Stop smoking weed the same way your ex-boyfriend does. Instead, dodge those blackened fingernails, sticky backsides of lighters and goopy, resin-stuffed smoking pieces, and let me show you how to roll a pretty joint. These clean, powerful, sparkly little party … Continue reading →
While I’ve been reviewing cannabis products on and off for more than 3 years, 2023 was the true Year One for me, the first year I took my reviewing “full time.” In the 11 months since I started as Chief … Continue reading →
As mentioned, I desperately miss the creative outlets my past employment provided, and creating Original Memes a few times a month has not been enough. After creating my latest meme, I found myself writing this personal essay about the meme’s … Continue reading →
I’ve always been a little obsessed with the etymology of names. Legalization across the Unites States has created more commercial, recreational, and medical cannabis growers than ever before, and with more growers come more breeders and strain names. But how … Continue reading →
In partnership with Modern Compassionate Care to help better advocate for registered qualifying medical patients in Illinois, Illinois News Joint not only will highlight concerns patients have about the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act and Cannabis Regulation and … Continue reading →
At the end of 2020, Chino had “nothing to do” during the pandemic, but he knew he “loved to talk about everything in life” and cannabis. So Chino took inspiration from his favorite podcaster (Joe Rogan, Snoop Dogg, Nelk Boys, … Continue reading →
1. I’ll just admit it. Shortly after I founded Illinois News Joint, a budtender referred to me as a cannabis influencer, and I didn’t like the connotations of the term. From the start, I wanted ILNJ to be a trusted … Continue reading →
As part of our weekly discussion with ChatGPT: Optimizing Language Models for Dialogue, we asked why are legal cannabis prices in Illinois so damn high. Even artificial intelligence knows most of the common reasons. Here’s what ChatGPT had to say:
Continue reading →In our search to learn more about the craft cannabis coming to Illinois, we thought we’d asked ChatGPT: Optimizing Language Models for Dialogue. According to its creator, OpenAI, “We’ve trained a model called ChatGPT which interacts in a conversational way. … Continue reading →
As the cannabis markets expands, the amount of media outlets, such as podcast, also increase. I recently appeared on a few podcasts to talk about Illinois News Joint and the Illinois cannabis industry. In my latest appearance, I spoke with … Continue reading →
