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Searching for the origin of Blue Dream marijuana strain

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It’s one day post-Memorial Day 2021, so “hot vax Summer” has officially begun, and I’m smoking Blue Dream in the city that launched the globally renowned cultivar in 2003. Nordahl curates an extremely unique collection of pot in the garden, and introduces me to a relatively ancient Santa Cruz grower, Yoda. It shows up around 2003.

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What I learned sitting courtside at the NBA Finals of weed

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And nobody on Earth has a greater collection of flower than the judges at the Emerald Cup, the annual cannabis celebration and competition that tasks a panel of experts with identifying California’s finest buds from among hundreds of entries. With great flower comes great responsibility. The Emerald Cup’s 2021 winners and where to buy them.

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Lighting Up Florida Medical Marijuana People: The Crusaders, Part 7

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The nation collectively hopes that marijuana is indeed concurrently or subsequently re/de-scheduled out of the research-prohibitive Schedule 1 category into the Schedule 2 or Schedule 3 category. Congress is The Most Marijuana-Friendly Congress In History. 2008), and since 2003, the U.S. Think again.

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Beyond Blue Dream: A Haze strain family genealogy

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We have a whole history of them.”. McCormick’s company, Authentic Genetics , aims to preserve “the primary colors of cannabis,” and offers a unique library of classic cultivars including plenty with Haze lineage sourced from the genetic collections of the original cannabis breeders. A ’90s Cannabis Cup dynasty begins.

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Just desserts: The Cookies and Cakes family genealogy

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The Cookies story spans the recent histories of cannabis, weed law reform, San Francisco, and hip-hop. Californians legalized medical marijuana in 1996, and personal defenses against cannabis prosecution had become collective defenses—green-lighting the first dispensaries and more grows. A timeline of the Cookies and Cakes strains.

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Why You Should Be Keeping a Cannabis Journal

The Cannigma

Pronounced dead at the scene of a car accident in 2003, a friend and medical student he was traveling with performed CPR until a medivac helicopter arrived, giving him another chance at life. Jassey shared a version of the questionnaire used for chronic pain patients, which contains nearly two dozen questions about their history with pain.

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Why You Should Be Keeping a Cannabis Journal

The Cannigma

Pronounced dead at the scene of a car accident in 2003, a friend and medical student he was traveling with performed CPR until a medivac helicopter arrived, giving him another chance at life. Jassey shared a version of the questionnaire used for chronic pain patients, which contains nearly two dozen questions about their history with pain.