May 31st, 2023 - Black Ridge Cannabis is a veteran-owned and operated dispensary in Calera, Oklahoma. When I found out the dispensary opened in March of 2023, this of course sparked a Fat Nugs field trip! I wanted to meet the owners Harvey Thompson, Edward Gann, & Kody Edwards to see what they were really all about.   Getting There Aside from road construction that has been going on for actual years, getting there was a piece of cake. I do really feel for them though, since there is so much chaos happening ... [Read More]

May 30th, 2023 - Thinking back to 1998 when I was a young single mom watching the news about an organization lobbying to legalize marijuana. I thought to myself, "Damn, I wish I knew how to do that! Because weed should be legal. It's helped me stay alive!" That was me at 22 years old, witnessing a group of people, all Caucasian, carrying on about legalizing weed. I was like FUCK YES... LETS GO! And still, I didn't know how I could be a part of this thing they call lobbying. From then on, I've immersed myself ... [Read More]

May 27th, 2023 - Some of you are gonna be up in arms about this one. I can already hear it. The legacy growers and sellers, the backbones of the cannabis industry for so long, who feel you need to stand as defenders for any attack on "the way things were."  So I'll say straight off the bat - it's not you. It's prohibition.  Of course we developed rubbish nomenclature for different types of cannabis while it was illegal (or more illegal than it is today), and underground. What choice did we have? How ... [Read More]

May 26th, 2023 - Written By Dave Barton Dave Barton, co-founder and creative director of thermidor< – a cannabis-focused, content-led creative agency – unpicks the UK's fractured relationship with all things Mary Jane in this first of a two-part series. Much like Britain and its Royal Family, here and now in 2023 the UK and cannabis have a complicated relationship. But it wasn't always this way. Once upon a time – some half a millennium ago – cannabis, in the form of hemp, was one ... [Read More]

May 24th, 2023 - Just over 19 years ago, nestled up on a hill in the redwood trees, the (then underground) cannabis community of Northern California came together to create a friendly competition around cannabis cultivation.  Hosted at Area 101, a small campground and gathering spot in Laytonville, Mendocino, a group of friends – consisting of passionate cannabis farmers, (now) legacy growers, and stoners – would party together through the night to honor the start of another cultivation ... [Read More]

May 22nd, 2023 - My First Cesarean On September 15, 1995, I arrived at Prince George's Hospital Center nervous and worried as hell for my 6:30 am scheduled induction.  My last OB/GYN appointment brought on concerns that I was developing pre-eclampsia , a serious condition marked by high blood pressure and other symptoms after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Due to this, my doctor thought it was best to have a scheduled induction on my actual due date.  At this point, I was 18 years old with no parents or ... [Read More]

May 17th, 2023 - Written By Kristine Freeman It's a bright, clear day, the kind where you're called to be outside in nature feeling the warm embrace of the sun. You pull up to an impressive storefront decorated with ribboned panels of wood and live succulents in hues of green and purple. The glint of gold and glass though the window along with the leafy smell in the air is a hint of what's to come. You cautiously take a step into an open lobby; to your right is a desk and to your left a flowing fountain. In ... [Read More]

May 16th, 2023 - In a blurry haze, Mike slowly came back. Even though his life seemed to have paused, his strong will could not. "I worked my way out of the hospital bed into a recliner that sat next to it." The fog from the anesthesia was so heavy that when the nurse spoke to him, it was just a voice in the breeze. "I had been injected with what I didn't want, but there was a true need. I was comfortably numb with the drugs they had supplied and Cannabis Oil." The surgical oncologist came in right as Mike was ... [Read More]

May 15th, 2023 - Meditation and Cannabis are two tools for accessing non-ordinary states of consciousness, and when intentionally combined, deliver game-changing results. Background Cannabis and I have been an item for a very long time, yet it was only a few years ago, when I began combining her loving glow with the introspection and consciousness expansion of meditation. I kind of stumbled into meditation , with cannabis as my lovely wing, and began with just trying different things - different breathing ... [Read More]

May 10th, 2023 - Written By Alex Montalban My first encounter with 'marihuana' was at the very ripe age of 13, growing up in Los Angeles, CA; or, ' The Valley ' (for all you other CLUELESS fans like me out there).  Yep - believe it or not, my first 'toke' occurred approximately 3 miles from where CLAIRE was mugged under that infamous, hugely-fluorescent clown that still overlooks the Circus Liquor on Vineland Blvd. in North Hollywood.  My best friend at the time (we'll call him "Luke") held a glass, ... [Read More]