Banish New Year’s blues with Rainbow Sherbert 11—January 2025’s Leafly HighLight
Does the weight of a new year make you a bit nervous or bummed out? Big cannabis flavor chasers should hit the weed shop for a trending star of dispensaries this January. All across the US, the three-year-old hype strain Rainbow Sherbert #11 (RS-11) is surging onto hundreds more menus. Available as top-shelf flower, bargain […]
The 7 runner-up strains to Leafly Strain of the Year 2024
By now the shock has likely worn off—Seed Junky didn’t go three for three in Strain of the Year wins?!?! It feels unnecessary to say that Seed Junky and his strain empire will be just fine (and he makes plenty of appearances here.) The crown goes to lowkey California-based breeder Blockhead’s Blockberry aka Superboof, a […]
Smoke the best-selling cannabis strains of 2024
This may be niche, Leafly Nation, but walk with me. There’s an old children’s rhyme I remember as a little girl that went “make new friends / but keep the old. One is silver / and the other’s gold.” It’s a nice mantra—don’t forget your old friends when you inevitably, in life, meet new people. […]
Leafly Buzz: 12 hot cannabis strains of November 2024
Let’s put a punishing election month behind us and get back in that joyful warrior pose. Leafly Buzz—our hit West Coast fire flower roundup is back for Turkey Day and the holiday season. We’re talking rip-rorious, indoorious beasts. Plus, some truly stunning sungrown. Here’s what we’d bring to a fancy feast all winter long. Here’s […]
American budtenders’ best strains of 2024
Just in time for Thanksgiving and the holiday season, we have your best buds and flower brands, Leafly Nation. How do we know? Easy. In fall 2024, we enticed over 900 budtenders to pick the best weed strain and brand in their state. When they point out smoke, you can bet it’s fire. The results […]
Nebraska just voted to legalize medical marijuana. Here’s what happens next.
The 2024 general election has one high point for cannabis law reformers. Nebraska has voted to legalize medical marijuana via two related measures—IM 437 and IM 438. The former essentially legalizes medical marijuana possession, and a health care professional’s ability to prescribe medical marijuana. The latter clears the path for a new state commission to […]
Why you should shop early for cannabis deals
Great news, America. The price of cannabis should fall for most of your adult life. Legalization has ushered in economies of scale—bringing a $60 bag down to $6. There’s penny joints, buy one get one free, buy two get one free, and on and on. The question remains—how do I get at this fabulous affordable […]
12 best cannabis strains of harvest 2024
It’s time to roll up the thickest joints, pack the biggest party bowls, and charge the Puffco for oversized dabs. Millions of weed lovers nationwide have record amounts of flavors and pounds to smoke through this fall and winter. Bright, hot sun and no wildfires mean the full-sun outdoor weed crop in America’s Emerald Triangle […]
Leafly Buzz: 12 hot cannabis strains of October 2024
The West Coast is awash in za-za whether you’re into indoor or outs. As Croptober dries in barns and rooms, the indoor growers keep pumping out near-flawless gas, candy, cake, and classic strains. The last 30 days of reporting took us from Hall of Flowers seshes with Wiz Khalifa, to hash hookahs deep in Mendocino […]
Permanent Marker—MOCA, California, fall 2024
93 points out of 100 Price: $50/eighth but varies Our pick for Leafly Strain of the Year 2023 was so dead-on it could be Strain of the Year again. Permanent Marker is now a top 10 strain out west. It’s available in any modality—from bubble hash to flower to cart. Indoor soil growers MOCA Humboldt […]