RMR kicks off 2022 North American Weed Tour
For the second straight year, Illinois News Joint is partnering with The North American Weed Tour (NAWT) to help showcase legal cannabis products in Illinois. Illinois News Joint will appear on several NAWT podcast in the upcoming months to discuss several products, including a “Best Of” podcast in which News Joint reviewers select they’re favorite Illinois products.
Continue reading →Review: It’s Mimosa Select Elite Cartridge by Curaleaf
After reviewing the strain It’s Mimosa by Grassroots and enjoying the Work Sativa high, I picked up from Curaleaf Mokena an It’s Mimosa Select Elite Cartridge by Curaleaf to take with me for a few travel events.
Continue reading →Hush Chicago kicks off After Dark parties Friday
HUSH Chicago, an experiential event and marketing agency, is kicking off its speakeasy-style HUSH After Dark events Friday night, June 24. The first event will be located at the historic Motor Row district on Michigan Avenue and starts at 9 p.m. and runs “until late.”
Continue reading →IDFPR conducts 3 corrective craft lotteries
Each of the last three days, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) has announced results for a corrective lottery for conditional licenses, including Tied Applicant, Social Equity Justice Involved, and Qualifying Applicant lotteries.
Continue reading →Jane and Mary’s Ice Cream launches new products
Nearly two years ago, June 28, 2020, Illinois News Joint featured a story on Jane and Mary’s Cannabis-Infused Ice Cream and its owner Jason. At the time, the minority-owned Chicago-based business was honing its skills while waiting for craft applicants to receive infuser licenses. Two years later, craft applicants are still waiting, but Jason has pivoted from handcrafted THC-infused ice cream and sorbet to super-premium gourmet treats made with 100% USDA certified organic CBD and … Continue reading →
Aroma Grow to celebrate 1-year anniversary
Summer is here, and Illinois News Joint is adding more and more cannabis-friendly events to our Events Page. One of those events is Aroma Grow Store’s 1-year celebration Summer Party. Aroma Grow Store will be celebration its 1-year anniversary on
Continue reading →Review: Candied Lemons by matter.
I jokingly and crudely admit when it comes to terpene profiles, I’m a “lemon whore.” In general, lemon-flavored strains tend to be sativa that deliver my preference for clearheaded cerebral buzzes with energy and focus. Recently, I’ve noticed more lemon-flavored hybrid and indica strains, including a newly released strain from PharmaCann’s matter. brand, Candied Lemons.
Continue reading →News Joint partners with Rimrock Analytical
A couple months ago, we were trying to figure out how to add to Illinois News Joints’ A Friend Indeed program. After writing an article about sexing my seedlings, I realized that a plant testing service would be perfect not only for our A Friend Indeed program but also for all medical patients growing cannabis in Illinois. So we partnered with Rimrock Analytical, a plant tissue analysis laboratory, and now, Illinois News Joint has the … Continue reading →
UIUC to host Hemp Research Open House
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is scheduled to host a 2022 UIUC Hemp Research Open House that free and open to public.
Continue reading →Win Mike Tyson’s boxing glove
As part of Mike Tyson’s “meet and greets” visits at several dispensaries in Chicago to promote Tyson 2.0 from June 23-25, Tyson’s last stop on the tour is scheduled for nuEra Chicago. As a special addition to that meet and greet, Mike Tyson will provide nuEra with a signed boxing glove, which will be the grand prize in nuEra’s “Knockout Giveaway” contest. This “no purchase necessary” giveaway started June 16 and runs through July 7.
Continue reading →Review: Gobby Live Badder by Bedford Grow
By @medsforheads If you’re a regular News Joint reader, you’re probably well aware of Bedford Grow’s recent mega-terpy batch of live resins. Among some old familiar BG names like Lemon Durban are several exciting new cultivars such as Hot Mint Sundae and Yellow Brick Road. Sounding quite like the name of a sock-motivated house elf, I wasn’t immediately drawn to the Gobby Live Badder, but with a little research found its toothsome ancestry from Threes … Continue reading →
