Illinois News Joint

APRIL 12, 2024

While I’m always searching for the next big genetic rush, there are a few strains near and dear to my heart. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here. For Illinois News Joint merchandise and News Joint Printing services, click here.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 11, 2024

It’s no secret we’re big fans of lemon-heavy sativa-leaning strains here at Illinois News Joint. Good News has released Celebrate Sour Lemon Sativa Gummies, so I picked up a sample from Mystic Greenz Decatur to review. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 13, 2024

My mantra when choosing strains these days can be summed up as “less fruit, more funk.” The new label, One Day , is hoping to help feed the funk hunters by dropping Mendo Breath progeny, Punch Breath. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 24, 2024

A few weeks ago, I ran into John Grown #39, who let us know about a new strain he cultivated: Dream Cloud. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here. Individual experiences can be varied.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Thompson to David Foster Wallace, Acapulco Gold is undoubtedly a legendary well-known strain. Acapulco Gold is a sativa-leaning hybrid strain. Overall, this was a flavorful run and a solid picture of old school sativa genetics that hit the mark and left me looking forward to sampling more of this strain across the nuEra catalog.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 1, 2024

One Day is one of the latest craft licensees to get flower to market, and I recently encountered the entire lineup of new drops at Stash Orland Park. The first strain I chose to review was Smackerz. This clear spacious headspace relieved my anxiety, and a light body profile kept me productive. Delta 9 THC, and 31% THCa.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 3, 2024

One of the truly fascinating aspects of cannabis is how varied the expression of a strain can be depending on which form of consumption it’s processed into. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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Medical Marijuana Program Connection

APRIL 19, 2024

Sign up for our LI Press email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! In a significant step forward for marijuana legalization in New York, Strain Stars has emerged as Long Island’s inaugural legal weed dispensary, offering a diverse array of products and a. Read More

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 8, 2024

Great growers know each strain has its own special needs and desires required to create the best expression possible. NEZ has focused on only four strains for the brand’s initial release. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 16, 2024

While Super Boof has been around for a while now, 2023 was the real breakout year for the funny-named strain. Northern Heights by Oregonix included the cut as part of the labels first strain drops, and it immediately grabbed my attention. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

As a reviewer, I want to sample as many Illinois products and brands as possible, and this year’s High Times Sativa Flower Cannabis Cup Kit included 16 labels, a few of which I had not yet tried. Seed & Strain from Columbia Care had been one of those brands that had eluded me, until now. Individual experiences can be varied.

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 20, 2024

For the last year, Revolution’s spin off brand, Tales & Travels , has been allowed to stand alone with exclusive strains and product lines. ILNJ photo For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here. I recently stopped at Enlightened Mt.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 21, 2024

Blue Dream was the first strain name I learned and asked for (but rarely found) because I preferred its effects to everything else I’d been smoking. Even though I had not smoked Blue Dream in more than a decade, legalization in Illinois has now made finding the strain as easy as stopping in nuEra Urbana for an eighth of Blue Dream by nuEra.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

During a recent stop at Star Buds Burbank a budtender told me about Grape Jubilee, one of the more indica-leaning strains from Kaviar’s new releases. My hunger kicked into high gear every time I smoked Grape Jubilee, and if it was late, the strain was a solid night cap option. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 15, 2023

In the pre-legalization days, the High Times Cannabis Cup was a way for breeders to highlight their newest, most exciting strains. While the Cup has changed dramatically from those days, a tiny bit of that spirit lives on as some cultivators submit their new “headline cultivars” for consideration.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 29, 2024

With our educational Know Your Brand series, we are trying to let our readers and followers know about the many new brands and products coming to Illinois in 2024. One of those brands with new products is Cannect Wellness , a premium craft cannabis cultivator and product manufacturer.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 25, 2024

When I review a new batch of releases, I’m usually met with a flood of follow-up recommendations from readers for strains from the same collection. True to the hybrid nature of the strain, my energy levels remained unchanged throughout the experience, and combined with the mood boost, this made Johnny Apple Seed a great anytime strain.

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Illinois News Joint

JUNE 18, 2023

Pistil Data recently releases its market reports on the covering the top cannabis brands, products, and trends in every major cannabis category including vape, flower, edibles, and more. Every day, Pistil analyzes more than 95% of retail store menus—tracking every product, price, and promotion across every legal state.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

The licensee behind Legacy has been producing legal solventless options in state for arguably longer than anyone, so I pay attention when they drop new strains. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here. Individual experiences can be varied.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In certain industry jobs, workers are constantly awash in a sea of new genetic names, so when an established grower is producing a strain I haven’t heard of, I pay attention. Superflux recently put out a new-to-me strain, Oracle, in concentrate form, so I stopped into Nature’s Care Co.

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Illinois News Joint

MAY 15, 2023

In the ever-evolving world of cannabis, it’s hard to ignore the magnetic pull of hype strains. One strain commanding attention across the industry is Jealousy, crowned as Strain of the Year in 2022. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As the cannabis industry matures and starts to take itself more seriously, one area that I hope never gets too “grown up” is the tendency for breeders to still have fun when naming strains. I picked up an eighth of the strain to review. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here. Individual experiences can be varied.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 19, 2023

After reviewing hundreds of strains in the last 40 months, I’d like to think I have a pretty good sense of how a strain’s flavor and effects will turn out if I have previously sampled its parent strains. Cap N’ Kush by Rythm was one of those strains. Cap N’ Kush by Rythm was one of those strains.

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Illinois News Joint

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

While it’s great to develop a list of tried and true strains that work for you, the real adventure of modern cannabis is constantly sampling new genetics that may provide new flavors and experiences. I’m always looking for new strain names when I’m at the dispensary. Individual experiences can be varied.

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Illinois News Joint

MAY 8, 2023

As Revolution Cannabis prepares to release its new-to-Illinois Cookies line of products, the Illinois-based company has been releasing its own in-house crosses of the Compound Genetics strains that the Cookies brand is built on. I picked up samples of a few of these new releases during a trip to Enlightened Mt.

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 14, 2023

“This project has been a long time coming, and we look forward to offering our customers a safe space where they can purchase the highest-quality Illinois cannabis strains and products.” Terrabis has five existing dispensary locations and a product manufacturing facility headquartered in Missouri.

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Illinois News Joint

JUNE 16, 2023

While the correlation between terpenes and the effects of certain strains is still debated, there is no doubt that strains with higher terpene levels are more fragrant and flavorful. Even with the aforementioned euphoric sensations, Chem OG was not an energetic strain. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

MAY 13, 2023

A family-owned and operated cannabis company and one of the original licensed operators in Illinois, nuEra’s acquisition coincides with the re-launch of the nuEra premium-product line featuring new flower strains, such as Cobra Milk, Fire Berries, and The Glove, as well as improved versions of popular strains such as Don Shula and Jungle Cake.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 22, 2024

Attendees will have the opportunity to meet Ricky Williams and delve into informative discussions about Highsman cannabis strains, holistic wellness, and the positive impact of plant-based remedies. This partnership aligns perfectly with our mission to bring top-shelf products to our customers.

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Illinois News Joint

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

I wanted to see how this switch had changed one of nuEra’s flagship products, so I headed over to nuEra Champaign and picked up an Oh Snap! I enjoyed the strain most at the end of the day where the heavy body release worked to help me let go of the day’s accumulated pain. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 23, 2024

I hadn’t heard of Kaviar’s Forbidden Razittlez when I first spotted it on the menu at Star Buds Burbank a while ago, so I decided to pick a sample to see what the strain had to offer. Forbidden Razittles is an indica -eaning hybrid cross of an unknown strain and Zkittlez. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

After sampling the first releases from Kaviar , I’ve looked forward to sampling the label’s new strains from its in-house grows. While white labeling can still produce quality products, a certain level of quality control can only be achieved by controlling all the inputs. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

JUNE 28, 2023

One of my favorite features about Revolution Cannabis’ recent collaboration with Cookies has been the unique strains combining great genetics from both brands’ lineups. Georgia Collider is such a strain, released under Revolution’s Tales & Travels brand, so I picked up a sample from Enlightened Mount Prospect to review.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 24, 2023

The brand received specialty packaging and sizes, such as the Party Pack, and recently dropped a brand new strain, Quantum Runtz. Eventually, I surrendered to the strain and simply blanked out on the couch. The strain created certain stillness to my internal environment that I particularly enjoyed.

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 8, 2023

Hunting for the right strains to produce quality hash rosin is more art than science, but one cultivar has become a trusted “washable” strain, GMO. Overall, this was a flavorful presentation of a classic rosin strain. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 4, 2024

One of the more interesting strain runs of 2023 was watching as Revolution honed in the Cookies’ genetic lineup with some of the brand’s well-known strains, such as Georgia Pie and Red Velvet. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 18, 2023

While trying to keep track of a constantly expanding list of strains, I come across a lot of cake, mac, cookie, and glues on Illinois dispensary menus, so I’m interested when I find a new strain name. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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