It’s 2023. At least 21 states have adult-use cannabis legalization. Yet we’re seeing some of the oldest, least fresh weed of our lives. Why? People aren’t shopping by packaging date—yet.
Watch this above video on a key shopping tip for the legalization era: Shop by packaging date!
“I feel like I’m taking crazy pills when I see year-old weed on shelves.”
David Downs,
Senior Editor, Leafly News
Cannabis is agricultural produce. Its freshness peaks from 30 to 90 days after it’s cured. Laws require packaging information like strain name, weight, and potency. But that info matters little if the weed has been sitting on shelves for a year. Watch and learn how to smoke fresh for better terps, taste, and stronger effects. Peace.
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Leafly Senior Editor David Downs received a Literary Excellence Award from Oaksterdam University in 2022. On the cannabis beat since 2009, he’s published three books, including the best-selling cannabis crop science book ‘Marijuana Harvest.’ Downs guest lectured at the Loyola Marymount University Law School’s Journalism Law School, UC Berkeley Extension, and contributed to Continuing Education of the Bar’s Marijuana Law Hub, sponsored by University of California and the State Bar of California. Downs’ work has appeared in San Francisco Chronicle, New York Times, Scientific American, Wired, Rolling Stone, The Onion, Columbia Journalism Review, High Times, Billboard, and many more. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from UC Santa Barbara, and was a Fellow at the Medill School of Journalism’s Academy of Alternative Journalism in Chicago.
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