Stories By Rick Pfrommer
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Concentrates
The Definitive History of Live Resin
December 11, 2024Initially coined in 2013, the definition of wet plant extraction varies from state to state.
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Cannabis
Heirloom and Landrace Strains
October 22, 2024Original landrace and other heirloom strains are often lost in today’s hyperkinetic world of breeding. Landrace...
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Cultivation
The Cannabis Now Guide to Buying Clean Cannabis
April 14, 2020From the sight, smell and taste through to up-close inspection for pests and mold, follow this...
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Cannabis
How to Blind Test Cannabis for an Elevated Experience
April 8, 2020The emergence of blind taste testing cannabis strains is creating an ever-expanding culture of top tier...
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Economics
From Outlaw to CEO
May 18, 2017A historical exploration of how distributors shaped the modern cannabis market.
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Cannabis
Chem Dog — Tracing the Fuse of the Fuel Explosion
February 20, 2017Every dog has its day, but this one has a legacy that spans generations.
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Edibles
How to Host a Canna-Dinner
February 11, 2017As pot parties take flight, a host’s role evolves from ‘provider’ to ‘protector.'
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Grow
Who’s Got the Real Cookies?
February 3, 2017How the masterful branding behind Girl Scout Cookies created an iconic cannabis strain that's gone well beyond...
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Cannabis
Clean Green Certified Cannabis
June 13, 2016The past two years have seen the Clean Green program expand from California to Oregon, Washington,...
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Culture
How the Term “420” Gained International Significance
April 20, 2016For those in the cannabis industry, 420 is our Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa and Thanksgiving all rolled...
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Cultivation
The House of Green
March 6, 2016The use of greenhouses to grow plants has a long history. The cannabis industry is helping...
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Grow
Bringing Back the Fruit – Juicy Cannabis Strains
February 26, 2016The explosion in popularity of OG Kush, Sour Diesel and Chem Dog with their strong notes...
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Strains
Vanished in the Haze
February 12, 2016Many people have forgotten about the Brotherhood of Eternal Light, a group of surfers from Southern...
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In The Magazine
The Medical Side of Dabbing
December 1, 2015When dabbing first exploded onto the medical cannabis scene in California, I viewed the practice with...
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Grow
It All Starts with a Seed
October 29, 2015From the limited genetics of the 1970s to the top-shelf clones availabilities today, the future of...
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Joint Opinions
Golden Tarp 2015: The Year of Change
September 19, 2015The Friday before this year’s Golden Tarp Award, California legislators passed a historic and sweeping set...
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Industry Events
A Ganjier at the Green Oasis
May 9, 2015On a map, the distance from Los Angeles to Indio where the massive music festival that...
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In The Magazine
The Endocannabinoid System for Beginners
March 29, 2015In the future, perhaps 20 years from now, cannabis-based medicines will have a prominent place in...
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Industry Events
With the Gold of Sunshine: A Judge’s Look Inside the Golden Tarp Awards
September 24, 2014Sungrown cannabis is experiencing a renaissance due, in large part, to the massive increase of greenhouse,...