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The 2021 Sensi Lit List

It’s hot outside. But we see that as an opportunity to sit back and enjoy everything that’s creating some serious heat on the Sensi wire.

Welcome to the Lit List.

We have carefully curated the stuff that sparked our interest and expanded our horizons—and we want to share. So, dig in and enjoy.

DEPARTMENTS

11 EDITOR’S NOTE 16 THE LIFE Contributing to your health and happiness 12 THE BUZZ DREAM MACHINE New News, tips, and tidbits to keep you in the loop CANNABIS CARNIVAL

Terptown Throwdown is back.

IN THE DARK Maine Woods Dark Sky Park GRAND TOUR Visit Greater Boston’s top cannabis-related sites.

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Levia’s water-soluble cannabis extracts LOCAL GEAR Burgeon Outdoor in Lincoln, N.H.

apps that can take you on a trip—with or without drugs HOROSCOPE What the stars hold for you

40 THE SCENE Hot happenings and hip

hangouts around town HIGH FLY Why Major League Baseball should embrace cannabis

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46 THE END Provincetown’s dune shacks were once summer homes for notable artists and writers.

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MICHIGAN Aronoff Law (Craig Aronoff) Licensing Law Firm Cannabis Counsel Cannabis Law Firm Etz Chaim Attestations Grapp Lerash Accounting/CPA Services Great Lakes Natural Remedies Lakeshore: Provisioning Center Kush Design Studio Cannabis Facility Design & Build MRB Solutions Human Resources Northern Specialty Health Upper Peninsula: Provisioning Center Oh, Hello Branding Promotional Marketing Perry & Drummy Inc. Commercial Insurance Pure West Compassion Club Caregiver Connection & Network Rair Medical Flower Solutions by Dr. Dave West Michigan: Hemp CBD Helping Friendly Hemp Company Hemp Topicals NEVADA Eden Water Technologies Water System Technologies Green Leaf Money Canna Business Finanacing GreenHouse Payment Solutions Payment Processing Ideal Business Partners Corporate Law & Finance Jupiter Research Inhalatation Hardware Matrix NV Premium Live Resin Red Rock Fertility Fertility Doctor Rokin Vapes Vape Technology This Stuff Is Good For You CBD Bath and Body

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 365 Recreational Cannabis Dispensary: Recreational, Santa Rosa Green Unicorn Farms CBD Hemp Flower Humboldt CCTV Smart Ag Tech Kushla Life Sciences Cannabis Formulation and Products Red Door Remedies Dispensary: Cloverdale Southern Humboldt Royal Cannabis Company Mixed Light Farming Sonoma Patient Group Dispensary: Santa Rosa Strictly Topical Inc./Sweet ReLeaf Pain Relief Topicals Superbad inc. Premium California Cannabis Uleva Hemp Products Vaper Tip Vape Supply & Consulting Wana Brands Edible Gummies SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Accucanna LLC Desert Hot Springs: Dispensary EventHI Events Flourish Software Distribution Management Helmand Valley Growers Company Medical Infrastructure Specialist HUB International Insurance Hybrid Payroll / Ms. Mary Staffing Staffing & HR Benefits Ikänik Farms Cannabis Distribution Red Rock Fertility Fertility Doctor Wana Brands Edible Gummies Witlon Payroll

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EDITORIAL

Stephanie Wilson Co-Founder + Editor in Chief stephanie.wilson@sensimag.com Doug Schnitzspahn Executive Editor Tracy Ross Managing Editor, Michigan Emilie-Noelle Provost Managing Editor, New England Debbie Hall Managing Editor, Nevada Jenny Willden Managing Editor, California Robyn Griggs Lawrence Editor at Large Mona Van Joseph Contributor, Horoscopes Radha Marcum Copy Editor Bevin Wallace Copy Editor DESIGN

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Jamie Cooper Market Director, Michigan Abi Wright Market Director, Nevada Richard Guerra Market Director, New England Nancy Birnbaum Market Director, NorCal Diana Ramos Market Director, Oklahoma Rob Ball Market Director, S. California Angelique Kiss Market Director, S. California

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one of my favorite times of year. The foliage is at its most lush; roadside farm-stands overflow with produce. As the sun begins to set earlier, the sharp, bright days of July take on a softer edge. I love watching the sunset on warm August nights, the sky’s colorful pinks and oranges fading into navy blue.

One of the reasons I like this time of year is because it’s so fleeting. By the end of the month, nights become colder. The masses of green in our neighborhood begin changing to yellow and red. Before I’ve had much time to think about it, summer is over, replaced by the crisp, cool days of fall.

Like summer, Sensi’s days as a digital-only magazine are also fleeting. Beginning next month, the magazine will be returning to print, with hard copies available at local dispensaries. It’s a change we’re excited about and, hopefully, yet another sign that things are slowly getting back to normal after COVID-19’s long road.

In this issue, you’ll find content ideal for reading on a late summer afternoon. In The Scene, get excited about cannabis and Major League Baseball in an article by Sensi’s executive editor, Doug Schnitzspahn. The Buzz is full of ideas for things to do and see, including the Terptown Throwdown, a two-day art and music festival celebrating New England’s cannabis culture taking place Aug. 20-21 in Spencer, Massachusetts. And in The End, you can read about Provincetown’s 19 historic dune shacks, which were once the summer homes of artists and writers including Tennessee Williams, Sinclair Lewis, and Jackson Pollack.

I hope that August finds you well and that you have the opportunity to take advantage of the last, and some of the best, of New England’s summer days.

I love watching the sunset on warm August nights, the sky’s colorful pinks and oranges fading into navy blue.

Happy August,

Emilie-Noelle Provost @Emilie_Noelle

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Celebrate New England’s cannabis culture at this Massachusetts festival.

If you’ve missed socializing with other cannabis enthusiasts over the last 18 months, you’ll want to mark August 20 and 21 on your calendar. Those are the dates of the 2021 Terptown Throwdown, a cannabis-themed music and arts festival featuring live bands, working artists, a variety of vendors, and tasty treats. The winners of the Throwdown’s homegrown cannabis competition will also be announced.

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Held in Spencer, Massachusetts, at the Spencer Fairgrounds, the two-day festival, founded as an annual event in 2017, will host musical acts including Fortunate Youth, Tropidelic, Soul Rebel Project, and The Movement. Several visual artists will create and sell paintings and other work. Get tickets via the festival’s website. terptownthrowdown.com

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Homegrown Gear

This New Hampshire outfitter manufactures all of its outdoor clothing in New England.

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400 MILES The total length of Rhode Island’s shoreline

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Founded in Lincoln, New Hampshire, in 2019, Burgeon Outdoor makes and sells clothing and gear for backpackers, hikers, and other outdoor enthusiasts. All of it is designed, tested, and manufactured in New England.

The company uses American-made fabrics whenever possible.

Burgeon donates 5 percent of its sales to nonprofits that work to protect the environment, support public health initiatives, and bolster the economies of remote mountain communities. The company’s owners and employees also maintain the White Mountains’ iconic Old Bridle Path trail located in Franconia Notch. burgeonoutdoor.com

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BEACHES The number of New England beaches included on TripAdvisor’s 2020 list of the top 25 in the US SOURCE: tripadvisor.com

REVEL IN THE DARK

Experience the magic of the night sky in Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness.

If you’re looking for a unique summer getaway, consider a backpacking trip to the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Maine Woods Dark Sky Park. Last May the International Dark-Sky Association named this 75,000-acre parcel, located in the state’s 100-Mile Wilderness, an International Dark Sky Park—a status given to land that has scientific, educational, and cultural significance in addition to extraordinary views of the night sky. The uninhabited tract of forest is one of the darkest places on the East Coast.

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Ogunquit, Maine’s summertime population, up from 1,300 during the winter months SOURCE: maine.com

sweetness that hovers in August.”

—Denise Levertov, 20th century American poet

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I live in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and while I love to travel, I choose to stay home in the summer because summers are so perfect here.

Question: If someone offered to pay for you to take a summer vacation, where would you go?

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I’d go back to Hawaii but choose a different island this time—probably Kauai as I like it a little quieter than the bustle of Oahu.

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Visit Greater Boston’s top cannabis-related sites car-free.

Boston Cannabis Tours offers visitors and locals a chance to learn how cannabis vapes, edibles, and tinctures are made, with a few free samples thrown in for good measure. Some tours even offer customers the opportunity to combine their cannabis sightseeing with other fun activities like craft brewery tours, shopping, and visiting historic places, such as the location of the Boston Tea Party. cannabistourboston.com

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Welcome to the (Dream) Machine A new wave of apps will take you on a trip—with or without drugs.

TEXT ROBYN GRIGGS LAWRENCE

could mimic an LSD trip without the LSD. Their DREAMACHINE consisted of a slotted metal cylinder surrounding a suspended lightbulb that sat on a record turntable and rotated at seventy-eight revolutions per

minute, projecting light at the frequency of alpha brain waves during wakeful relaxation.

Gysin was enthralled by his invention, absolutely certain it would become more popular than television, which was still a black-andwhite medium that aired

shows for squares like Gunsmoke and The Beverly Hillbillies. Gysin’s friend, Beat writer William Burroughs, predicted the DREAMACHINE would cause people to

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In the early 1960s, just as the avant garde were starting to play with psychedelics, Beat surrealist artist Brion Gysin and Cambridge scientist Ian Sommerville created a machine that

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“storm the citadels of enlightenment.”

Obviously, that never happened. We made friends with Ross and Phoebe and turned Netflix into a verb. The only citadels stormed were hardly enlightened ones, and Gysin is best remembered as the guy who slipped a hash fudge recipe into Alice

B. Toklas’s cookbook, launching it into infamy.

The DREAMACHINE became an artifact, referenced occasionally in academia and art exhibits.

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happened (and keeps happening), Lumenate and BrainTap Pro use guided meditation and audio tracks synchronized with stroboscopic flashes from our phones’ flashlights to create a psychedelic experience, altering states of consciousness to provide relief for everything from anxiety to insomnia.

Psychedelic therapy is the hottest new thing in mental health treatments, predicted to grow into a $6.9 billion industry by 2027, according

to Data Bridge Market Research. But right now psychedelic therapy is only legally available in a handful of places, such as Jamaica and Oregon, and it’s prohibitively expensive for most people.

Apps like Lumenate and BrainTap aim to bring psychedelics’ healing power to the masses.

A Kaleidoscope for the Subconscious Based on two years of research into the effects of stroboscopic light, months of EEG brain scans, and on-theground interviews at Burning Man, UK-based

Lumenate is on a mission to “make impactful subconscious exploration more accessible than ever before.” Lumenate’s creative director, actress Rosamund Pike, gushes on Instagram that since she started using the Lumenate app, she has experienced “deep inner awareness through the totally incredible kaleidoscope of colours created by my subconscious.”

To use Lumenate, you choose a “mood” (from “achieving your goals” to “sleep reflection”), sit in a dark room, put on headphones, hold your phone at arm’s length and eye level with the camera light toward you, close your eyes, and breathe as the app guides you through your meditation, from intention setting to integration, accompanied by strobo-

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illegal. Think how much safer you would feel going on a trip if you knew you could switch it off should you get an emergency work call or your mother-in-law stops by.

Turns out, we have such a machine—and like so many other IRL machines rendered irrelevant by cell phones, it can now be downloaded as an app. Launched last spring, when everyone was taking a good, hard look at their mental health after what just

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Get Appy The pandemic prompted a huge increase in downloads of mindfulness apps such as Calm and Headspace, prompting predictions they will become a $4 billion industry by the end of this century. In addition to replicating and enhancing psychedelic experiences, apps that provide trip sitting and integration support are starting to come online.

WavePaths offers adaptive music to accompany psychedelic therapy. It’s in beta, but you can sign up to be part of the testing. Wavepaths.com Trip from Field Trip Psychedelics lets you access tools that support self-exploration and consciousness expansion, including preparation, exploration, reflection, and integration. The app is based on protocols at Field Trip Health Centers, designed to help people process and integrate what they experience in their consciousness-expansion efforts. Fieldtriphealth.com PsycheDev is developing an app that will provide guided trips and tools to help users better understand them. It’s not ready yet, but the company will email you as soon as it is. PsycheDev.com/guidedtrips

scopic light sequences and intentional music.

Thrust into a pluridimensional kaleidoscope of saturated color, you lose track of your physical body. Your brain’s default mode network slows down, flattening your ego and heightening your sense of being here now. As your brain’s neurons adjust their natural rhythm in response to sound and light input, you can learn to guide your brain toward whatever state you desire. If the psychedelia gets to be too much, you can move the phone farther away

from your eyes or turn it away altogether.

Stepping into the Quantum Gap BrainTap Pro, which is based on ancient traditions like shamanistic drum circles and ritual use of psychedelic plant medicines, uses your cell phone in a similar manner for more than 1,000 guided meditations and creative visualizations led by Patrick Porter, PhD, who created the app as well as headsets that can be used to maximize the experience.

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serotonin, and other beta-endorphins that make you feel calm, focused, and alert while down-regulating the stress hormone cortisol.

There are ten-minute “digital coffee” sessions and longer sessions to induce deep sleep. BrainTap is developing gamma sessions that mimic psilocybin experiences for PTSD patients, Porter says, and the Brazilian government is paying for studies to test them.

Porter’s father overcame chronic alcohol abuse through the Silva Method, a meditation technique designed to push brainwave frequencies to states of enhanced awareness, and he taught Porter the

method when has was 12 years old. Eager to share it with the world, Porter began recording his own meditation sessions on cassette tapes and then, in the late 1980s, he wrote the programs BrainTap is based on as a means of stealthily walking second-time DUI offenders in Arizona through the Alcoholics Anonymous 12 steps.

According to Porter, BrainTap replicates the experience of ingesting psychedelic plant medi-

cines, which slow down and strip away the reality that was predefined for us by parents, preachers, teachers, and the rest of society. “We take these ancient traditions and transform them into technology,” Porter says. “As a culture, we used to do this all the time. We’d be out hunting and gathering all day, all stressed out, then we would go back to the tribal village and get out of ourselves. We have a natural propensity for this.”

Plant medicines expand the scope of the human brain, which processes only about 5 percent of the reality that exists in the world around us, Porter says.

He considers this “stepping into the quantum gap between the tick and tock of the clock.”

Going on an LSD or DMT trip offers glimpses into the whole of reality—the other 95 percent, Porter says. “And they’re just as real,” he adds. “They are real because it’s all based on our sensory-based experience. But the problem is, how do we reconcile that with what we learned from our mothers, brothers, teachers, and preachers? We have to unlearn all this bad learning.”

In addition to mimicking the effect of psychedelics, BrainTap can also amplify and extend them by stimulating mirror neurons. Studies have found that people who eat magic mushrooms while doing a BrainTap session can get psilocybin-like effects without psilocybin during their next four or five sessions. “We’re finding out that when technology and ancient traditions work together, it’s very powerful,” Porter says, “but it doesn’t have to be one or the other.”

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mona Van Joseph is a professionally licensed intuitive reader in Las Vegas since 2002.

Author, radio host, and columnist, she created the Dice Wisdom app and is available for phone and in-person sessions. mona.vegas

HOROSCOPE

AUGUST HOROSCOPE What do the stars hold for you?

TEXT MONA VAN JOSEPH

JULY 23-AUG. 22

LEO

ier for you to call yourself an artist. It’s your creative endeavor or the magic you present at work. Relax into your true identity.

You were born with many gifts in this lifetime, but you are only concentrating on one. It’s time to revive the joys and activities you experi- OCT. 23-NOV. 21 enced when you were young- SCORPIO er (and more optimistic).

There’s finally a reason to celebrate. It may be because AUG. 23-SEPT. 22 you have achieved a certain VIRGO goal, or that a job you wantYou are in a much better ed finally sent you an offer place than you were just a letter. Either way, enjoy the few months ago. Your intu- new level you’ve earned. ition is guiding you to recognize the people that are on NOV. 22-DEC. 21 your team, who truly care SAGITTARIUS about you.

Do not allow your emotions to make your decisions this SEPT. 23-OCT. 22 month. Treat all personal LIBRA and professional issues as You have become so talent- though you are negotiating a ed at your craft that it’s eas- business deal. Surrender and

heal, within yourself, what you cannot control.

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CAPRICORN

There are only a few people in this world with whom you choose to spend your private time. You are happiest when your brain is engaged in learning something new, which is even more satisfying when that includes other people.

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AQUARIUS

Slow and steady wins the race. There’s nothing more to prove; you’ve done the work, and the rewards present themselves. Now is the time to break the habit of being driven. Enjoy the success you’ve earned.

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LEO, IT’S TIME TO REVIVE THE JOYS AND ACTIVITIES YOU EXPERIENCED WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER (AND MORE OPTIMISTIC).

own contentment and sense of harmony. There are some people that you can just ignore when they call.

Your angels are guiding you toward the contentment that you want. Your task is to decide what it is that you MAY 21-JUNE 20 want. Stay aware, live in the GEMINI moment, and then acknowl- The political environment edge your source of light. is working to your benefit, paving the way for your perMAR. 21-APR. 19 sonal new beginning. Align ARIES yourself with people who Concentrate and take invento- will help you be focused, ry of all the things you do well motivated, and successful. this month. There’s a project worth bringing back into fo- JUNE 21-JULY 22 cus. Something from the past CANCER has renewed purpose.

We rarely get opportunities (or the courage) to folAPR. 20-MAY 20 low our hearts. This is your TAURUS month to do exactly that It has been the hard way re- without fanfare. It’s time for cently. This month, realize you to move on and particiwhat contributes to your pate in the life you want.

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Damn, it’s hot outside.

But we see that as an opportunity to sit back and enjoy everything that’s creating some serious heat on the Sensi wire. Welcome to the Lit List.

We have carefully curated the stuff that sparked our interest and expanded our horizons—and we want to share. So, dig in and enjoy.

TEXT STEPHANIE WILSON AND EMILIE-NOELLE PROVOST

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Now available in the US for the first time, Tepozán is one of the few estate-grown tequilas that is fully cultivated, processed, and hand-bottled at the source.

Superette Bong Bucket Hat. $39

Vibes organic hemp papers are crafted for longer sessions. $2.50

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Summerland organic hemp wick is far better than inhaling the stuff that comes out when you flick your Bic. $3.33

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Dispensary design as an art form has arrived.

Scarlet Fire, a Grateful Dead-inspired shop in Toronto, is meant to “embody the psychedelic experience of attending a Dead show, elevating the consumer to an altered plane of consciousness.”

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Aerospaced by Higher Standards gold grinder. $22

Legendary tattoo artist and historian Henk Schiffmacher takes us on a personal journey through the history of tattooing from the 1730s to the 1970s in Tattoo, an oversized 13 lb tome from Taschen. $175

Mello sea-salted caramels are a delicious way to get your daily dose of moodboosting, anxietyreducing CBD.

Her Highness “Highly Orgasmic” THC Pleasure Oil is only available in California, but the CBD version is a powerful sex topical that can come to you wherever you are. $60

The new Marley One functional mushroom brand—a collab between Silo Wellness and the family of the legendary Bob Marley—intends to launch a psychedelic mushroom product line later this year. Experience it on one of Silo Wellness’s psychedelic retreats in Jamaica, or try one of the functional mushroom tinctures now. One Flow is a peppermint-flavored blend of cordyceps and ginseng designed to enhance physical endurance and mental function. $20

Cannabis industry pioneer Maggie Connors’s Besito brand—known for its stylish pre-rolls and hexagonal vaporizers—was just scooped up by Sparc, one of San Francisco’s oldest and largest vertically integrated cannabis companies.

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Blazy Susan's spinning rolling tray features a custom-ordered design. Blank trays start at $79.99.

“Rhythm is an expression of culture,” says Beatriz Milhazes. “The compositions I create lead you to places in history, music you have listened to, memories from your own experiences in life.”

Learn more about the vibrant Brazilian artist in this new monograph from Taschen. $80

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Handcrafted from scratch in small batches, the strain-specific TasteBudz gummies pack all the terpenes and cannabinoids from the cannabis plant into yummy colorful nuggets of fun.

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Trace the hidden history of the tarot in the first volume from Taschen’s Library of Esoterica, a series documenting the creative ways we strive to connect to the divine. $40

When Planet 13 Orange County opened its first California outpost in July, the Los Angeles Times described it as a “pot-superstoremeets-theme-park” and it wasn't wrong. The large, immersive, and Instagram-worthy shop is outfitted with beachy elements like a digital waterfall and beach, a VW party bus that fills with fake smoke with the press of a button, and a 16-foot-tall sculptural installation of a bright red octopus in the center of the retail sales floor.

The New Beauty, takes a modern look at beauty, culture, and fashion. Edited by gestalten & Kari Molvar. $60

Bella Box, is a premium, cannabisinspired box curated by Denali of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 13 fame. $60

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Moodz are a whole mood and the period panties and swimwear stylishly change the rules.

Taschen’s Rock Covers: 750+ album covers that made rock history.

You’re welcome. $70

Out now, Netflix’s Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami docuseries follows a pair of high school dropout friends who allegedly have become two of South Florida’s biggest cocaine kingpins in this true story of a crime saga that spanned decades.

Warning: it’s addictive.

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Candy Relics' Honey Bear Bubbler. $160

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K.Haring Dog Bat Catchall. $60

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If you’re thinking that these ladies are gonna have to wash their hair again when they’re done feeding their nicotine addictions lest they absolutely reek of cigarettes, don’t let the filter tip fool you. These are Mountain Smokes Hemp CBD Smokes, and they’re designed to help cigarette smokers kick the habit while keeping the smoking ritual intact. Made with organic hemp, sage, and mullein (and without tobacco, nicotine, or THC), these smokes feature high-flow filters and come in a foiltopped pack so they look like cigarettes and drag like cigarettes but they help addicted smokers move beyond the butts.

Do cannabis-infused coconut oil or cinnamoninfused maple syrup sound yummy? Lēvo II elevates herbal infusion for oils, butters, honeys and more by fully automating the process of drying, activating, and infusing all the goodness with just the touch of a button or two. Bonus: all the component are washing machine friendly, making it as easy as eating pie when you’re stoned to keep whipping up magical concoction after custom-edible-ingredient concoction. $330 (and worth every penny)

If Tom Hanks is America’s dad, then his son Colin is basically our brother, right? Did you know our brother has a handkerchief line called Hanks Kerchiefs? Do you think our dad helped him come up with the name? It’s kinda got a dad-joke vibe but in a really good, giggleinducing way—especially now that Colin’s got an exclusive collab with cannabis company Jushi Holdings that brings the namesake line to Beyond / Hello dispensaries and online at shop.jushico.com.

New from Myster, the HAMR is a handheld cold start rig for consuming concentrated cannabis.

The all-in-one setup streamlines a formerly complicated process by combining everything you need to take a dab—glass pipe, finger banger, torch lighter, dabber, bubble cap—into one portable package that comes with a carrying case. $179

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Pop Rocks Chocolate Bars are made in-house by Sanctuary Medicinals, which has dispensary locations in Brookline, Danvers, Gardner, and Woburn, Massachusetts. Each bar is made using high quality milk chocolate and includes a festive infusion of Pop Rocks, giving the edible treats an exciting kick. Each of the bar’s 12 sections delivers a dose of 3 to 5 mg of THC. $18

Vermont food writer Tracey Medeiros is the author of five cookbooks. Her latest, The Art of Cooking with Cannabis: CBD and THC-Infused Recipes from Across America, was published

by Skyhorse Publishing in May 2021. The 424-page book contains 125 recipes for cannabis-infused entrees, desserts, soups, baked goods, and cocktails. $30

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Dinner at Mary’s, a Boston-based meal-kit service, will provide all the organic, locally sourced ingredients you need to make a threecourse, cannabis-infused dinner for two. Meal kits are delivered once a week on Thursdays, right to your front door. (Orders must be placed by 2 p.m. on Tuesday.)

Delivery is free within Massachusetts’ Route 128 belt, and costs just $7.50 inside of I-495. $79

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Hang out without the hangover with Cantrip’s line of low-dose THC- and CBD-infused seltzers.

Naturally flavored, each 12-ounce can contains 3mg of THC and 2 mg of CBD, has just 8 calories, and only 2 grams of sugar. Seltzer flavors include lemon basil, grapefruit hibiscus, and ginger peach.

Cantrip donates a portion of its sales to Black and Pink, a volunteer-run organization that supports LGBTQ+ prisoners in Massachusetts. A four-pack costs $20.

Yoga teacher Lynsey Tamposi founded Maine Ganga Yoga, in 2017, in hopes of creating “a space for individuals to explore yoga, mindfulness, and meditation in a new way.” Maine Ganga Yoga offers BYO cannabis-infused classes and retreats at the Nomad Retreat Center in South Paris, Maine, and employs teachers who travel throughout the state to provide instruction to individuals, couples, and private groups.

Classes are $11-$33 per person.

For many, cannabis gets the creative juices flowing. Trulieve’s Muse line of premium cannabis concentrates and cartridges offers mindexpanding experiences that just might help you organize the ideas bouncing around in your head.

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Based in Framingham, Massachusetts, Cloud Creamery recently launched a line of cannabis-infused gourmet ice cream. Made from premium organic ingredients, the delicious frozen treat comes in three flavors: Tanzanian vanilla; mango yuzu sorbet, which is dairy-free; and dark chocolate truffle. The ice cream is sold in 8-ounce containers and is available at several area dispensaries. The Creamery’s parent company, Plant Jam, plans to add more flavors soon. $8 36

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If you are a fan of the volume and variety of products offered by big warehouse stores, head over to Ascend Wellness, a supermarket-size, 16,000-square-foot cannabis retailer in downtown Boston that opened last May. The huge shop serves both medical and recreational-use customers and offers literally hundreds of products from dozens of producers.

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Solar Therapeutics, a sustainable cannabis cultivator in Somerset, Massachusetts, will announce the winners of its 2021 Cultivators Cup at a live event on Sept.

3 and 4. Cultivators Cup winners are chosen by consumers who provide feedback on cannabis and cannabis-infused products from producers across the state. The event, which is 21+, will feature live bands, including Cypress Hill, Method Man, and Redman, as well as food, beer, wine, and craft cocktails. Tickets run $99-$420.

If you grew up in the Boston area, you might remember iconic television sportscaster Bob Lobel who appeared nightly on WBZ-TV from 1979 to 2008. These days Lobel is busy producing Bob Lobel’s New England POTcast, a podcast dedicated to all things cannabis and sports. Lobel and his co-hosts discuss everything from cannabis education for medical professionals to whether athletes should be barred from their sports for cannabis use. Available for free on Spotify, Audible, and Apple.com.

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Howl’s Daytime Tincture is made using whole plant infusion, ensuring that all the beneficial properties of the cannabis plant are transferred to the product’s organic avocado-oil base. Made from sativa, Daytime provides an energetic, happy, and creative experience that supports working, exercising, or doing chores around the house. Available in single or double strength at Massachusetts dispensaries. 210-mg bottle $50; 420-mg bottle. $75

Add some extra zing to your barbecue this summer with Pique cannabis-infused hot sauce. The spicy condiment, created by Puerto Rico-based Tropizen, is made with three types of peppers, cilantro, oregano, garlic, salt, and full-spectrum cannabis extract.

Each 120-mg bottle comes with a childproof cap and holds 24 half-teaspoon servings, each containing 5mg of THC. Available at Massachusetts dispensaries. $30

Founded by a clinical herbalist, Puff Herbals, previously known as Puff Herbal Smokes, recently launched a new line of looseleaf herbal smoking blends and herbal CBD pre-rolls, available in three blends: Signature, a combination of woodsy plants and petals; Sleepy, a collection of sweet weeds and lavender; and Stimulating, a blend of mint blossoms and greenery. $25-$35 AU G U S T 2021

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The Healing Rose in Newburyport, Massachusetts, is a mecca for hemp fans.

The company’s Broad Spectrum Nordic Goddess, a topical cannabis-infused body balm made by Gold HempSira Naturals, contains a full spec- Extracted 2400 trum of cannabinoids that bind to mg CBG+CBD receptors in the skin, allowing us- 1:1 Oil is just ers to benefit from cannabis’ ther- one reason why.

Each 1-ml bottle apeutic effects without getting contains 1,200 high. The balm, which contains mg each of CBG a refreshing dose of peppermint oil as well as shea butter, coconut and CBD, making it a great option for anyone who needs extra oil, and cocoa butter, is great for support managing their everyday treating muscle and joint pain, wellness. The oil contains a range minor cuts and bruises, and even helps diminish dark under-eye cir- of minor cannabinoids, cofactors, and terpenes, without THC. $90 cles and puffiness. $60

If you’re looking for a relaxing cannabis-friendly vacation destination, the Green Chalet in East Burke, Vermont, might be just the place.

The two-story home sleeps 12, has two full baths, in-house laundry, and offers tent or RV space outside. The property is close to several mountains, hiking trails, and ski areas, and it is cannabis- and dog-friendly. $500 per night

The Armoire, created by Rhode Island-based Green Goddess Supply, is an at-home cannabis growing system that looks like a piece of furniture. With just a few minutes of work a day, users can harvest 3 to 5 ounces of cannabis in about two months. The system, which comes with a childproof magnetic lock, is completely self-contained and includes an LED grow light, air The brainchild of husband-andwife entrepreneurs Leah and Sieh circulation fans, a digital thermomSamara, founders of Boston-based eter, and a humidity meter. $1,595 If you’ve been thinking about growing your own cannabis 612 Studios, Purient Bedroom outdoors but aren’t sure where Cannabis is a THC- and CBD-infused pre-foreplay personal lubrito start look no further than the cant appropriate for all genders.

Kind Seeds blog. The SeattleThe product has a coconut oil base based website, published by and comes in 15-ml childproof cannabis grower Jared Garner, bottles. Each bottle is accompaoffers advice on a range of topics, nied by calibrated syringes and inincluding reviews of seeds banks structions for precise dosing. $70 and equipment.

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High Fly Major League Baseball should embrace cannabis.

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The people who run Major League Baseball do not like baseball. Find me a fan who disagrees with that statement. The people who run baseball want it to be the NBA or some type of arena sport (and I say that as someone who loves the flow and beauty and raw power of the NBA; it’s just a different game).

They want to end games in a hurry with the gimmick of putting a runner on second base in extra innings. They want to upend the strategy of the game by keeping pitchers who are getting lit up on the mound.

These are old guys who think they know what the kids want. These are marketers who are neglecting the very essence of what makes their product so damn good.

Baseball is a long, slow, then suddenly thrilling, intensely complicated love affair. It’s lyric

poetry. It’s action movies before CGI (Think: Raiders of the Lost Arc or Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid). It’s an old-time game that persists in a world of stats and deep analysis. It endures. But don’t think it’s boring or out of synch with the digital age. It is international and inclusive; the biggest sensation in the game is Japanese, and most clubhouses chatter as much in Spanish as English. It’s a game that can be broken down by new geeky analytics like barrel rate and xFIP (expected fielding independent pitching). At the same time, it gives the finger to stats over the short term—while we can place a percentage on every outcome, we can’t predict what will happen in any one at bat. There’s always the chance a light-hitting utility infielder can go deep against a Cy Young

winner. Baseball is full of seats. One of the reasons responsible cannabis passion and the dreams use is so popular is that and bat flips of a new it gives us the chance generation of players to slow down, to take making it where giants the edge off. As does once tread. But the people who run baseball baseball: sit down in that want to change the game seat, feel the breeze of a summer evening, find in ways that break its the rhythms, observe the natural flow because subtleties of how fielders they think baseball position according to needs to appeal to low a hitter’s tendencies or attention spans. I say, how a runner digs in a expand our attention.

Embrace what’s beautiful heel before stealing a about the game. Give the base. Relax. And it’s a little easier to ease into this fans weed. vibe with a 5mg gummy.

Baseball could use I’m not saying the responsible cannabis.

And after the rant above, players should be stoned.

Though as legalization I hope you believe that continues to sweep the when I say that, I do US, many of them are it as a fan of the game.

Getting high might actu- seeking relief in CBD and THC from the aches and ally help some fans slow injuries of a 162-game down, see more, relax season in a sport that into simple rhythms requires tricky bursts of punctuated by intense surges of emotion. And it athleticism. For all my might bring the newcom- griping about the people who run the sport, since ers that those base2020, Major League Baseball-hating bigwigs so ball has allowed players desperately want in the AU G U S T 2021

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to use cannabis as long as they are not under the influence during a game (and they cannot be sponsored by or endorse cannabis brands).

Furthermore, cannabis is no longer listed as a banned substance by MLB, where it used to be considered in the same category as opioids and cocaine. Many baseball players are addicted to dangerous painkillers (including Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs who died of an overdose of drugs including oxycodone), and the league realized that legal cannabis could be a safe option for those seeking relief.

So why not let the fans enjoy it? Consuming cannabis during games would only add to spectators’ enjoyment of the sport—and it’s not as if baseball has shied away from alcohol. It’s a fine thing to enjoy a cold beer in the cheap seats, so why not a gummy? The teams would profit on the concession (and lord knows owners who seem more interested in money than winning—think the Colorado Rockies—would like that). It would bring in new fans and maybe enhance their ability to sit and enjoy the game. Sure, the stoner stigma stands in the way of main-

One of the reasons responsible cannabis use is so popular is that it gives us the chance to slow down, to take the edge off. As does baseball.

stream appreciation of cannabis, and this is supposed to be a family game—but stoned spectators don’t usually shout obscenities and spill beer on your kid.

No matter if you agree with me on controlled, responsible, legal cannabis at baseball games or not, I do hope you go to the ballpark this year and think about it. Enjoy the passing moment of a lazy fly ball, the joy of the hero-shot home run, and learn a new stat. Think about how baseball can become a game that continues into the future, without changing what’s great about the game.

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plant that convert CBG into CBD or THC and so forth. You can think of CBG as that additional source of balance and relief when your typical CBD intake is not cutting it.

A recent patent application by GW Pharmaceuticals shines a light on the many possible therapeutic uses of CBG. Its list of areas in which CBG can help is impressive, including various pain-related issues, depression, movement disorders, autoimmune disou may have recently are CBG, CBN, CBC, and THCV, which eases, cancer, and a whole spectrum heard talk about CBG is still very rare. These cannabinoids of other problems. hemp products. Maybe all have unique and profound effects The reality of CBG—and all cannathis is entirely new infor- on our physiology which can ultimate- binoids—is that there is a great need mation for you. Either way, you should ly help us improve our wellness. CBG for more research to be done to unlock know more about the mother of all is a non-psychoactive cannabinoid all of its secrets. There’s a fantastic cannabinoids. CBG is a minor cannabi- and will not cause any high or intoxi- opportunity for discovery, innovation, noid found in hemp, meaning it’s found cating effects. However, in one study, and healing in the hemp space. That’s in the plant at low concentrations.

CBG was found to be a potential why the team at RopaNa Wellness When most people think of hemp and neuroprotectant which means that stays at the forefront of cannabinoid cannabis, they focus on CBD and THC. it could preserve neurons and resist research to develop new formulations But that leaves a whole host of other oxidative stress. while staying grounded in the ancient compounds out of the conversation, CBG is nicknamed the “mother of wisdom from the plant itself. many of them cannabinoids. There are all cannabinoids” because all other 120-plus cannabinoids found in canna- cannabinoids were once CBG before bis/hemp, but we can only measure a being converted into their own unique few of these today. chemicals. Without CBG, there is no RopaNa Wellness The minor cannabinoids becoming THC, CBD, or any cannabinoids at all.

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Shacks on the Beach Provincetown’s dune shacks were once summer homes for notable artists and writers.

Vacationers who visit the Outer Cape community of Provincetown, Massachusetts, are often surprised to discover the area’s 19 beach shacks—built from the remains of shipwrecks on a remote stretch of sand known as Peaked Hill Bars in the early 20th century—that were once summer residences for famous creatives including Eugene O’Neill, Jackson Pollock, e. e. cummings, Norman Mailer, Tennessee Williams, Sinclair Lewis, and Jack Kerouac.

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Today owned and managed by the National Park Service and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Provincetown’s beach shacks are accessible via the 2.4-mile Dune Shacks Trail, which begins on Route 6. If you’re not the hiking type, book an off-road excursion with Art’s Dune Tours, a local company that’s been taking visitors out to the shacks since the mid-1940s. capecod.com

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