I’ve reviewed several edibles this past year, but for medical use, I always return to infused products made with rosin or resin. I recently picked up from Revolution Normal the Mango Pineapple Nano-Live Resin Gummies from Revolution Cannabis.

The Mango Pineapple, labeled as indica, came as a pouch of ten gummies that contained 10mg of THC each. Each gummy was about a third of an inch across and a quarter-inch wide. The Mango Pineapple was a semi-translucent light-orange color. The gummies’ consistency had a little resistance and bounce back until after a few chews dissolved them into a softer chew.

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The Mango Pineapple delivered a sweet tropical aroma that leaned more candied mango and citrus than pineapple. The flavor hit with a sweet-mango front end and a pineapple citrus and sour back end that masked the cannabis flavor. The onset, as advertised, was fast-acting, probably twice as quick as a normal gummy. The head high hit first, but the body buzz quickly followed. Most indica/sativa labeled gummies have the same effect on me, but these were different. I felt an “indica-style” tiredness about halfway through the buzz. The head high often muddled thoughts and made “not thinking” an easy task.

The reason I prefer rosin or resin gummies is because the body buzz hits with a heavier force.  The mental buzz became clouded when the body buzz took over. A sinking and floating feeling spread throughout my extremities that worked its way toward my core, relieving muscle pain and cramps with an overall relaxation. The sinking effects blended with a melting sensation in the muscles and joints. The tail end of the buzz tired and slowed my thoughts even more, leading to a solid night of sleep. The rosin and resin gummies also help me fall asleep and stay asleep longer than other infusions and almost always cause the munchies.

The ingredients were sugar, tapioca syrup, water, gelatin, palm kernel oil, natural flavors, citric acid, malic acid, cannabis extract, sunflower lecithin, corn oil, and beta-carotene (color). For more Illinois cannabis industry news, subscribe to Illinois News Joint’s newsletter here.

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