Flushing, not rushing, so
my throat don’t burn.
Let it dry nicely, give
it a full cure. When
I went to burn it, I
shoulda returned it ‘fore
I made the purchase. Boof
I’ll never worship.
Toss it. Forget it. Please
don’t ever rip it. Pack
good bud and sip it, so
you won’t be timid when
your turn’s upon you. Just
gobble the bong fumes. Must
hobble to those rooms with
baubles shaped like shrooms.
This past weekend I attended the 10th annual Cleveland Pinball & Arcade Show in Independence, Ohio. With over 100 games all set to free play, this is an event I try to attend each year. This time I came equipped with a Certified FL Sunrise sativa pre-roll to get me in the zone.
When I popped open the opaque black plastic tube I was greeted with a light citrusy scent. The joint had no branding or logos on the tip. The unbleached paper was made from wood pulp.
The densely-packed bat weighed 1.28 grams with crutch included. The plant material looked good, with no visible stems or unwanted matter.
Upon sparking the single serve unit, I was glad to see that the ash color was very light.
The harshness was low and the flavor was large. Although Limonene was listed as the fourth terpene, I still detected a predominantly citrusy taste. There was 2.36 mg/g of Ocimene, which is also known to be a citrusy terpene, and 4.49 mg/g of Myrcene, which is the terpene that helps give mangoes their taste.
I did not have to re-light the joint at all during the ten-minute session. The unit burned evenly and produced a nice oil ring around the cherry.
The medical effects from the FL Sunrise pre-roll were undoubtedly strong. The combination of myrcene, caryophyllene, ocimene and limonene along with the respectable THC percentage put me where I needed to be when it came time to play pinball. I was able to focus on the fun while feeling pain-free and at ease.
I would definitely buy another Certified pre-roll if given the opportunity. The FL Sunrise joint burned slow and even, had a nice taste and packed an effective medical punch. Hopefully I get to try one of their infused pre-rolls at some point.
I gave the Certified FL Sunrise sativa pre-roll an 8/10 for taste, 3/10 for harshness, 7/10 for strength, 6/10 for smell strength and 60 to 75 minutes for length of medical effects.
Ingredients: Ground cannabis flower, brown cone (unbleached wood pulp and organic arabic gum), paper filter/crutch.
Total THC 21.5%, Delta-9 THC 0.71%, Delta-9 THCa 23.7%. Total CBD 0.05%, CBDa 0.06%.
Terpenes (mg/g): Myrcene 4.49, Caryophyllene 3.28, Ocimene 2.36, Limonene 1.76.
Harvested 07/28/2025, manufactured 08/27/2025, tested 09/02/2025 by North Coast, packaged 09/03/2025, smoked 09/14/2025, expires 08/26/2026.
I was low on flower. I was at Ohio Cannabis Company to buy a Pure Ohio Frozen Bananas pre-roll. While looking at their half ounce menu, a strain name caught my eye: Buckeye Purple.
I love purple weed, and since Paragon is a veteran-owned company, I figured I’d give the strain a shot. The only other Paragon strain I have tried was a tenth of Kush The Alien which was a little dry but overall not bad.
Paragon’s Buckeye Purple half ounce was packaged in a black Mylar bag with a see-through window. The buds looked cheesy with purple flecks throughout. They didn’t seem dry. I should have checked for terp info, because if I would have saw there was no terp info listed on the bag, I would have moved on to something else.
I was thoroughly disappointed upon opening the bag and taking a whiff of the wares. It didn’t smell like purple weed, or really like weed at all. It smelled like hay or lawn grass. If I would have been able to smell this weed before I bought it, I would have quickly moved on to something else.
The half ounce weighed 14.10 grams, just under the 14.15 grams that I paid for. The buds themselves looked pretty dense and chunky, with visible trichomes when broken apart. They were green in color with purple specs and low stemmage.
The buds were a little dry but broke down nice through a grinder. The weed didn’t turn to dust when ground up. The nugs were not very sticky.
The Buckeye Purple burned at about a medium speed and produced a greyish ash. The weed tasted terrible and wasn’t particularly smooth going down. It had no “purple” taste whatsoever. It was nothing like Butterfly Effect’s superb Purple Panty Dropper or Kynd’s terrific Purple Chemdawg. The Buckeye Purple left a bad taste in my mouth, kind of like a fertilizer or lawn grass flavor.
The medical effects were mild and short-lived. I could feel a little something after smoking this stuff, but I was wondering if it was just a buzz from the residual pesticides. Now I have a half ounce of bad weed that I don’t want to smoke, with no other weed to bounce back to. You shouldn’t have to worry about that when buying a bag of legal weed from a licensed cultivator.
After buying a half ounce of this boo-boo, I won’t be purchasing Paragon pot ever again. It’s too bad it has to be this way, but when you spend your hard-earned cash on a bag of weed this bad, it makes you not want to take another risk with the cultivator.
I bought this bud based solely on name and paid the price. I was worked. If I was the cultivator, I’d be ashamed not only to sell this stuff but also to put the word Buckeye in the name of the strain. I feel like we deserve better.
Boo hoo, I bought some boo-boo.
What would you do, scream “I got screwed, too!”?
Fire I would have blew through, but I
avoid Buckeye Purp like a goo stew.
I gave the Buckeye Purple from Paragon a 3/10 for taste, 5/10 for harshness, 4/10 for strength, 3/10 for smell strength, and 15 minutes for length of medical effects.
Total THC 22.2%. Delta-9 THC 0.31%, Delta-9 THCA 25%. Total CBD 0.055%, CBDA 0.063%.
No terpenes listed. No QR code to check on lab testing results.
Harvested 05/14/2025 by Paragon Development Group LLC, tested 08/26/2025 by North Coast, packaged 09/10/2025, first consumed 09/17/2025, expires 05/14/2026.
From what I’ve heard, Firelands Scientific was the first company in Ohio to sell legal pre-rolls. I wasn’t able to make it to any of their Landing dispensaries when pre-rolls went live, but I was able to swing through the Akron Botanist a few weeks later. They were selling Firelands Northern Lights one gram pre-rolls for $12.
The joint came packaged in an opaque white tube, so I couldn’t see the product through the package. According to the label the paper was made from wood pulp, cellulose fibers and adhesive. The paper was probably bleached. The crutch was colorful and featured the Firelands Scientific brand name along with a <THC!> indicator.
When I popped open the tube, the marijuana scent wasn’t too overpowering, but it smelled appetizing. I didn’t get a chance to weigh the bat but it did look like a full gram of quality, stemless cannabis. The joint was nice and dense but had good airflow when I tested it out with a dry hit. You could say the joint appeared to be rolled to near perfection.
I headed back to the cornfield and sparked the pre-roll. It was windier than I had hoped for, and I had to use my body to shield the joint as I lit it with a handheld torch lighter. The wind was so strong that it was visibly moving the torch flame as I sparked the bat!
I was impressed with the way the joint sparked along with the initial ash color. Despite the wind, the joint lit up nice and evenly, producing a very light-colored ash.
As I began smoking the joint, I noticed how cleanly the bud was burning. It tasted myrcene-heavy, which was earthy, herbal and sweet. I detected some floral woodiness from the linalool and sweetness from the ocimene. Caryophyllene lingered in the background with its signature spiciness. The flavor was intriguing and complex. This was the first time I had sampled Fireland’s Northern Lights flower.
It may have been from the wind, but the joint did start to run a little bit. I had to do some repair work to bring it back to an even burn.
After I repaired the canoe the rest of the joint burned beautifully. The Northern Lights preroll had excellent airflow all the way down to the last puff. It took about ten minutes to smoke.
For me, the medical effects were heady, cerebral and uplifting. After the joint was finished I definitely felt different than I had ten minutes earlier. The effects lasted about an hour and a half to two hours, which was longer than I was expecting given the fact the joint was only 15.7% THC.
As I walked away from the cornfield, a bunch of tiny yellow butterflies followed and fluttered around me. I took it as a thank you for a shared appreciation of the cornfield’s beauty, serenity and hospitality.
I would not only buy this pre-roll again but I’d like to try some more Firelands joints to see what else they have in store for our lungs.
I gave the Northern Lights indica 15.7% THC pre-roll an 8/10 for strength (on par with the Buckeye Sour Larry Cross pre-roll I sampled), 8/10 for taste, 6/10 for smell strength, 3/10 for harshness and 90 to 120 minutes for length of medical effects.
Ingredients: Cannabis plant material, rolling paper (wood pulp, cellulose fibers, adhesive).
Total THC 15.7%, Delta-9 THC 0.33%, Delta-9 THCA 17.50%, Total CBD 0.04%, CBDA 0.04%.
Terpenes: b-Myrcene 0.19%, Ocimene 0.10%, Linalool 0.08%, b-Caryophyllene 0.07%.
Manufactured by OPC Processing on 08/20/2025, tested 08/23/2025 by North Coast Testing Labs, packaged 08/25/2025, consumed 09/03/2025, expires 08/19/2026.
In regards to pre-rolls, I keep hearing the question “When will Ohio be like Michigan?” The amount of pre-rolls available in any Michigan dispensary is seemingly infinite. There are so many options it can be overwhelming.
If I had to guess, I would say it will be a while before Ohio gets a pre-roll selection similar to Michigan’s. We have a long way to go. By design, there aren’t nearly as many growers, processors, or dispensaries in Ohio. It is much easier and less expensive in Michigan to grow and sell marijuana legally than it is here.
In 2008, medical marijuana became legal in Michigan. Dispensaries were not allowed. Home cultivation was the only legal option. Despite this, by 2013, around 100 dispensaries had opened in the state, operating in a grey area. It wasn’t until 2016 that Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill allowing the operation of medical marijuana dispensaries. In 2018 the state legalized recreational marijuana, and December 2019 saw the first legal dispensaries open in Michigan.
By comparison, Ohio medical dispensaries opened in January 2019 and we’ve had recreational sales since August/September 2024. We have also dealt with stricter regulations and greater limitations. So it’s safe to say Michigan had a good head start on Ohio’s legal cannabis market. I am confident we will catch up in a few years.
With that in mind, we are making great progress in this state with pre-rolls. It’s been a long time coming but they are finally hitting dispensary shelves. Right now a 5-pack of infused pre-rolls in Ohio costs around $50 before tax. In Michigan you can find something like that for as low as $20, maybe less if you find a good sale.
Our selection of pre-rolls isn’t anywhere like Michigan yet, but I am going to try as many Ohio pre-rolls as I can and compare them to the ones I’ve smoked from Michigan. Slowly but surely we will get a larger variety of pre-rolls to choose from.
The Ohio Division of Cannabis Control calls joints “Raw Single Serve Units” or “Raw Single Serving Units”.
Not called a joint, so don’t ever confuse it.
This product’s called a Raw Single Serve Unit.
Yes, it’s convenient, just don’t abuse it.
…Smoke a single serve unit.
The other day I bought a 1-gram Aura Lemon Royal hybrid raw (non-infused) pre-roll from Bloom in Akron. The recreational price was $15 before tax. The joint came packaged in a clear glass tube with a white plastic screw-on lid.
As soon as I sparked it up I realized I didn’t weight it, but it seemed like a full gram. It wasn’t rolled loose or anything like that. The hemp paper was white in color, so I wonder if it had been bleached. There was no logo on the crutch.
When I opened the tube, the bud had a light, lemony scent. It wasn’t very skunky or strong-smelling, but as I looked through the paper I didn’t see any stems or sticks. Some of those free and low-priced pre-rolls from Michigan can contain some real harsh bud, but that wasn’t the case here.
I had actually never tried any Aura flower before this session. I’ve loved their mind-enhancing vape carts fortified with the nootropics CBC and THCV.
I traveled to my local cornfield to make for a serene environment to burn the joint. The only things surrounding me were corn, grass, birds and a light breeze.
I used a portable torch lighter to engulf the joint with dragon’s breath. The first few puffs were pleasant. The taste wasn’t strong or skunky or anything too distinct but I enjoyed it. Along with the lemony flavor I picked up on some peppery notes and a little floral earthiness.
Despite the slight outdoor breeze, the joint burned wonderfully. I didn’t have to relight at all, not even once. As you can see from the pictures below, the ash color was light, indicating clean bud with a proper flush.
The Aura Lemon Royal pre-roll had excellent airflow. Only towards the end was there an issue with clogging. The bud became so resinous that I had to give the joint a squeeze/roll to loosen up the plant material. This gave me the ability to burn the unit down to the crutch.
Upon completing the joint, as I stood amongst the corn, I felt different than I did before smoking. I felt a little fuzzier and friendlier with the nature surrounding me. I started to better absorb and perceive the life teeming everywhere, like the bugs that would fly and the birds in the sky.
I cackled with the corn as I realized the things that caused me stress were not as important as I made them out to be. The true measure of a person is how they react to a situation, and I realized my reactions hadn’t been what they needed to be. It was time for a change in thought, behavior, attitude and intention.
While it did get me medicated, the Aura Lemon Royal joint was not as strong as the Buckeye Sour Larry Cross pre-roll I smoked the other day. I enjoyed the taste and effects but I can’t see myself paying $15 plus tax for another one of these. At that price I’ll just go the traditional route and roll my own.
I gave the Aura Lemon Royal Hybrid 15.1% THC One Gram Pre-Roll a 6/10 for taste, 6/10 for strength, 3/10 for harshness, 6/10 for taste, 5/10 for smell strength and 30 minutes for length of medical effects.
Ingredients: Raw cannabis flower (Lemon Royal), 100% hemp paper and crutch.
Total THC 15.1%, Delta-9 THC 2.57%, THCA 14.3%, Total CBD .0404%, CBDA .0461%, CBG .0390%, CBGA .291%.
Terpenes b-Caryophyllene .591%, Linalool .245%, a-Bisabolol .192%, a-Humulene .177%, d-Limonene .0963%, a-Terpineol .0377%.
Manufactured by Hundred Percent Labs on 08/20/2025, tested 08/25/2025 by North Coast Testing Labs, packaged 08/25/2025, consumed 08/27/2025, expires 08/20/2026.
This past week I heard some people say Firelands Scientific’s The Landing dispensary in Cleveland had started selling pre-rolls. Earlier today when I called them on the phone about it, they said the pre-rolls had sold out.
I was informed that The Landing’s one-gram pre-rolls were $7.50 for non-infused and $16 for infused. I told the employee I’d call in a week or so to see if they were back in stock.
I contacted Amplify in Bedford to check their pre-roll situation. They had two types of pre-rolls in stock: Sour Larry Cross and Fastbreak Frost. They were $13.00 a piece for recreational customers and $9.75 for medical patients. I was told they only had raw, non-infused pre-rolls in stock. Infused joints were supposed to be hitting the shelves two days from then on Wednesday, 08/27/2025.
I I got to the dispensary, checked in and bought two raw, non-infused pre-rolls, one Sour Larry Cross and one Fastbreak Frost.
The Landing’s (Firelands Scientific’s) website referred to the joints as pre-rolls and so did Amplify’s (Buckeye’s). Amplify’s in-store menu and internal product stickers also called the products pre-rolls.
Buckeye’s actual packaging didn’t say the word joint or pre-roll anywhere. The word pre-roll only appeared on the sticker that the dispensary used to scan the product. The Division of Cannabis Control product ID stickers on the tubes themselves said the products were Raw Single Serving Units. I thought this was what the budtenders at the dispensary were supposed to call the joints, but thankfully they were using the word pre-roll.
In Ohio’s legal cannabis market, the DCC says “Raw” means a non-infused joint without any bubble hash, rosin, resin, THCA crystals or distillate. It is a joint with only cannabis flower inside of the rolling paper. “Infused” refers to a joint that contains not only flower but also bubble hash, rosin, resin, THCA crystals or distillate. Essentially, infused joints contain additional hash to make them burn slower and hit harder.
Ohio medical patients can buy raw, non-infused joints with their medical day supply. One pre-roll counts as one day supply, even though it is only one gram. If a medical patient walks into a dispensary with 45 days on their supply and buys 5 raw pre-rolls, they will leave the store with 40 days left until their next refill.
For now, Ohio medical patients cannot buy infused joints with their medical supply. If an Ohio medical patient wants to buy an infused pre-roll along with their medical order, they will have to complete their medical purchase, collect their change and start a second transaction for the infused joint as a recreational customer. The first medical purchase would count towards their medical day supply and the second recreational purchase would count towards their adult use daily purchase limit.
Will infused pre-rolls count towards both a recreational customer’s flower and extract daily limits? For example, if an infused pre-roll had 1 gram of flower and a half gram of extract, would the state remove a gram from their flower daily limit and a half gram from their extract/edible/liquid/tincture/topical daily limit? I would imagine so, but when I get a definitive answer I will update this post. Edit: I got the answer. Even though they have hash in them, infused pre-rolls count only towards an adult-use daily flower limit, not the daily edibles and extracts limit. However, loose, non-rolled pre-ground infused flower, such as Riviera Creek Riv Sticks or Hundred Percent Labs Crumble Infused pre-ground bud, count towards the daily edibles and extracts limit, not the daily flower limit. It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, because an infused pre-roll is essentially the same thing as a rolled-up Riv Stick, but that’s the way it is set up in this state.
When I opened the Sour Larry Cross tube it smelled like cannabis, not hemp. There have been times I’ve opened those THCA hemp pre-roll tubes and was immediately hit with a whiff of boof. That didn’t happen when I opened this Buckeye pre-roll tube. The weed smelled fresh. It didn’t smell or taste artificial like a lot of those flavor-infused pre-rolls you see from Michigan.
The Sour Larry Cross raw pre-roll weighed 1.39 grams with the paper tip included. When looking at the weed through the paper I didn’t see any stems, sticks, weird-looking chunks or harsh-looking material. It looked like it was supposed to, like some ground up weed rolled within a paper.
I’m not sure what brand of rolling paper they used. The tube’s label says the paper is made from unbleached wood paper and wood pulp kraft paper, not hemp. It didn’t have the RAW checkered watermarks. The watermarks were straight lines. The paper tip had the Buckeye logo on one side and a THC! warning on the other.
I sparked my first Ohio dispensary-bought pre-roll and took a few tokes. It was easy to light with a regular BIC lighter, but I did use hemp wick to avoid any butane hitting the flower.
I had smoked a few of those artificially flavored joints from Michigan recently, in particular one called Banana Pancakes. It didn’t really taste like weed. It tasted very botanical, like it was infused with foreign flavorings. This Ohio-bought Sour Larry Cross pre-roll tasted completely different. There was no artificial taste whatsoever. It wasn’t harsh and didn’t make me cough.
I was very happy to see that the Sour Larry Cross pre-roll burned evenly, ashed white and tasted good until the end. Despite it being a somewhat windy day outside, the pre-roll did not run and only required one relight when I saw a slight canoe start to form. The airflow was exceptional until the very end when the joint got a bit resinated. The joint didn’t become impossible to hit, but at the very end, the airflow diminished a bit.
With that in mind, the day prior I sparked up a $26 rosin infused pre-roll from Michigan and the airflow was so tight and unhittable that I had to put it out, unroll it and pack it in a bowl. So compared to that, I was very happy with the airflow on this Buckeye Sour Larry Cross pre-roll.
I felt medicated from the Sour Larry Cross pre-roll for well over an hour. I was actually surprised with how long the high lasted from this joint. You could tell that they used only nugs to roll this jib, refraining from bulking it up with sticks and junk matter like a lot of the free and low-priced pre-rolls you see from Michigan.
Overall, I walked away from the experience impressed with my first Ohio store-bought pre-roll. It tasted great, burned slow and even and ashed very light. It got me medicated and creative for well over an hour, probably closer to two. It cost under $10 with the medical discount, which is more or less on par with Michigan prices to a certain extent.
I gave the Sour Larry Cross Hybrid Raw Single Serving Unit an 8/10 for taste, 3/10 for harshness, 8/10 for strength, 7/10 for smell strength and 120 minutes for length of medical effects.
Ingredients: cannabis plant material, cone (unbleached wood paper, wood pulp kraft paper, starch). Net weight 1.00 grams (it weighed 1.37 grams with the tip). Total THC 23.18% by 1 gram weight, Delta-9 THCA 25.34%, Delta-9 THC 0.96%, CBD 0%.
Terpenes: b-Caryophyllene 0.40%, Linalool 0.37%, Limonene 0.21%, a-Humulene 0.12%. Manufactured by Buckeye Relief on 08/14/2025, tested by CP Labs on 08/21/2025, packaged 08/21/2025, blazed on 08/25/2025, expires 08/14/2026.
I got creative after smoking this joint. I painted cat-shaped rocks and fed a stone bird some stone heads.
While outside smoking the Sour Larry Cross joint, I took these photos!
It’s no secret that Klutch products are high-quality yet expensive. Before recreational sales became legal in Ohio, you could walk out of a Klutch Citizen dispensary with a 510 cart or luster pod for around $20. These days that will cost you between $35 to $50 before tax. Edit: A Klutch rep told me that in the next few weeks, price reductions are coming to all Klutch products at all Ohio dispensaries.
Most Klutch flower is sold in tenths, which at 2.83 grams is not a whole lot of weed. I’ve never seen a Klutch 5.66, and if you can actually find their stuff in a half ounce, prepare to pay.
This is why myself and others were glad to see Klutch release a budget-friendly line of flower called Habitat. The standard price for a Habitat tenth is $35, so if you can snag their stuff on sale, a tenth can cost under $30. At Klutch’s Northfield dispensary they recently had a deal for two Habitat Key Lime tenths, harvested four months ago, at $36. That is $180 for an ounce before tax.
A Klutch cultivation technician told me the Habitat bud is grown in the exact same manner as Klutch’s typical flower. I was interested to see if Habitat cannabis lived up to the Klutch standard, so I sampled a few tenths. First up was the Gasanova indica strain.
The Gasanova’s muted greed and orange packaging was opaque, so you couldn’t see the buds through the bag.
When I opened the baggie’s seal, I was hit with a strong, fresh smell of gas and green! The scent was clean, crisp and sweet. It definitely smelled like some Klutch flower, and not like budget bud. The tenth weighed 2.81 grams, just shy of the 2.83 grams that it should have been.
As you can see from the two pictures above, the flower had lots of green hues and darker shades of purple. There were oranges, yellows and shiny trichomes. There was a tight trim with minimal stemmage and zero sugar leaves. Not only that, the buds were dense, sticky and healthy. They didn’t turn to dust through a grinder.
Not only did the Habitat Gasanova burn slow but it ashed very light. It tasted exactly like it smelled! Along with the overwhelming gassiness and sweetness I tasted fruity undertones. There was a lot of great stuff going on with the taste of this pot.
I got strong indica effects from the Gasanova. The strain’s top terpene, Limonene, was accompanied by a healthy dose of Linalool, Myrcene, and Caryophyllene for pain relief and anti-inflammatory properties. This would be a great strain for someone looking for a powerful yet budget-friendly indica.
One of the Klutch cultivation techs told me the company determines sativa and indica based on plant structure, not terpenes.
I gave Habitat’s Gasanova an 8/10 for taste, 4/10 for harshness, 8/10 for strength, 9/10 for smell strength and 60 or more minutes for length of medical effects.
Total THC 27.80%, THCA 31.20%, Delta-9 THC 0.47%, Total CBD 0.11%, CBDA 0.12%.
Harvested 12/30/2024, tested 01/23/2025 by North Coast, packaged 04/04/2025, first consumed 05/01/2025, expires 12/30/2025.
Terps mg/g: Limonene 14.90, Linalool 5.71, Myrcene 2.59, Caryophyllene 2.51, b-Pinene 2.01, Farnesene 1.34, a-Pinene 1.20.
Next up was the Pine Berry Sorbet hybrid flower, gifted to me for my birthday by a good friend! Thank you! A friend with weed is a friend I need.
The Pine Berry Sorbet was packaged in the same type of bag as the Gasanova. The tenth clocked in a little overweight at 2.86 grams. It gave off an overwhelming scent of smooth pine and berry. It smelled fresh and floral.
Just like the Gasanova, the Pine Berry Sorbet had a professional-grade trim. The buds were nice and dense with an ideal moisture level. They broke down nicely by hand and behaved as expected when run through my Flower Mill.
The flower burned nice and clean, cooperating with the flame to fulfill its ultimate destiny. The flavor was distinct compared to the Gasanova. Pine Berry Sorbet had much more of a creamier taste to the smooth smoke.
For me, the piney flavor was front and center, which given the name isn’t surprising. However, when you look at the terpene profile, b-Pinene is somewhat low on the list. A-Pinene is not even contained in the listed terpenes.
The Pine Berry Sorbet didn’t give me as much of a body buzz as the Gasanova. It provided more balanced effects. After consumption I was able to get some meal prep done for the upcoming work week and do some other boring chores. The Pine Berry Sorbet turned the mundane into an intriguing game, and tasted great in the process.
After sampling the full tenth I gave this cannabis strain a 7/10 for taste, 4/10 for harshness, 7/10 for strength, 7/10 for smell strength and 60 minutes for length of medical effects.
Total THC 26.60%, delta-9 THCA 29.80%, Delta-9 THC 0.46%, total CBD 0.07%, CBDa 0.09%.
Harvested 03/19/2025, tested 05/07/2025 by North Coast, packaged 05/14/2025, first consumed 07/25/2025, expires 03/19/2026.
Terpenes mg/g: Limonene 7.12, Linalool 5.25, Myrcene 4.38, Caryophyllene 2.66, Farnesene 0.98, b-Pinene 0.97, Humulene 0.79.
After trying both of these Habitat offerings, I would recommend this brand of flower to those who love Klutch bud but don’t love Klutch prices. I will be keeping an eye out for new releases from Habitat. I will also be visiting the Northfield Citizen dispensary to grab two Key Lime tenths for $36!
August 22nd, 2025 was a historic day for the city of Massillon, Ohio. It was the first day of the high school football season, and anybody who knows anything about Massillon knows the city holds a special place in football history. The people of Massillon love football!
More importantly, this was the city’s first day with a legal cannabis store. There is a Story Cannabis location coming to Massillon sometime soon, but Bloom beat them out to be the first dispensary in the city.
Despite having a late night the previous evening, I woke up early and parked in Bloom’s spacious strip mall parking lot right at 7:00 am. The store was set to open at 8:00 am. I was the first one in line. At the front door there was a guy putting up signage on the windows. I asked him, “Do you work for Bloom?”
He responded, “No, I’m just the sign guy.” I said “Well, hello sign guy!” He finished affixing the signage, said goodbye and walked off. After that, a few customers got in line, probably around 7:10 am.
There was a sense of excitement and joy in the air as I spoke with the Massillon locals. One of the customers had some interesting stories about their several years of experience in the Ohio cannabis industry! Another passionate consumer, wearing a Massillon Tigers hoodie, explained to me about how much this day meant to them and the city.
They told me about how sick they were of smoke shops selling harsh, ineffective Delta-8 vapes and low-THC hemp flower. Those stores are everywhere in Massillon, even right next to the new Bloom! The responsible consumer had waited a lifetime for their home town to get a legal cannabis dispensary.
Despite being able to get zips of fire for $175 from their buddy, the Tigers fan loved how Bloom offered so many different choices and options. They told me they were going to try some 92 Cookies from Buckeye and look around at some terpene profiles to find some other flower options.
There were a few overjoyed Massillon residents showing me images on their phone of what they planned to order and asking my opinion. One customer was interested in Airo pods. I explained to them the difference between the live resin and distillate pods. I recommended live resin. We also discussed details about 510 carts and terpenes.
A few of the Massillon Bloom employees stepped outside to greet the crowd. I knew a few of them from the Akron Bloom store! One of the Massillon Bloom employees, Aaron, was someone I worked with a few years ago at Ohio Cannabis Company! It was a nice surprise seeing him. I knew I would see him again at some point, but I didn’t know it would be then!
Finally the doors opened, and I clapped and cheered as I walked into the spacious, well-lit showroom. The employees welcomed me. There was no specific check-in room. You just checked in with your ID right on the showroom floor.
After checking in, my budtender was none other than Aaron, who was also the budtender for my first-ever legal cannabis purchase which took place at Ohio Cannabis Company in 2023.
While I was the first customer through the door and to check in, the customer behind me had an online preorder. Since their order was all ready to go, they were the first one to make a purchase from Bloom Massillon. I was the second purchaser, but the first to place a walk-in order. I selected a Sweetscape Live Resin 510 cart from Buckeye, since I had yet to try Buckeye’s live resin.
After the purchase I thanked everyone, said my goodbyes, and headed home. I had an excellent time this morning at Bloom’s grand opening in Massillon! However, this was not the first dispensary grand opening I recently attended.
A few weeks ago I was in the Solon area and got word that a new Botanist location would be opening the next morning. It was short notice, but I thought to myself, “What if I could be the first one to make a purchase from their store?” It would take determination, dedication and a will to wake with the roosters, but I decided it was worth it.
On the morning of July 28th, 2025, I cracked open a can of coffee, hopped in the car, and got to Botanist a little over an hour before opening time. When I got there, the check-in employee told me it was cool to hang out in my car. They would make sure I was the first customer to walk through the door.
As I sat in my car, a police officer kept driving past the parking lot and looking at me. I thought to myself about how state, national and worldwide weed laws have changed over the last few decades. While Ohio’s legal cannabis laws and marketplaces are far from perfect, we’re lucky to live in these unique times. These are the times Ohioans have been patiently waiting for!
A Botanist regional manager walked past the car and I struck up a conversation with them. After noticing my industry badge, they asked a little bit about me and my experience in the industry. We chatted for a bit, I gave them a Bill’s Bud Blog sticker and they headed inside.
A few minutes before 10:00 am, the check-in employee told me it was cool to step outside of the car and form a line. The guy next to me in line recognized that my car air freshener was fashioned in the likeness of the pro wrestler Earthquake. My brother had got me the air freshener for my birthday. I talked about old-school wrestling with the customer until the doors opened!
While checking in at the front desk I once again saw the regional manager from earlier. They told me that they had already read all of the poems on Bill’s Bud Blog! They had even pinned my sticker on the breakroom bulletin board and wrote one of my poems on their company whiteboard! I wish I could remember which poem they said it was.
All of the showroom floor budtenders were friendly and accommodating. There was a sense of exhilaration to the showroom. Everyone was ecstatic. I ended up getting a gram of Farkas Farms Super B hybrid bubble hash and I was indeed the first customer to make a purchase.
The budtender at the checkout counter looked familiar. They told me they used to work at Story in Cleveland. That must have been where I saw them.
A few weeks later when I went back to Solon Botanist, the first thing they said to me when I hit the showroom floor was “You look familiar!” I feel like I’ll always have a connection to that dispensary since I had such a great experience being the first one to exchange money across the counter.
During that second visit I learned about another new dispensary in Solon called Verilife. I had been to Verilife’s Hillsboro location and got an impressive $80 half ounce of Cantucci Cookies from their brand called Matter (spelled matter. with a lowercase m and a period at the end). It’s nice to see more Ohio dispensaries popping up! There are more to come in 2025 and beyond!
If you’d like to feel the feeling of being the first customer through a dispensary door, keep your eyes peeled for announcements about shops opening in your area. Since Ohio dispensaries can’t legally advertise, you’ll have to rely on word-of-mouth or internet sources.
I’ve heard a lot of people say that their favorite Ohio cultivator is Galenas. I have also heard some people say that they feel the quality of Galenas bud has went down in recent times. The most-cited reason for this is because of lower terps and THC, which could be a result of Ohio’s newer testing methods. I’ve also heard some people say they’ve got super dry nugs in their Artifacts jars.
From what I’ve seen, smelled and smoked, I still consider Galenas one of the top DCC-licensed cultivators in Ohio. For me, their stuff has always smoked and tasted exceptional. However, I wouldn’t consider myself a regular Galenas smoker, as their prices are often too much for me to absorb.
The Astral Destiny is currently listed at $36 per tenth, which is a low price for Galenas. Their stuff is usually $42 to $46 per tenth, and I’ve seen it as high as $52 per tenth. $36 for a tenth is $360 per ounce before tax! Thankfully, their bud quality is damn near unrivaled among other DCC flower.
Last week a friend of mine gave me a small plastic egg. Inside of this egg was a fat nug of Galenas Astral Destiny flower. This has been a talked-about strain for several years, and a favorite amongst many Galenas connoisseurs. It’s an indica-dominant cross between Unicorn Poop and Blunicorn.
I didn’t have the packaging to check the terps for this particular batch, but I looked at the Galenas website and local marijuana menus for more info. I found that the strain is high in myrcene, limonene and pinene.
The THC percentage on this batch was 17.2%. Earlier batches of Astral Destiny with different testing methods yielded potency levels around 25%.
When I cracked open the egg, the nug smelled real heavy and dank. The rankness was almost shitty in smell and taste, which makes sense given that the lineage contains a strain called Unicorn Poop. The bud was skunky, dirty, poopy and earthy.
This is definitely not one of their fruiter strains such as Moroccan Peaches or Blueberry Cookies. If anything, Astral Destiny smells of rotten fruit.
The nug had a great look to it. There were no big stems or sugar leaves. Trichomes shimmered like stars. There were medium and dark green hues along with some purple flecks and jagged orange pistils. It broke down into nice chunks by hand and shredded evenly in my grinder. The Astral Destiny bud wasn’t dry, but it was pleasing to the eye.
The burn speed was slow and the ash color was light. The smoke was heavy but not harsh. The flower’s fumes didn’t burn the throat.
Astral Destiny’s pungent taste mirrored the smell: cheesy, stanky, skunky. The taste and smell may be off-putting to some people. It almost seems rotten, but in a good way, if that makes sense. This is a unique strain of cannabis and I can’t say I’ve really tasted anything truly like it. I suppose that’s what Galenas is known for!
The effects were no doubt indica-leaning. I wasn’t sleepy or anything like that, but I was definitely feeling more relaxed than wired. I could feel the potent myrcene content from the Astral Destiny terpene profile. This was a great strain for pain relief.
I gave the Astral Destiny an 8/10 for taste, 4/10 for harshness, 7/10 for strength, 8/10 for smell strength and over 60 minutes for length of medical effects.
17.2% THC. According to local marijuna menus, this batch of Astral Destiny has the following terpene levels: b-Myrcene 7.55 mg/g, a-Pinene 3.18 mg/g, d-Limonene 2.88 mg/g.
For me, the Astral Destiny’s high terpene content made up for the relatively low THC percentage. I always take THC percentages with a grain of salt anyway. It’s definitely not the only factor to consider when buying bud.
Got an egg from my bestie.
Open sesame, my astral destiny.
Brings out the best in me.
Come smoke the rest with me.
Food:20, stew plenty. Just
chew, fill your belly. Eat
blueberry jelly. Seek
new, tasty recipes.
Cornbread, flapjacks after
we burn fat sacks. I
might take cat naps after
gas mask hazmat. My
lunchie’s my munchies. For
breakfast? A blunt, please.
Roll me up something to
get my blood pumping.
I don’t say “Hey, no” to
any potatoes. My
stomach has say-sos to
food on my tables.