Category Archives: Culture

From the Archives: Mother’s Day (1994)

Arrest, Culture, deep South, dogs, From the Archives, mother's day, Police

By Marsha Turner Brown The cruiser was backed into a space beside the Kentucky Fried Chicken. Blissfully unaware, I sped by him at 20 miles above the limit. He pulled behind me at the first caution light; I was driving through the second signal when he put on his siren. Pulling to the curb I readied for the drill: name, number, state of sobriety and registration. In the moment it took to review my license, the trooper smelled a rat, or as I would shortly discover, a […]

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The CAM Come Up

Anna Willey, california, California Artisanal Medicine, Cam, coding, Culture, Interview, legal cannabis, Magazine, New York, Products, Sacramento, software engineer, Women

Few names loom as large over exotic American cannabis as Anna Willey. In a legal industry where jokes about quality have become the norm, not many companies have been able to float on top of that noise based on the quality of the product. Hers, California Artisanal Medicine or CAM, is like a battleship ripping through the waves of the decimated California industry. While many struggle to sell middle-tier products as elite, Willey can barely feed the monster. She’s on the cusp of opening her 2,000-plus-light cathedral […]

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Jon’s Stone-Cold Cop List #38: Y’ALL LOVE FLOWERS?

A golden state, Cadre Verde, Cam, cop list, Culture, D1, drop list, Errl Hill, featured, Fig Farms, Funk Farm, Green Dawg, Grumpy Tiger, Guides, Hall of Flowers, hash holes, Hasher Snacks, Heritage Hash Co, High 90's, Ice Box Flat Farms, Jon Capeta, Jon Capetta, Jon Cappetta, MK Mints, Oakfruitland, R&D, Real Deal Resin, Rosin Tech, Space Gem, Surefire Selections, Talking Trees, Traditional, Vincent D'Accolti, Wendy Baker, Wood Wide

Hall of Flowers felt a little different this year. Widely regarded as the flagship trade show for the industry at this point, this was the first year that HOF felt a little BizCon-y, and I mean that in the absolute nicest way possible. With less flower than ever on display, and less rooms to view even, I wouldn’t blame this as much on the production team as I will the state of the industry right now. Shit’s tough out here, especially in California, and the only ones […]

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Pot & Perfume

Annabel's Birthday Cake, Blue Dream, Culture, Dr. Lakisha Jenkins, featured, Maison Margiela, Marissa Zappas, Paz Booth, Perfume, Strains

Exhausted, with greasy hair from neglecting hygiene for the sake of deadlines, I pluck my Birthday Cake cannabis flower from my prized apothecary. I open the stash jar and inhale. My nose fills with a comforting vanilla scent. Yup, this is the weed I need. “Smelling your flower or cannabis product is a critical component of the cannabis experience. As a budtender early in my career, I learned that the ‘nose knows’ — meaning that there is no better way of choosing the right flower for you […]

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