Erbanna. For most, the mention of that name will likely trigger thoughts of a company vying for a share of the odor-proof bag market. Those thoughts are correct, but only partially. Yes, they offer bags that enable you to carry your sticky icky with confidence and discretion—that much is true. But their niche is in…
Need to class up the joint? Start small. First, class up your joint. We’re not going to tell you what papers to use or claim that a certain strain is any better than any other. But we will tell you that smoking culture has evolved and if you’re still regularly pulling hot lunch from the…
Can’t get enough of the thick-oil cartridge and battery systems? Not surprising. From coast to coast, it’s the one item that’s all-but-impossible to keep on the shelves. The demand couldn’t be more clear. Pulsar has listened to the market. They’ve heard the cry, and once again, they’ve answered in a big way. Well, big in…
From the deepest of the Deep South comes Southland Hemp, a new foray into the market of hemp-derived cannabinoid supplements from the great state of Alabama. Eschewing everything but what works and work best, the folks at Southland deal only in premium, whole-flower hemp, cultivated free of any herbicides, pesticides or artificial fertilizers, and always…
Adaptation. The word represents more than just Charlie Kaufman’s attempt to make Nicholas Cage relevant again. It’s the mechanism for our evolution—and without evolution, there is no survival. This is no less true in business than it is in biology, and even more so in the topsy-turvy world of inhalation accessories. No one knows this…
Michael “Cookie” Hansen – San Diego, California @cookiemakesbongs Web store: cookiemakesbongs.bigcartel.com Cookie may not have the most recognizable name in the glass blowing industry, but it’s likely you’ve seen his pieces without even realizing it. Like a lot of glass blowers, Cookie got his start doing production work, for him, at Puff & Stuff in…
A Conversation With Toby Skard of Futurola “Sometimes, as people, we try to complicate things . . . but most of the time, it’s more space, more simplicity that leads to bigger success. Take a song, for example. The most powerful thing in music is that little space between the notes where nothing is happening….
Impulse purchases account for a significant chunk of the consumer spending pie. About one-third of all consumers make at least one impulse buy every week with a median purchase of $30. An impulse purchase is usually one of three things: an add-on to complement something a customer has already decided to buy (like a lighter…
Image attribution: CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/), via Wikimedia Commons It’s amazing how much fuss can be made over a tea leaf. Sometimes, it can even be easy to forget that that is all that kratom is. It’s not a designer drug, nor is it really an opioid, at least in the purest sense of the…
It may sound obvious, but CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer expects another round of U.S. cannabis legalization in 2019. “Nearly every time this gets put up for vote, legalization wins,” Cramer said, noting recent victories in Michigan and New York. However, even if every state legalizes, cannabis would still remain illegal under federal law, he pointed…
