like flavonoids and alkaloids. This combination makes a potent medicine that’s been shown to help with a variety of conditions, from cancer treatment to pain management. For more information on this amazing substance and how it can fit into your Cannabis treatment plan, you can Google FECO or RSO to learn more.

Slab

Mechanix

Lemon OG

Nug Run Shatter

Fall into a field of freshly squeezed lemons and gassy-grassy-OG fuel that is both uplifting and heavily stoney at the same time, sending the mind into overdrive to manage a floaty, baked body that’s ready for action. @agromechanix 90% Cannabinoids

4.20

Evergreen

Herbal 420

Dab CBN & CBG

Infused Rosin

New from Evergreen Herbal: an infused rosin line with daytime CBG and nighttime CBN to take the alternative Cannabinoid craze right into a low-temp dab. The dual chamber container has two gorgeous rosins, with sweet syrupy earthy gas oozing from both sides. The daytime dabs are instantly uplifting with a case of the CBG giggles, and the nighttime CBN blend is smooth and relaxing, making for a chill golden hour before bed. buy.forevergreenherbal.com

Skagit Organics has been making premium, clean and high-quality RSO for years. Its original and high-CBG blends pack potent Cannabinoids. Calculating dosage for edible use is easy — just take the number and add a zero. Jack Frost has 35% CBG, 25% THC and 8% CBD, meaning 350mg of CBG, 250mg of THC and 80mg CBD in each gram of oil, making RSO extremely cost-effective for the potency. The premium distillate that’s made from RSO is more purified, with fewer plant lipids and waxes. It can be dabbed or eaten for a multi-use medicine that’s full of Cannabinoids. The Sundae Driver has 72% THC and 7% CBN. The AC/DC is a high-CBD extract with 76% (or 760mg) CBD, ready for homemade edibles, topicals or to be used right out of the applicator. Look for more medicinal products and high-quality RSO from Skagit Organics online or on social media. skagitorganics.net | @skagitorganics

Dabstract Nooner Live Resin

Whether waking at noon or taking a midday dab break, high noon is a tradition that must be upheld, and there’s no better dab than this rich and complex gluey-gassy-orange resin to kick off the high part of the day. First inhales are full of bright honey and funky oranges, filling the mind with an uplifting stoney focus that’s ready for the beginning or middle of the day. @dabstractlabs

American Hash Makers

White Widow Cold Cure Rosin

Sweet and sultry with notes of sugary soy sauce and a gassy-ginger-citrus zing, this White Widow smells like dinner and dabs had a delicious baby. First hits are syrupy with a warming gassy exhale and a relaxed, thoughtful high.

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REVIEWS

Retrograde Cannabis

The Kitchen Stank

Fermenting fruit and a rotting woodpile combined with a rubbery fuel presents a beautifully balanced bouquet of exotic terps that are so funky only a stoner could love the smell. Low-temp dabs reveal a sweet and sour smooth vapor with a kiss of funk on exhale, sending a warming and euphoric buzz to the mind, relaxing the body and preparing the stomach for munchies to come. retrogradecannabis.com

Skagit Organics

ATF THC Distillate

This ATF is all fun and no fuss, with a beautiful golden color and a rich blend of Cannabinoids that include 8% CBG, known to give the CBGiggles and help with inflammation, pain and nausea. First inhales are rich and skunky with notes of citrus and lavender, sending a rush of chillaxed, in-the-moment energy that’s ready to get you back in the game, pain and stress-free. 74% THC | 8% CBG

Skagit Organics

Bubba Kush THC Distillate

Escape into sweet dreams with this high-potency CBN cartridge, full of rich and creamy kush cherries. CBN is the hottest Cannabinoid right now in the edibles department, but it’s just as effective when smoked, with less of the next day’s weedy hangover that sometimes comes with eating CBN. Puff on this clean and smooth Bubba Kush an hour or so before bedtime for a grinny, relaxed high that’s an off-ramp from the stressful day into bedtime. skagitorganics.net @skagitorganics

69% THC 10% CBN

Solventless Jam

Raw sour glue slaps the senses as soon as a jar is opened, with a deep earthy, piney skunk and a hint of rubber and vanilla extract. Complex and captivating, first tokes are sour and funky, wrapping the senses and the body in an overwhelming buzz that’s happily drooly.

Seattle’s Private Reserve Hippie Soap Shatter

@getskunky4.0

Washington Bud Company

Gorilla Girl Fresh Press

Hash Rosin

Legacy growers with a focus on medical and clean, DOH-certified products, the WA Bud Co. team hit a home run with this beautiful hash rosin. Loud notes of sticky glue and fermenting garlic ginger spice tease the senses as a dab is loaded, melting into a sweet and earthy vapor. The gluey-gas finish reveals a slowed-down, feel-good high that wraps the mind and body in a big gorilla hug. wabudco.com

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Rosin

It sounds weird until you smell it, and then you want to rub it all over your face. This beautiful rosin is seductively mellow with notes of citrus Z gas and a garlicky floral fuel that teases the senses as a dab is loaded. First notes are fresh fuel and fruit with a leaned-back crank the tunes feeling-myself high. @washington_502

Not all hippies are dirty, but if you offer this delicious soap they’ll surely line up for a dab! SPR’s golden shatter snaps easily for a low-temp dab, releasing bright lemony gas and a rich, kush, piney-mints finish with an uplifting, active high and a happy floaty head. @seattles.privatereserve3 90% Cannabinoids, 4% Terpenes

Agro Couture Huckleberry Pie

Nug Run Shatter

Serve up a slice of heady pie with this beautiful golden shatter, which melts into sweet and syrupy clouds of lemony, breathy berries that send a munchiesinducing, heady indica high from the mind to the stomach. @agromechanix 95% Cannabinoids

American Hash Makers

Mimosa

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Rosin

Ditch the booze and dive into fizzy orangey terps with this bright and beautiful rosin. Loading a dab releases a creamy gassymandarin haze with notes of chocolate and roses that ignite the senses when dabbed, sharpening vision and sound in a rush of focused but blissful energy. americanhashmakers.com

CREATIVE CONCENTRATION

THE ART OF DAB SCULPTING

“HASH ART” hearkens to the hard work and passion behind the people pumping out delicious dabs. By catering to each product’s unique characteristics, artists look to provide a peek past the limitations of two-dimensional mediums like social media. The art form teases us to talk about consistency, color and texture in ways traditional product staging and styling can struggle to showcase. Additionally, it invites nonconsumers to explore extracts and concentrates in a friendly, new light. And it’s friggin’ fun! While we’re not attributing the origins of “hash art” to any one person or project — folks, like @ca_organic, were making magical creations with concentrates and extracts over a decade ago — it is worth noting that a few creatives have stepped into the spotlight over the last several years to spark the conversation of sculpture. It’s a style that, in our community, is still fairly fresh. However, it continues to grow as brands and artists alike look to captivate consumers in a sea of social media and marketing monotony.

IN THIS LIGHT, for the 2024 Concentrates and Extracts Issue cover, the team dreamed up a dab like no other and passed the torch to the terrifically talented Mark Archer (@thecuratorco.me) from Windham, Maine. He fired it up on a flawless Toro “Grail” (banger), roasted some rosin, and the rest is history. Archer’s “Dabman” became a star in recent years, but he has since found his footing in a few more styles of “sculpting,” all while developing a stunning set of self-taught photography skills. Intrigued by his journey, we spoke with him about the inspiration behind that delightful little Dabman, the loving labor poured into his craft, and more.

How did you find your way into dab art and sculpting? I was trying to find a way to separate myself after seeing a lot of weed photography becoming more popular around the time. Pretty much everyone was doing basic dabber shots and a lot of the same stuff. I thought, ‘What can I do in this medium to detach myself and make this more appealing.’ That’s when the first ‘Dabman’ was born.

Can you share a little bit about the work behind crafting the cover image? I had to make the word ‘Leaf’ out of hash, and then I had to make that pot leaf individually out of ‘snakes.’ Then I had to shoot that and superimpose it there because it would have been impossible to get the definition of the leaf otherwise. I shot the drips separately in single frames with a high aperture and then put it all together.

That sounds complicated, and all before you’ve even picked up your camera! What’s a common misconception about creative work of this caliber? Sometimes people think that you’re just taking a picture. When I first got into it, people would ask, ‘Why would I pay a photographer when I could do it with my cell phone?’ I’ve spent thousands of dollars on my camera body alone. And taught myself everything. Learning all the programs and techniques takes years to really get down. I went to college for business and marketing, and I try to explain to people that major companies put a large portion of their expenditures into marketing because the product is almost less important than how you present it. In order to get it into someone’s hands, perceived value is everything.

What can this type of creative perspective offer consumers and producers? I think it’s a way to draw new eyes to cultivators and hash makers that wouldn’t have been seen otherwise because of how saturated the market is with traditional Cannabis photography styles. When you’re used to seeing the same thing over and over, it becomes mindless. And when you mold the hash — especially when you’re shooting on a macro scale — you’re showing people a bunch of characteristics about it, while also giving them a palpable piece of media that they’re probably going to remember.

Cold Cured Sour Lemon 90u Hash Rosin by Hidden Forrest Farms

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Live Hash Rosin by Absolute Chronic Farms

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Dry Sift by Newtons Nursery

MARK ARCHER

Animal Style

Live Hash Rosin by Str8 Chronic

Guava Icee Live Hash Rosin by Grind Cannabis Co’s

Tony Rinaldo’s style incorporates lively scenes with a mix of flower and other Cannabis forms. But you’ll also catch this Rome, New York resident sculpting everything from scary skulls to sweet snowmen, fun faces and “fresh” fruit. We spoke with Dubs and Rinaldo for more insight into this fascinating field.

How have your skills grown since your first sculpture creation?

THE “DABMAN” is an undeniably iconic creation.

But this community offers boundless ideas, and with a handful of products and consistencies circulating, the medium provides a plethora of playful options. Many familiar with Archer’s work will recognize our next two talented artists: Alex Dubs (known as @workdubs), and Tony Rinaldo (known as @loud_n_errl_).

On top of crafting our 2023 Concentrate Issue cover, North Carolina artist Alex Dubs dives into an array of lifelike creatures and more. Her art form often features figures ranging from flowers to animals, but you’ll even find wonderfully woven blunts and delicately designed bowls of kief in her collection.

Alex: I made a little hash rosin flower, and looking back, it was very basic, but I’m proud of it. I’ve now learned how to manipulate the hash using the heat from my fingers instead of fighting with it, so my flower petals are a lot more advanced and I can create more than just basic shapes now.

Tony: My first post (in 2014-ish) was a nipple made of shatter on top of half an Oil Slick container. I called it ‘Errleola.’ I think we would all agree that my skills have grown tremendously since then! Ha!

What draws you to this art form? Alex: There’s something very peaceful about making Cannabis art. I’m reminded of the Buddhist sand mandalas. It’s the process of creation and then destruction that’s almost spiritualistic. Instead of framing art to hang on the wall and look at, it’s something temporary and meant to be enjoyed. I can take a picture to memorialize it, but my favorite part is consuming it. To dream something

up, create it with your hands, just to combust and consume it — it’s a very refreshing form of art to me.

Why tackle creations outside of the typical jar and dab shot? Tony: They get you thinking and show the product in ways traditional staging and styling doesn’t. For example, they can show you multiple products at once where traditional often offers one at a time. Creative marketing, staging and styling are only limited to the imagination of the people creating it.

TONY RINALDO

PHOTO BY @LOUD_N_ERRL_

PHOTO BY @LOUD_N_ERRL_

PHOTO BY @WORKDUBS

PHOTO BY @WORKDUBS

Nug by Some Guy Organics Concentrate by Mr. Cleans Terpenes, Cheese Hash Co., & Hello Terpenes

Rosin by Sly Fox

Rosin by B.A. Botanicals

THE ART GALLERY HIDING IN YOUR FRIDGE!

PWhether disguised to look like an everyday object or covered in bright colors and holographic details, jars of hash are examples of modern pop art that nestle comfortably in the palm of your hand.

The traditional market is also pushing at the fringes of design in a (mostly) friendly competition that often feels like that scene in “American Psycho” where they’re all comparing business cards.

Behind the crowd of embossed, spotcoated and reflective examples, brands are pushing the envelope, such as Ogre Farms whose Double-Decker series stacks two jars on top of each other and wraps them in a giant-size, full-color scene from their upcoming comic book. Other examples are the exquisitely done jars from Professor Sift and glass artist Kaj Beck which look less like a Miron jar and more like some kind of powerful relic from a video game.

It’s not just brands doing the heavy lifting. On the illustrative side, we’ve seen commissions from artists like Burrito Breath, Lot Comedy, Dynasty Design and Idio Synape release hit after hit towards the fences without any sign of stopping.

NOTEWORTHY COLLABS

At the end of 2023, San Diego-based CLSICS partnered with Bay Area creative Porous Walker to drop a collection of merch and products including “Nobra Venom” (Cadillac Rainbow x Apple Tart), which came out as live rosin and hash hole in collectible packaging. This project also spawned a live version of Walker’s bong toke arcade game that became part of the 2024 San Francisco Weed Week.

Over in Michigan, Peachy Hash & Co. released its first-ever blend titled “Hash Pie.” This triple-team-up came complete with a coupon to scarf down some slices at local pizza giants Pie Sci and Nardo’s. To commemorate this 400-gram moment, the project commissioned some stunning artwork by Detroit illustrator Jason Abraham Smith.

In the Golden State, Netflix just finished its 10-day “Netflix Is A Joke” festival, described as perhaps the biggest comedy event in history. To commemorate the occasion, comedy powerhouse Frank Castillo and Kalya Extracts put out an exclusive batch of Zazaya (Papaya x Z) called “Frank’s Headstash,” which featured the funnyman’s stoned face across the jar in a move that was described as “amazing,” “creepy,” and “accurate.”

ACKAGING ART is another way the concentrate world is making eyes water. These box and jar stickers are miniature masterpieces that hit the town with a splash and disappear once the flavor runs out, making this constantly evolving modern art form no different than the showcases in galleries from Manhattan to Milan. Since we put out our previous Concentrates Issue, some mind-blowing collaborations and concepts have been released through the imaginations of talented individuals in our industry.

Whether disguised to look like an everyday object or covered in bright colors and holographic details, jars of hash are examples of modern pop art that fit comfortably in the palm of your hand. When you reach into the fridge for your next jar, take a moment to marvel at the tiny world-class art exhibit you’ve curated between the sliced cheese and the orange juice.

KALYA EXTRACTS

Bubble Hash Backstory

Before rosin was all the rage, the most popular form of “solventless” concentrate was water-extracted “ice” or “bubble” hash (so named because it bubbles up when smoked). But unlike charas and dry sift, which were known about millennia, bubble hash didn’t really enter the stoner zeitgeist until the 1990s — thanks to the entrepreneurial endeavors of a cadre of Cannabis icons.

SADU SAM’S SECRET

By most accounts, the history of bubble hash begins with two of the most notorious Cannabis breeders of all time: Holland’s Nevil Schoenmachers and David Watson, aka “Sam the Skunkman” or “Sadu Sam” from Santa Cruz. Legend has it that during their interactions in Amsterdam sometime during the early 1980s, Nevil shared with Sam the secret of how to separate resin glands (trichomes) from Cannabis by agitating it in cold water. He’d allegedly learned this method from an “unknown American” from the Emerald Triangle, who Sam reportedly suspected may have actually been a Canadian named Montreal Mike — an acquaintance of theirs who’d visited the top hashish capitals on the fabled Hippie Trail.

In any case, Skunkman decided to cash in on this valuable new knowledge. He self-published a little manual entitled “Sadu Sam’s Secret” that provided step-by-step instructions for the “hash washing” technique: crushing buds up into a container of cold water, shaking or stirring it briskly, letting it settle, then pouring it through a coffee filter. He then designed a small ad that offered an “amazing natural and organic resin separating technique” using “only 2 common household items” for just $10 and began running it in High Times’ August 1987 issue.

Though many stoners who ordered Sam’s booklet undoubtedly learned the method, it would take nearly a decade for water hash to really take off — thanks in part to the 1998 book “Hashish” by Sam’s pal, botanist/author Robert Connell Clarke that included the technique, and a valuable new tool from the infamous Hash Queen of Amsterdam.

ICE-O-LATION INNOVATION

By the mid-1990s, Mila Jansen was already renowned in the hash community for her invention of the Pollinator — a portable clothes drier-like machine that tumbled the resin glands off of Cannabis (for more on Mila, see Cannthropology - July 2022 at leafmagazines.com). Thus, when a Swiss inventor from Laytonville, California named Reinhard Delp attended the High Times Cannabis Cup in November 1997 seeking to market his new hash-making device, it was the Hash Queen he reached out to. At a private meeting at her house, Delp demonstrated to her his patented Ice-Cold Extractor: a funnel-shaped stainless-steel drum filled with ice water that used pressurized air to separate mature resin heads from the flower.

After signing a contract with Delp to sell his machine, Mila later showed it to two of her friends: a hash smuggler named Eldon and an entrepreneur named Mark Rose. Allegedly, after seeing it in action, Eldon pointed out that the same result could be achieved with just a couple of nylon bags with different screens (Mila denies this claim, saying the idea was hers). Rose then reportedly came up with the name “Ice-O-Later” (since they were using ice to isolate the resin glands) and later inked a deal with Mila for his company ACME Nepal to manufacture their re-envisioning of Delp’s invention. Mila’s Ice-OLator bags premiered at the 1998 Cannabis Cup, kickstarting a long run of award-winning Ice-O-Later hashes over the next several years.

Despite their product’s success, however, their partnership barely lasted a year; Mila split with Mark, retained ownership of the brand and shifted production to Turkey. Although the Ice-O-Lator bags were a revelation in the field, like any prototype, they had their limitations: reportedly allowing some unwanted plant material into the hash and losing more mature trichome heads into the wash. Luckily, these issues would soon be addressed by an enterprising young Canadian who was about to make some serious waves in the world of water hash.

Original “Sadu Sam’s Secret” ad (High Times, Aug. 1987).

The extractor schematic from Delp’s patent.

Hash Queen Mila with her Ice-O-Lator kits.

THE BUBBLEMAN COMETH

A hemp grower/entrepreneur hailing from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Marcus Gary Richardson began smoking Nepalese, Moroccan and Afghani hash smuggled in through Montréal and Vancouver in his late teens. It wasn’t until attending the 1995 Cup that he’d first tried bubble hash, courtesy of his mentor-to-be, Rob Clarke.

“It blew my mind,” Richardson remembers. “It just completely changed my life.”

In 1997, Richardson moved to Vancouver, where he started growing for the newly-opened BC Compassion Club and became a big player in the Cannabis market there. That is, until one day in 1998, when he was arrested at a roadblock with around 16.5 pounds of weed and $6,000 in cash — leading him to rethink his career as a Cannabis cultivator: “It was devastating to me. I was really good at it, and I didn’t know what else I could possibly do. And so, my wife just said, ‘Is it possible you can do something with Cannabis that maybe wouldn’t get us put in jail?’”

After a friend showed him the Ice-O-Lator system, Richardson had a flash of inspiration; at the 1999 Cup, he decided to approach Mila with an offer to buy 1,000 sets of bags and become her official distributor in Canada. Unfortunately, that meeting did not go as he’d hoped.

“She was having a very bad day,” Richardson recounts. “We did not have a good conversation.”

He returned home crestfallen, thinking he’d blown his big opportunity. But then, his wife suggested an option he hadn’t considered:

“She said, ‘Why don’t we just make our own bags?’” he recalls. “I looked at her like she was from another planet. I’m like, ‘What are you talking about? I don’t know how to sew!’ And she’s like, ‘Well … I’ll learn.”

But if Richardson was going to create his own water extraction set, he wasn’t about to just make a knock-off of the Ice-O-Lator bags — he’d need to improve on the concept. So rather than just two bags with screens of different micron sizes, he offered three. By March 1999, Richardson had started a new company called Fresh Headies and launched his new ice extraction system, called simply “Bubble Bags.” For the product’s slogan, he borrowed a phrase first coined by Skunkman that he’d learned from Clarke years earlier: “If it doesn’t bubble, it’s not worth the trouble.”

For Bubble Bags’ slogan, Richardson borrowed a phrase first coined by Skunkman that he’d learned from Clarke years earlier: “If it doesn’t bubble, it isn’t worth the trouble.”

Richardson began selling his Bubble Bags on the internet, which, at the time, was still a novel thing that not many people were taking advantage of — that is, except for the clandestine Cannabis community, of course.

“For the first time, thousands of people were gathering on websites such as Cannabis World, Cannabis Culture and Overgrow, and talking about things that were very secretive for many decades prior,” he explains.

Through one of these online forums, Richardson was contacted by Mila’s former associate, Mark Rose, who offered to be his manufacturing partner. Together, they then sourced top-quality materials, such as resilient, specially-coated parachute thread and superior silkscreens from Switzerland. Richardson also gradually expanded the set to eight bags, including the 90- and 120-micron screens able to produce the “caviar of bubble hashes:” 5- and 6-star-rated full melts. As a result, Bubble Bags became the new industry standard for making water hash, and Richardson earned a new nickname: “Bubbleman.”

TROUBLE IN THE BUBBLE

Unfortunately, though, Bubbleman’s successes drew disdain from those whose ideas he’d developed upon. In 2001, Delp sued Richardson for patent infringement: a legal battle that would last nearly a decade before being settled out of court.

“I worked out a deal and paid him six figures for the lease of his patent,” Richardson claims. “So I know how to do business the right way.”

Sadly, Delp passed away in October 2017 without receiving proper public recognition for his invention or the revolution it helped spark.

Even worse, Mila told everyone that Marcus had ripped off her intellectual property (even though, according to him, she herself had ripped off the idea from Delp).

“People thought I had stolen the idea from Mila,” Richardson laments. “So for a very long time in the community, I was looked down upon.” She became further aggravated in December 2002 when High Times writer Kyle Kushman — unaware of their schism or who Mila even was at the time — published the article “Bubble All the Way” that sang the praises of Bubbleman’s product with no mention of where the concept had originated and included photos (provided by legendary breeder Soma) that she believed were of her bags rather than Bubbleman’s. As a result, the Hash Queen called them out in person

at the Cannabis Cup that year — interrupting Kushman’s live “Grow Show” seminar to voice her grievance publicly. Despite Mila’s animosity towards him, however, Richardson says he harbored no hard feelings towards her.

“In her defense, I would’ve hated me as well,” he acquiesces. “She’s a strong woman and a legend in the community, and I respect that. I respect that she was fighting for what was hers, and I respect her hustle … all I wanted was for everything to be good.”

Thankfully, these two luminaries have since come to peacefully coexist in the international hash community that they helped create.

FULL-MELT FUTURE

With the explosion of butane hash oil (no pun intended) in the 2010s, bubble hash might’ve fallen by the wayside had it not been for the next wave of extract artists who innovated dabbable new forms of water hash by using fresh frozen flower and more complex equipment, enabling them to freeze-dry extracts and manipulate them into textures desirable for dabbing. Perhaps the most notable of these water hash wizards is Essential Extracts founder (and Mila protégé) Nick “Nikka T” Tanem, who coined the term “solventless.” After traveling to Amsterdam in 2003 to apprentice under the Queen herself, Nikka T brought the skills he’d learned back to the US — helping to set the standard, and the stage, for the next decade and beyond.

Today, there are countless concentrate companies across the globe producing some of the finest quality solventless hash that’s ever been made — each of them another ripple in the ice water, another aquatic echo of the stupendous splashes made by those original entrepreneurs of extraction and forerunners of full-melt.

For more Cannabis and hash history content visit worldofcannabis.museum/cannthropology.

Full set of Bubble Bags.

Above: Mila with protégé Nikka T. Right: Some “full melt” water hash.

Marcus “Bubbleman” Richardson.

Kyle Kushman’s “Bubble All the Way” article (High Times - Dec. 2002).

MARCUS RICHARDSON

WE ALL KNOW what this means, right? But in case you’ve been held hostage in the lobby of a dental office for the past decade tortured with easy-listening music and nine-month-old gossip magazines, it’s an acronym for Laughing My Fucking Ass Off. Which implies that someone is overcome with a howling expression of jubilation. And this reflex is so genuine that it goes beyond the ability to contain one’s composure. This is not a giggle. This is not a smirk. This is a response to something that is so inherently funny that it results in a physical burst of happiness, expressed without restraint. The person is not just laughing, they are laughing hysterically.

However, he or she who uses this language, almost always through texting, is only chuckling … maybe.

They are not laughing hysterically at all. They are pretending to do so by transmuting their emotions into modern terminology that seemingly does it for them, while the inherent expression of this joy — at whatever level — is still largely restrained within their mind and body. Kind of like being held captive in the lobby of a dental office.

Imagine standing in front of someone and telling them that you are laughing your fucking ass off. They would say, “No you aren’t.” The reply would be, “Right, but I think it’s really funny.” And the other person would say, “Then why aren’t you laughing?”

Yet, when an emogenius sends this expression through their mobile device, they intend to have us believe they are a fun-loving, outgoing friend who drinks up life with an outlandish sense of humor. Realistically, however, this person spends an average of 8-12 hours a day being occupied by a digital screen, and experiences very little to no reaction at all.

Just because you say something doesn’t make it true. By the way, Cannabis is my best friend forever.