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.