News Joint updates and adds to Original Memes page
Illinois News Joint updated our Original Meme page with new branding and added a few new memes that we will be dropping soon. After a weekend trip to Chicago, we had to create a Chicago meme. Here is our “The Chicago Way” meme. Here’s a rebranded meme. Find our Original Memes page here.
Continue reading →Reivew: Blueberry Crumble and Joos Green Crack Disposable by NGW
M Lasley and Illinois Ed split Nature’s Grace and Wellness reviews. M Lasley reviewed Blueberry Crumble, and Illinois Ed reviewed the Joos Green Crack Disposable pen. Blueberry Crumble My chase for fruity terpene flavors continues with my first experience with Nature’s Grace and Wellness concentrates, Blueberry Crumble (not to be confused with the Blueberry Crumble strain). The classic Blueberry strain is a three-way cross between an indica Afghani parent and sativa Thai and Purple Thai … Continue reading →
Review: The Duplex by Ooze
While there will always be a place for big glass rigs and blowtorches, there’s no doubt that the future of cannabis consumption is mobile. Cartridges, wax pens, and oil vapes have all appeared as attempts to answer the call for easy on-the-go use. The Ooze Duplex combines all of these forms into one small and simple package. The Duplex is small and sat comfortably into the palm of my hand with a solid density … Continue reading →
Medical Cannabis Registry program down during conversion
Having trouble switching medical dispensaries online? The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) recently sent out notices announcing that it is converting the existing Medical Cannabis Registry to a new system called Entellitrak. The conversion process will require the current system to go down (beginning June 7, 2021). New applicants and current patients will not be able to access the online system to submit applications or change dispensaries until the new system is available. The … Continue reading →
Review: Ray Charles Select Elite Cartridge by Curaleaf
For the month of June, Curaleaf and Select are partnering to celebrate Pride Month by donating $2 from each sale of a Select vape cartridge to support the OnePULSE Foundation, which was established to honor those lost in the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting and to honor the countless first responders and healthcare professionals who treated them. For the three weeks, Curaleaf is gifting a free Pride battery with every Select vape cartridge purchase. Last weekend, … Continue reading →
Illinois medical cannabis sales in three-month decline
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported May medical cannabis sales today. For three-straight months, retail sales of medical cannabis decreased. Retail sales of medical cannabis for May totaled $34,187,235.91, including $15,959,384.32 in dry flower sales and $18,227,851.59 in concentrates/infused-products. These totals continue a downward trend of medical sales. Retail sales of medical cannabis for April totaled $35,281,250.08, including $16,625,990.77 in dry flower sales and $18,655,259.31 in concentrates/infused-products. The April totals were a decrease from … Continue reading →
Review: Lou’s Legacy Crumble by Bedford Grow
While I’ve enjoyed several Bedford Grow flower strains, I haven’t had the opportunity to explore its line of concentrates. I have a real desire to try everything Illinois has to offer so when I spotted Lou’s Legacy crumble from BG on the menu at Consume Marion, I grabbed it. Lou’s Legacy is a hybrid cross between Chemdawg #4 X (Northern Lights X Haze). This batch of crumble tested at 5.62% THC, 73.58% THCA, 0.17% CBD, … Continue reading →
News Joint Grow Journal 7: Transplanting
I left off News Joint Grow Journal 6 with me believing I might have let my genetics sponsors (Mass Medical Strains) and partners (Aroma Grow Store and Homegrown Cannabis Co.) down because the leaves on my seedlings were yellowing. I posted the above photo of my five plants (Steve DeAngelo’s Dream Queen, Amnesia Lemon, Blood Diamond OG, Prayer Pupil, and Swabi Pakistani 3) to end Grow Journal 6 with a weak teaser about me worrying … Continue reading →
Review: Blackberry Kush by Revolution
As I’ve mentioned here before, chasing specific flavors and terpenes has become sort of a pastime of mine. As a former sommelier, I am fascinated by the idea that the same organic compound can create the same flavor in fruit, wine, and cannabis. That brought me to my newest pickup from Consume Marion, Revolution’s Blackberry Kush Blackberry Kush is a slightly indica dominant hybrid cross of Afghani and Huckleberry. This batch tested at 22.36% THCA … Continue reading →
Illinois cannabis sales continue to set records
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced Illinois’ monthly recreation sales total today. For the third month in a row, Illinois surpassed $100 million in monthly sales totals to again set a new record. Illinois’ May adult-use cannabis sales increased to $116,380,348.01 from April’s total of $114,961,668.22. In-state resident sales actually dropped from $79,909,284.92 in April to $79,559,545.00 in May. Total items sold increased from 2,463,056 in April to 2,512,093 in May. Out-of-state resident … Continue reading →
Review: Beverly Road by Bedford Grow
While in Springfield a few weeks ago picking up Bedford Grow Caramels and OZ Kush BX2 from Maribis to review, I also noticed a strain I hadn’t seen (though not new) on menus before: Beverly Road. Beverly Road is an in-house hybrid cross between Black Kush (phenotype of BC Black) and Purple Linda (Tom Hill’s Haze and an unknown Purple family member). This seven grams of smalls tested at 19.380% THCa, 0.670% THC, 0.850% CBGa, … Continue reading →
