Illinois News Joint

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Blood Moon is a hybrid cross of EmergenC and Kush Mints. The dark oil had completely encased a small forest green piece of flower that acted as a backbone to support the oil around it. The dark oil had completely encased a small forest green piece of flower that acted as a backbone to support the oil around it.

Indica

Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The ingredients are sugar, tapioca syrup, sorbitol, citrus pectin (pectin, dextrose) glucose, artificial flavors, citric acid, sodium citrate, cannabis oil, botanically derived terpenes, artificial colors, malic acid, MCT coconut oil. Interestingly, I detected less cannabis oil in the flavor than in the aroma.

Hybrid

Illinois News Joint

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The ingredients are tapioca syrup, cane sugar, water, gelatin, agar, locust bean gum, carnauba wax, citric acid, natural flavor, natural color, VESIsorbNanotech, cannabis oil, and natural hybrid terpenes. To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. For Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

Hybrid

Illinois News Joint

JUNE 8, 2023

Sonny G is a sativa-leaning hybrid cross of G6 and (Tangie and unknown male). ILNJ photos As I examined the Verano branded cart, I noticed the white ceramic core peeking through the deeply colored amber, almost brown oil. The coloration displayed slight variations, with lighter yellow waves intertwined within the darker oil.

Hybrid

Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Gobby is an indica-leaning hybrid cross of Gelato Mint and London Pound Mints. ILNJ photo A mound of large kosher-salt sized clear THCa crystals took on a bright sunflower-yellow color at the edges from a terpene heavy oil that seemed to cling to the outside of each crystal. To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Indica

Illinois News Joint

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Escape is a sativa-leaning hybrid cross of Amnesia Sour Diesel and Amnesia Sour Diesel F2. ILNJ photo Crystal-clear, kosher-salt-sized chunks of THC floated inside a transparent sunflower-yellow free-flowing oil. To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. This Terp sugar tested at 2.75% THC, 86.1% THCa, and 91.3%

Oil

Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 27, 2024

Blue Unicorn Poop is an indica-leaning hybrid cross of Blue Sherbet and Unicorn Poop. These moonrocks are a blend of flower, kief, and oil that tested at 11.448% THCa, 48.847% THC, and 62.307% total cannabinoids. A cross section of the moonrock revealed a turf-green center soaked in deep-amber oil all the way to the core.

Indica

Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Drunken Strawberries is a hybrid cross of Motorbreath 15 and Strawberry Guava. ILNJ photos A messy mound of electric sunflower yellow badder sat in the center of a pool of pale golden terpene heavy oil that spread out from the center with small concentric rings of yellow exacerbating the visual effect.

Terpenes

Illinois News Joint

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Royal Flush is a sativa-leaning hybrid cross of London Pound Cake #75 and Kush Mints #11. ILNJ photos The box slid open to reveal a half-gram cart filled with deeply amber-colored oil. ILNJ photo To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

Vaping

Illinois News Joint

JULY 11, 2023

Rythm has introduced this hybrid strain as a live resin variant. Space Cream is a hybrid cross of Time Wreck and Space Queel. ILNJ photos Small rock salt-sized chunks of THCa-heavy crystal were stuck together by a thin and liquidy, deeply amber pool of terpene-heavy oil. The indicated terpenes were 2.59% limonene, 1.6%

Hybrid

Illinois News Joint

JUNE 13, 2024

Chunk Dawg is an indica-leaning hybrid cross of Deep Chunk, Sour Diesel, and I-95. The oil inside the tank was a notably dark honey-amber color that was visually closer to a resin extraction than a distillate. Dense and viscous, the oil burned best after a preheat cycle or priming hit to get things flowing.

Vaping

Illinois News Joint

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

DNA Cake is an indica-leaning hybrid cross of Gelato Sorbet and Lava Cake. The aroma inside the jar was layered with a sweet top-end combination of vanilla-buttercream frosting and cooked carrots, followed by a warmer, earthy blend of wet-forest floor, roasted mushrooms, hot oil, and hints of diesel fumes on the finish.

Indica

Illinois News Joint

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Lime Skunk Muffins is a hybrid cross of Lime Skunk and Blueberry Muffins. This 1-gram cart came as a classic tall slender CCell-style Interstate 420 labeled glass-tube cart filled with a deep amber oil with a crystal clear translucency. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Hybrid

Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 18, 2023

as diamonds and sauce, and since it was my first time encountering the hybrid strain, I picked up a sample at NuEra Champaign to review. is a hybrid cross of Forbidden Fruit and Bernie Mac. ILNJ photos This gram consisted of several large diamonds covered in deeply colored, thick-flowing amber oil.

Hybrid

Illinois News Joint

MAY 27, 2024

Chem Scout is an indica-leaning hybrid cross of ChemDawg and Girl Scout Cookies. This oil tested at 74.05% THC. Deep amber colored, the oil inside was thick with a heavy viscosity that kept it from freely flowing even when the vape was hot. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Vaping

Illinois News Joint

JUNE 28, 2025

preroll infused with kief and oil. GMO Rootbeer is a hybrid cross of GMO and Rootbeer. The extra kief and oil infusion wasn’t visible from the outset but was revealed when I unrolled the end of the joint and looked down the barrel at a blend of finely chopped forest green bud and small flecks of dark brown FECO-style oil.

Oil

Illinois News Joint

MAY 3, 2023

They offer three options: Mango Thai Basil Indica, Ruby Red Grapefruit Mint Sativa, and Red Raspberry Yuzu Hybrid. The ingredients are tapioca syrup, sugar, water, gelatin, citric acid, sunflower lecithin, natural flavoring, natural coloring, cannabis oil and terpenes. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

Indica

Illinois News Joint

MAY 7, 2024

The Dabstract Grape Sugar Cookies HTE Live Resin cart is distillate infused with live high-terpene oil. Grape Sugar Cookies is a hybrid cross of Purple Lindica and Girl Scout Cookies. This batch of oil tested at 0.25% CBD, 0.27% CBDa, 15.51% THCa, 56.41% THC, and 76.42% total cannabinoids.

Vaping

Illinois News Joint

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The high dose, full spectrum oil is renowned for its powerful effects, and it’s a personal favorite for treating pain. Chem 91 is a hybrid cross of disputed origin. This RSO came as an easy push syringe filled with black viscous oil. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Oil

Illinois News Joint

JULY 23, 2023

Rum Runner is a sativa-leaning hybrid cross of Panama Red #6 and Macnanna. ILNJ photo I popped the top to reveal a long and thin mound of creamy amber colored badder covered by a thin pool of translucent-terpene heavy oil. Both the badder and the terpene oil were very wet, starting to ooze down with gravity when dosed out on my scoop.

Hybrid

Illinois News Joint

JUNE 4, 2024

As a staple sample at cannabis events for more than a year, Ozone has been ahead of the recent explosion of infused preroll options with its Reserve Live Resin infused two-packs. Butterstuff is an indica-leaning hybrid cross of Peanut Butter Breath and Velvet Glove. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Indica

Illinois News Joint

MARCH 3, 2023

The Lychee Grapefruit hybrid gummies were infused with Gorilla’d Cheese (GG #4 and Clementine). ILNJ photo In the Lychee Grapefruit Hybrid, the ingredients were listed as sugar, tapioca syrup, water, gelatin, palm kernel oil, natural flavors, malic acid, citric acid, cannabis extract, sunflower lecithin, salt, red beet concentrate (color).

Indica

Illinois News Joint

JUNE 5, 2023

ILNJ photos The Marionberry and Sour Cherry Gummies were labeled as indica, and the Huckleberry Gummies were labeled as hybrid. I don’t find much difference effects for indica, hybrid, and sativa labeled gummies. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Indica

Illinois News Joint

JUNE 15, 2024

The experience profile was a down the center hybrid and a good fit for any time of day. and/or palm oil with TBHQ added to preserve freshness, high fructose corn syrup, THC extract, salt. and/or palm oil with TBHQ added to preserve freshness, high fructose corn syrup, THC extract, salt.

Hybrid

Illinois News Joint

APRIL 5, 2025

Bloom Apricot Punch Surf vape is filled with a distillate-based oil infused with botanically derived terpenes. The remaining top quarter was a slick translucent tinted plastic that acted as the mouthpiece and an oil visibility window when held up to the light. To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Vaping

Illinois News Joint

JULY 9, 2023

The buzz was relatively clearheaded and balanced throughout the high with a hybrid-type effect of not being too up or down. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. The onset, especially if I had eaten other food beforehand, took longer than expected to kick in.

Edibles

Illinois News Joint

JULY 25, 2023

The effects again matched what I expected from 10mg THC dosing for a hybrid effect. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. It really was easy to one-more-cookie myself into silliness. Then again, I’ve never really had much will power when it comes to baked goods.

Research and Development

Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Watermelon Z is distillate oil blended with botanical terpenes. Stiiizy labeled the Watermelon Z vape indica but the effect profile struck a center-spectrum hybrid chord. ILNJ photo To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

Vaping

Illinois News Joint

MAY 2, 2024

The ingredients are corn syrup, sugar, pectin, citric acid, natural flavors, sodium citrate, cannabis oil and fruit, and vegetable juice. The Daze Off distillate infusion landed at the center of the spectrum with a hybrid buzz that kept my energy levels stable but made my awareness hazy and my train of thought hard to follow.

Hybrid

Illinois News Joint

JULY 20, 2024

Cresco Triangle is an indica-leaning hybrid cross of Las Vegas Lemon Skunk and Triangle Kush. The oil within was a deep amber and very dense, only following gravity with a slow flow after being heated by multiple hits. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Vaping

Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Blue Agave is a hybrid cross of Orange Acai 7 (Acai Gelato x Legend Orange Apricot F2) and The Menthol (Gelato 45 x (White Diesel x (High Octane x Jet Fuel G6). ILNJ photos I opened the jar to a sunflower yellow mound of creamy badder with a thin layer of terpene heavy oil giving the surface a sheen. s brand Bullet Train Extracts.

Extraction

Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 8, 2023

GMO is an indica-leaning hybrid cross of Chemdawg and GSC. A wet sheen of terpene-heavy oil floated to the top where I had manipulated the rosin after each session. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. ILNJ photo This gram presented as a messy clump of deep amber-orange badder.

Indica

Illinois News Joint

MARCH 24, 2023

Bear Dance is a sativa-leaning hybrid cross of Pure Kush and Uzbekistan Hashplant and Snow Cap. ILNJ photos The tank came filled with viscous, light amber oil with glasslike clarity. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. This live resin cart tested at 11.16% THCa, 66.95% THC, and 83.9%

Hash

Illinois News Joint

MARCH 5, 2023

The head high and body buzz fell into the traditional hybrid effects category. Ingredients include corn syrup, sugar, water, natural flavors, pectin, cannabis oil, citric acid, sodium citrate, and natural colors. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Hybrid

The Herb Collective

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

PHOTO CREDIT: [link] Marijuana oil vapor cartridges are better than other methods of smoking according to a growing number of people. Most vapor cartridge brands come in indica, sativa, and hybrid. They are usually made with natural ingredients like coconut oil, so they are also are free of solvents.

Oil

Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 7, 2023

Colombian Haze is a sativa-leaning hybrid cross of Colombian Gold and Thai Haze. ILNJ photos This gram came as a group of crystal clear THC diamonds, one of them notably large, swimming in a free flowing amber-colored oil. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Concentrates

Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Floracal labels these as sativa, but the effect profile was more of a middle ground hybrid. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

Edibles