California has an awesome, well developed cannabis market with nuances and diversity of choice that rivals the craft beer industry in some parts of the state. This has been made possible through legalization and regulation of a large sector of the cannabis market. The same cannot be said nationwide, where different states have differing levels of legalization and permissiveness of cannabis. Today on Outsmoken we're discussing the difficulties of brandbuilding in states like Texas and others, as well as looking as people in the past who managed to do it without restriction!

Tune in and drop your two cents! How can you best navigate brand building in restrictive areas? Your comments are always appreciated!

The terms Indica and Sativa are two of the most recognizable vocabulary words to anyone within the cannabis community. We often consider indica plants the heavy sedative strains, and the sativas the uplifting cerebral strains, but often times the flowers labelled for either category tend to violate expectation! So today on Outsmoken, we discuss the origins of these terms and how they relate to our experiences today. Kick back, roll one, and enjoy another episode.

CBD has had the cannabis community's attention for over a decade with its purported medicinal effects. Everyone seems to be well-versed on THC, the high compound, but as as a part of the recreational demographic, here at the Green Grinders Club we're relative newbies to the more mature, more respectable cannabinoid! Join us on today's OUTSMOKEN as we discuss Cannabidiol and whether or not it is right for us!

Right now, the legal limit for consumers to purchase per day from a retail shop is 28g's. For most mortal men, this is enough. But inevitably, there is always an Adult-Use consumer who is inconvenienced by this. Today, the Green Grinders Club goes deep on the legal purchasing limit here in California. Roll up, kick back, and enjoy another episode of Outsmoken!

What do you think? Is the legal flower limit too much? Not enough? Hit us with your thoughts below!

Do you ever think about how your personal information is used in the cannabis space?

In an era of track and trace, and cell phones spying on you, the question of what happens to your data is becoming increasingly significant. I signed up for a rewards list for a trap shop once and haven't stopped being marketed to via text message since! The bigger issue though, is what to do when your constitutional rights to privacy and to bear arms is endangered by your passion for cannabis! Tune into the discussion, featuring @Donttawktome! and drop a comment to tell us what you think!

Wsup Club! We're back with another episode! This time, we're joined by @DONTTAWKTOME as we discuss the current state of cannabis genetics. In today's industry, trying to pinpoint specific effects based on strain names and perceived genetic lineages is exceedingly difficult. We've already discussed brands vs strands and how to navigate the new strains, but today we're engaged with the what is best for the industry. Should we come up with a universal taxonomic system? Are cultivators outpacing consumer demand? Tune in and find out on today's episode of Outsmoken!

Part of what drove us to start this platform in the first place was the rise of vaping technology and the ease associated with cannabis use now. Brands like Stiiizy, brass knuckles, Heavy Hitters, and Rove put the cannabis experience a mere button press away, changing the game for us and many others. In fact, oftentimes a new cannabis user’s first interaction with THC will be through a vape pen of some sort.

But changing time and shifting mores have called the health of vaping into question. In today's OUTSMOKEN, we discuss whether or not we should be vaping at all, and where the community is coming under fire from! Be sure to tune in and enjoy!

To be able to know, love, and understand individual strains now seems like an adventure too daunting to take on for the average person. It would take Encyclopedia Brown to be able to categorize these names based on effect, or genetics.  We discuss how the proliferation of different strains makes it more difficult to navigate through cultivars in a shop! Tune in and check out the discussion!

Stronger weed is stronger weed, and I’ll let the lab tests do what they do. I used to hate the crapshoot that was picking up from my local dealer and not knowing the quality or potency of what I was purchasing. He’d often say “nah man, this isn’t the last batch of fire that I had, this is something a lil different,  but this one is bomb, trust”. And it wasn’t bomb, but I was stuck with it.

Imagine if we let the dealers dictate our perceptions of pot! We dig deep on the recent news stating that cannabis consumers have been doing it wrong! Tune in and let us know what you think!

Cannabis flower is often grouped and sold by the methodology used to cultivate it: Indoor or Outdoor. And while the perception seems to be that outdoor flower is inferior, I wanted to talk about both methodologies, discuss what I know about both, and come to my own conclusions.

Check out the latest episode of Outsmoken, where we discuss growing methodologies, how they effect the flower, and what our personal preferences are!