Cannabis Articles & Stories

Cover art for Sacramento: The City of Treez

November 3, 2026 at 12:44 am|By nuggnotes Media

From legendary cultivators and legacy operators to hash makers, dispensaries and the rollers who built the 916's hand-roll scene — the expanded nuggnotes canon of Sacramento cannabis, past and present,...

MedMen: "Apple Store of Weed" That Crashed & Burned

November 2, 2026 at 8:27 pm|By nuggnotes Media

Co-founders Adam Bierman and Andrew Modlin built MedMen into one of America's most recognizable cannabis retail companies, reaching a $1.6 billion valuation by 2018. But lavish spending, mounting losses, leadership...

The Era of Unlicensed Deliveries: Powered by Weedmaps

November 2, 2026 at 8:27 pm|By nuggnotes Media

Between 1996 and 2017, California's medical cannabis gray market produced thousands of unlicensed delivery services, with operators advertising on Weedmaps and Leafly, building patient-to-patient collectives under SB 420, and operating...

The Pot Brothers at Law: California's Cannabis Legal Pioneers

November 2, 2026 at 8:00 pm|By nuggnotes Media

Brothers Craig and Marc Wasserman developed separate legal careers before becoming known as the Pot Brothers at Law, turning a 2008 family arrest into a viral legal-education movement built around...

Documenting the Culture: How LMC Became Weed's Storyteller

November 2, 2026 at 7:59 pm|By nuggnotes Media

Luc Carlin entered Seattle's medical cannabis scene at 13 before working in Washington's recreational market, becoming Marketing Director at CannaGenesis in 2018, and launching High Design Media in 2019 to...

Elliot Lewis: California's Cannabis Rebel

November 2, 2026 at 7:30 pm|By nuggnotes Media

Raised in Long Beach and educated at UC Berkeley, Elliot Lewis moved from real estate into California cannabis, building Catalyst as a self-funded, pro-labor, low-price retail chain.

Legendary Moments in Cannabis History: Vader Extracts' Rae Sremmurd Booth Takeover

November 2, 2026 at 7:07 pm|By nuggnotes Media

At the 2015 High Times Denver Cannabis Cup, Vader Extracts turned its booth into an unexpected main event, when Rae Sremmurd stunned the crowd with a surprise set — not...

High Times: The Mag That Lit the Lore

November 2, 2026 at 7:07 pm|By nuggnotes Media

Founded in 1974 by radical smuggler and underground publisher Tom Forçade, High Times began as a one-off spoof — "playboy for potheads" — bankrolled with drug money, and grew into...

Shanti Dispensary: Where Peace Meets Solventless

November 2, 2026 at 7:06 pm|By nuggnotes Media

Founded by legacy hashmaker William and biomedical scientist Nate Shanti, Shanti Dispensary emerged from Bangkok's pre-legalization dab scene to become a Thai solventless destination built around peace, education, glass culture...

New York Spray Packs Pt 1: Born in a San Francisco Can

November 2, 2026 at 6:45 pm|By nuggnotes Media

Before New York's sprayed flower craze, the Bay Area was experimenting with terpene-infused cannabis sealed in tuna cans. From Bazooka Joe Bubble Gum Cookies and Green Door SF to Snoop...