Cannafest sets location for Chicago
Cannafest Chicago recently announced the location for its expo and Grow & Squish award ceremony. The Ravenswood Event Center, at 4021 North Ravenswood Avenue, will host the 2022 Cannafest Chicago January 29-30. Cannafest Chicago will run from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Illinois News Joint has partnered with Cannafest Chicago to help save our readers, followers, and friends money. As part of the partnership, Illinois News Joint is offering an exclusive 30% discount on booths and sponsorships by clicking this link. This offer expires on December 3. Tickets can be purchased here. Cannafest Chicago is a celebration of community … Continue reading →
Review: Crops’ Tropical Orange Bomb by Justice Cannabis Co.
By C Miller Impressed by Justice Cannabis Co.‘s Lime OG, I decided to try another strain from the cultivator’s recently conceptualized Crops brand, Tropical Orange Bomb. The eighth I picked up from Greengate Chicago, testing at 19% THC, filled out the mylar bag it came in with a trio of uncompressed nugs cured to crispy dryness with slightest bit of adhesion to the fingers when broken. Sugar-dusted in sandy resin, the pale green buds released … Continue reading →
Dispensary Spotlight: Hatch Wheeling
Editor’s note: We are pleased to launch our Dispensary Spotlight series in which we archive Illinois retail stores on our Dispensary Directory and publish feature articles highlighting each dispensary. We are kicking off the series with Hatch Wheeling, a dispensary I visited earlier in the year. Hatch Wheeling is located at 1500 East Lake Cook Road in Wheeling and is a recreational only dispensary. Its hours of operations are Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. … Continue reading →
Review: Highwayman Live Resin by Bedford Grow
While a great reviewer should seek out a wide variety of strains, there are certain cultivars that deserve a second, or third look. Highwayman, a key player in Bedford Grow’s stable, isn’t new to me, but this live resin diamonds and sauce form is. Trust me when I tell you it deserves it’s own review. Highwayman is a hybrid cross of William’s Wonder and Tang Tang and F2. This batch of live resin picked up … Continue reading →
Ayr Wellness acquires both Dispensary 33 shops
Ayr Wellness, based in Miami, recently entered into an agreement to acquire Dispensary 33’s two retail stores. Purchase consideration is expected to consist of $55 million upfront, including $12 million of cash, $3 million of sellers notes and $40 million of stock. Dispensary 33 operates two locations in Chicago, one on North Clark Street in the Andersonville neighborhood, and the other on West Randolph Street in the West Loop. In July, Ayr Wellness also entered … Continue reading →
Review: Sweet ReLeaf Lozenges by PTS
Last year, I kept noticing Sweet ReLeaf Lozenges by Progressive Treatment Solutions (PTS) on dispensary menus and was interested in trying them, but at some point the Sweet ReLeaf Lozenges disappeared from menus. Now, they’re back. I admit, I was a little confused by the word lozenge. Growing up in central Illinois, lozenge was just a fancy word for cough drop, which reminded me of those Ricola cough drop commercials that ended with Riiiiiiiicola. According … Continue reading →
Review: Innocent’s Blue Dream Catalyst Vape by In Grown Farms
I don’t use carts very often. For me, disposable pens and cartridges are for travel, family events, and discreetness. So during the last few weeks of traveling inside Illinois and attending different events, I reviewed Innocent’s Blue Dream Catalyst Vape by In Grown Farms that I picked up at nuEra Urbana. Of course, the classic Blue Dream strain is a sativa-dominant hybrid cross of Blueberry and Haze. This .5g vape cartridge tested at 73.06% THC, … Continue reading →
Hydroponics Grow Journal 1: @Wiscobornillinigrown
Editor’s note: We are please to launch another News Joint Grown Journal: Hydro Grow. The mission of Hydroponics Grow Journal is to educate, inform, and entertain patients and growers who are interested in or want to know more about growing hydroponically. Hydroponic growing is the process of growing plants in sand, gravel, or liquid, with added nutrients but without soil. Grown and Captured by @Wiscobornillinigrown Strain: Jilly Glue tester Flowering Style: Feminized Photoperiod Lineage: Jillybean … Continue reading →
Cresco Labs opens new dispensary, relocates another
Cresco Labs recently opened two Sunnyside dispensaries, one in Wrigleyville and one in Buffalo Grove. Monday, November 15, Cresco Labs celebrated the grand opening of its flagship Sunnyside Wrigleyville dispensary. The retail store is the closest cannabis dispensary in the country to a national sports stadium, located 600 ft. away from home plate in Chicago’s historic Wrigley Field. Sunnyside is the only Chicago cannabis store with two locations on a main city thoroughfare (Sunnyside River … Continue reading →
Review: Jack Herer Badder by PTS
Illinois’ choices in concentrates are slowly opening up. In two months, I have reviewed concentrates named budder, live resin, live sugar, live resin sugar, live rosin, crumble, pressed hash, bubble hash, and honeycomb. Now, it’s Jack Herer Badder by Progressive Treatment Solutions. Jack Herer is a classic sativa leaning-hybrid cross of Haze with (Northern Lights #5 X Shiva Skunk). This batch of badder tested at 73.3% THCa and 85.6% total cannabinoids. The most prevalent terpenes … Continue reading →
Cannabis Cup again extends announcement deadline
The High Times Cannabis Cup Illinois: People’s Choice Edition again extended its deadline to announce its winners until December. The ceremony date to announce winners is still undermined but should be coming soon. According to its press release, “Unfortunately (and very sadly), the Illinois award show is now postponed until December, due to health issues with one of our hosts. Please note: we want to ensure the best delivery (and highest quality) of the award … Continue reading →
