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Luxe Vaping with a Mind at Ease

he Engraved Palm Battery from Mae T (“Mind at Ease”) provides a truly lifted vaping experience. With the beauty and design of a piece of fine jewelry, this chic battery is compatible with all 510 cartridges and burns through an entire half gram cartridge with a single charge (with a standard mini-USB charging cable included). Magnetic rings for cartridges are also included, allowing for a seamless connection and easy, automatic function—no need to futz with finicky buttons to start your smok- ing experience. The LED indicator light even lets you know when a recharge is needed. The gorgeous battery is crafted in brass and engraved and plated in your choice of rose gold or silver.

The Palm Battery (Engraved) by Mae $250, mae.la

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Cannabis-Infused Seltzer for All Occasions

LEVIA is bringing cannabis-infused drinks to the next level with its signature line of seltzer with zero added sugar and zero calories. C Is for Cookies LEVIA’s cannabis-infused seltzer comes in three flavors, each with unique effects. The Achieve Seltzer is Cookies, the popular canna- raspberry-lime flavored and boasts a sativa blend that promises you the extra boost you need to clean your LEVIA Cannabis- bis brand from Bay Area Infused Seltzer Product rapper-turned-entrepreneur house or climb a mountain. The Celebrate lemon-lime $7 per can levia.buzz/find Berner (aka Gilbert Milam Jr.) and seltzer hybrid blend will keep you social and engaged yet cultivator Jai Chang, will finally relaxed. Lastly, the jam-berry flavored Dream seltzer A Truly Circular be available for Massachusetts is LEVIA’s indica blend, offering users tranquility consumers via a budding partner- and an opportunity to unwind. Dosing should Pre-Roll Tube ship with CommCan. be clear because each 12-ounce can contains According to Ocean Crusaders, it’s The duo has been perfecting approximately 5 mg of THC. estimated that more than five trillion their sativa, indica, and hybrid pieces of plastic debris are in the strains since introducing their ocean, with 269,000 tons floating on products to the medical market Stashtray Bundle, the surface and four billion plastic in 2009. According to Milam Jr., $249, getmyster.com Cookies chose CommCan as microfibers per square kilometer in its debut partner for East the deep sea. To combat this crisis, Coast sales because “We want One Magnetic Tray Sana Packaging, a sustainable pack- a long-term partner that is just to Rule Them All aging brand that designs and devel- as passionate about our genetics ops cannabis packaging for a circular as we are, understands all parts economy, has launched its third 100% of our operation, and most impor- The Stashtray from Myster keeps all your smoking acces- reclaimed ocean plastic pre-roll tube: tantly, one we can trust to deliver sories locked into place with a magnetic-grade stainless the Sana Ocean Tube 116. quality products consistently to steel tray made from two stamped sheets hand-welded The new Sana Ocean Tube 116 the market.” together to form a mirror finish around the edge. The is fully recyclable; child-resistant In addition to the many

SANA PHOTO BY DOMINIC PERRI Stashtray bundle includes a stainless steel rolling tray, certified; made in the United well-known Cookies strains, ! Massachusetts cannabis enthu- a Myster strain container, a four-part Myster grinder, States; and perfect for holding siasts can expect to see other an ashtray with a pipe-cleaning spike, and the new and most pre-rolls, blunts, and vape Cookies brands, such as Lemon- improved leatherette StashBox to neatly store all your pens. Sana Packaging even offers nade, Runtz, Minntz, Grandiflora, accessories. Once opened, the Stashtray can also hold custom printing and labeling. Powerzzzup Genetics, Run The other Myster items in place, like the Beaker Bowl or the Sana Ocean Tube 116, 116 mm. Jewels, and Collins Ave, available expertly crafted magnetic lighter case. Visit sanapackaging.com for single in Massachusetts. unit and wholesale pricing.

Cookies flower and pre-rolls available In Massachusetts, Bask, The Botanist, and now at CommCan locations, $17–$55 Boston Bud Factory are using Sana Packaging.

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Secret B-Day Jay!

Top your best bud’s post-pandemic birthday cake with the world’s first pre-rolled joint birthday candles and one-of-a-kind smokable cake toppers. It’s easy: fill a pre-rolled cone with your desired smokable material (cannabis, hemp, tobacco), top it with the candle 5-pack of gadget, and attach the cake stake to the Birthjays (five joint birthday bottom. Then place the Birthjay on any candles), $14.99, birthday dessert and light the candle birthjays.com top. Once your friend has blown it out, remove the candle top and let the real party begin.

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Secret B-Day Secret B-Day Cannabis Chocolate Bar Jay … Part 2! Finally, it’s time for your last cannabis-related You’ve already surprised your birthday gift to end—or really kick-start—this pal with a secret pre-roll during post-pandemic birthday party: the Birthday Cake their post-pandemic birthday Bar from Coast Cannabis Co. party, but what’s next? Gifting Coast’s bars are made with more weed, of course. Puff Cards greeting and organic, fair-trade, ethically sourced Puff Cards greeting and gift cards gift cards, chocolate from South America. The are the ideal vessel for your additional $8–$20, Birthday Cake Bar is Coast’s most weed present. Each card includes a puffcards.com creative cannabis chocolate bar yet, smell-resistant tube, custom enve- made with organic white chocolate, lope, and sticker for sealing. You can all-natural vanilla wafer cookies, even purchase a CBD Preroll, King all-natural rainbow sprinkles, organic Palm roll, or Rose Petal Cone— cocoa butter, and distilled canna- all perfectly sized to fit in the smell- bis oil. Each bar contains 100 mg of resistant tube. With 15 designs full-spectrum cannabis, so maybe take ranging from cheeky to holiday it one square at a time before (yes, they have a Hanukkah (or after) the party. card), the perfect card and gift are one just click away. Coast Cannabis Co. Birthday Cake Bar, 100 mg. Visit coastcannabisco.com/chocolate-products to see the whole range of cannabis chocolate bars. PHOTOS BY DOMINIC PERRI BY PHOTOS

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BOOKSHELF An Olfactory Education in Cannabis

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Essential Scratch & Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert and The Essential Scratch & Sniff Guide to Becoming a Whiskey Know-It-All comes a book unlike anything you’ve ever seen or smelled. The Indispensable Scratch & Sniff Guide to Cannabis by Richard Betts is a 22-page Pilgrim Soul Creative Thinking Journal, educational, olfactory expe- $29.95, pilgrimsoul.com/journals rience with the ultimate stated goal of “empower[ing] your cannabis connois- seurship so you can make More Weed in Print smart decisions about what “ Please Use This Journal to smoke based on how you While You Are High” Like Different Leaf and our colleagues at Gossamer want to feel.”

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! Guide to Cannabis board book, $22, stereotypes associated with cannabis users while hmhbooks.com and need to get those chaotic thoughts out of your mind? serving up beautiful content. This 256-page Try the Pilgrim Soul Creative Thinking Journal, a guided notebook filled with more than 50 fun and shareable full-color, hardcover, stitch-bound book from creative challenges meant to inspire deep investigation. gestalten and Santiago Rodriguez Tarditi is jam- Many of the exercises borrow from proven “brainstorm- packed with exclusive looks at all things cannabis ing, ideation, and innovation techniques” from disci- plines across art, design, business, and science. as it intersects with politics, business, history, Lastly, we love the Pilgrim Soul Creative Thinking legalization, and society. For more details from Journal because a portion of the proceeds goes to artist editor Tarditi, check out our story on cannabis endowments. See page 59 for a profile on Pilgrim Soul founder Shawn Gold. and design on page 45.

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