Top Picks
68 items · 4 lanes · ranked editorially
A current-awareness layer for repeat readers — what is moving in consumables, accessories, culture, and the industry. Rankings and movement tags are set by hand, not by an algorithm.
Consumables
Strains and consumable products — flower, vapes, edibles, concentrates, pre-rolls, tinctures.
Black Edition Pod — Skywalker OG
Live-resin pods are the format eating cartridge market share.
Blue Dream
Still the daytime default — the strain new dispensaries lead with.
Marionberry Indica Gummies
The gummy that out-sells everything else in the Pacific Northwest.
Persy Rosin — Papaya Wine
Cold-cure rosin in tin jars; the connoisseur ceiling.
OG Kush
The reference indica — the cultivar every menu owes something to.
Baby Jeeter Infused Pre-Rolls
Five infused half-grams in a tin — the format winning shelf space.
Accessories
Gear and hardware — grinders, papers, devices, storage.
Peak Pro
The e-rig that turned dabs into a living-room ritual.
Mighty+
The portable vape clinicians and connoisseurs both recommend.
PAX Plus
The minimalist conduction vape that built the category.
Black Classics King-Size Papers
Slow-burn rice papers. The deck almost every smoker keeps.
Walnut Wood Grinder
Anodized teeth in a turned-walnut body. Heirloom-grade.
Volcano Hybrid
The desktop vape standard, three decades in.
Culture & Experiences
Culture pieces, scenes, and events.
In Oaxaca, an indigenous cooperative rewrites the smallholder model
Five villages, four years, no exporters. The most ambitious smallholder model in the Americas.
Field Guide Launch — Portland
Eighty seats, three Oregon producers, candles, no sponsorships.
The case against printing THC% on the jar at all
An op-ed against the number that pretends to describe the product.
Humboldt Harvest Festival
Three days of farm tours, a tasting tent, and the Producers' Cup.
The Terpene Roundtable, Spring 2026
Three chemists walk through COAs from three California labs.
Concentrate Fundamentals — Workshop
Half-day bench workshop: solventless vs. hydrocarbon, hands-on.
Industry
Policy, legal, business, and market developments.
Six months into Schedule III: who actually benefited?
Forty-two cultivators, six labs, three patient groups. The audit.
New York investigates "lab shopping" among potency-inflating brands
OCM subpoenaed four brands after potency numbers jumped 6 points.
Minnesota debates lifting its 5mg edibles cap
DFL-led legislature weighs a doubling. Patient groups are split.
Pre-rolls are 71% shake by weight, on average
Thirty machine-packed joints, three states, a bench, a scale.
FDA opens public comment on CBD framework
Sixty-day window closes Jun 30. The first formal CBD opening since 2019.
DEA cannabis research applications: backlog tops 18 months
Schedule III didn't unblock the registration queue.