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06/02/2025
Attention all licensed Cali c@nn@bis companies: Entries are now being accepted for the first-ever CA Leaf Bowl! 🌱🏆
Sample drop-off doesn’t begin until Feb 1, but you should submit your entry info early to ensure a smooth process.
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And don’t forget—for every 3 paid entries you get the 4th entry free!!!
Thanks for participating, and good luck everyone!!!
HUGE THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS!
04/02/2025
So what is Cannabis culture?
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“Cannabis culture is all of us.”
Interview with 🏀 .payton.20
Retro Rock Posters 🤘
Shop Review 📍
Budtender of the Month 🎉
Is It Cake? 🍰 Creating Sculpture out of Sensimilla by
Glass Art: 👨🏭
Explore all we have in store for our CULTURE ISSUE this month! Available NOW on our website. Always FREE in print & online!
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02/02/2025
THE CULTURE ISSUE '25
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Known for his imaginative and iconic portraits of some of pop culture's biggest figures, from Ahnold to Biggie, from Jay-Z to Anthony Hopkins, Los Angeles-based photographer Timothy White always comes back with the shot. For this month's Culture Issue, White photographed legendary basketball star Gary Payton over a few hours at a basketball court and at his LA studio, documenting a special moment in time and capturing the essence of Payton's epic story.
Photo by Timothy White
Story by Tom Bowers
Cover Design by Daniel Berman
28/01/2025
Stoner Owner: Sam Jurist - .tech.cali .v
“This isn’t just a job—it’s a movement. Everything we do is about advancing c****bis, supporting the growers, the consumers, and the community that brings it all to life.”
Read this interview & Story of Sam in this month's California Leaf Magazine!
Interview & Photography by: Mike Ricker
Page Design by: Daniel Berman
26/01/2025
Blue Sage THC 🌿
After a long journey through the jungle of adult-use red tape, Sodergren finally launched under Prop 64 three years ago, focusing on the Southern California market.
“We’ve been in it,” she said. “I feel like it was important for me to get this out there to help people.”
Get this entire Comapny Spotlight in this month's 🍃 & WELLNESS Issue of California Leaf Magazine! Available across the state in print & online for FREE!
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22/01/2025
From Stigma to Specialty - featuring
"With education at the head of their mission, the ACNA stepped in to begin formal education. After three years in the making, “Cannabis Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice” was published.
The publication outlines 18 standards, divided between the traditional nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, outcomes, planning, implementation and evaluation) and professional performance (ethics, collaboration, research, education and more)."
READ this groundbreaking story on The American Cannabis Nursing Association and their past, present and future endeavors in Medicinal Cannabis knowledge in the medical field.
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Photography by Belle Vie Photography
21/01/2025
Rose Queen❤️
Bred and Cultivated by Emerald Spirit Botanicals
This month, we decided to spotlight a CBD-heavy varietal for our Strain of the Month, given that it’s The 🍃 and Wellness Issue. And who better to turn to than Mendocino’s own sungrown stars at Emerald Spirit Botanicals.
Read this full story in California Leaf Magazine this month! Always FREE online & in print!
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19/01/2025
January 2025 - California Leaf Budtender Of The Month:
Shayleen Skinner
📍.4020
This California native is living the dream with her two best friends and their little family of fur babies. She loves spending her free time in the backyard working in the garden of succulents and seasonal vegetables, curling up with a fantasy book and hiking in the Sierra Nevada.
Follow her on Instagram
Read this entire interview in our 🍃 & WELLNESS ISSUE of California Leaf Magazine this month! Always available in print and online for FREE!
Interview by
Photographer: Susan Roehr
15/01/2025
Herban Legend?
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Smoking the Science
The origins of this legend link to one of the most dominant terpenes in the world of w**d: myrcene. This naturally occurring chemical compound is often prevalent in strains considered particularly stony or labeled as “indica” in stores. We’ve also come to understand that these compounds are responsible for the effects of Cannabis beyond the reach of just THC.
Read this entire Herb 'n Legend from in this month's Leaf Magazine! Always FREE information for your eyes, ears, head, shoulders, knees, and toes! Check out our website with the link in our bio!
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14/01/2025
HEAVENLY 😇
This proud enterprise began in 2001 as a tiny medical collective on the east side of Los Angeles, providing meds for patients, and 24 years later they are still making an impact!
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The locals get rays of divine sunshine from these do-gooders. Any local regular gets a discount at the register, as well as veterans, seniors and cancer patients. From the outset, it’s been about treating the community with care.
Read the rest of this spectacular Shop Review in this month's 🍃 & WELLNESS ISSUE! Always FREE information for your eyes, ears, head, shoulders, knees, and toes! Check out our website with the link in our bio!
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09/01/2025
We are beyond devastated. Our love goes out to all of our family, friends and first responders in Los Angeles area today.
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08/01/2025
Wellness by the Numbers
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90.5%
A study from the University of Colorado found this percentage of people reported feeling more enjoyment during exercise after consuming Cannabis, while 69% of participants also reported a decrease in pain, and 59.5% said it increased their focus.
1/2 of the United States
Gallup reported that 50% of Americans have reported trying Cannabis at least one point in their life, marking a new high point for Cannabis use in the United States.
79%
The percentage of Americans who live in a county with at least one Cannabis dispensary, according to Pew Research, while 54% live in a state where recreational Cannabis is legal.
440,445
The number of full-time equivalent jobs supported by legal Cannabis in 2024, according to the 2024 Vangst Jobs Report. That represents a 5.4% year-over-year increase, with more than 20,000 Cannabis jobs added in the last year.
Whether you're about "New Year, New Me" or not, these are some impressive numbers for the Cannabis industry as a whole! Get the rest of these W**d & Wellness numbers in this month's Leaf Magazine! Distributed across 12 states & always FREE! Check the link in our bio!
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07/01/2025
Take a peek at what we have this month in California Leaf's annual 🍃 & WELLNESS ISSUE!
&
All the WELLNESS tips, tricks and information we could pack in between these pages!
Live online NOW! Check the link in our BIO!
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02/01/2025
Kicking off 2025 with a bang is the imaginative work of Canadian illustrator Pete Ryan, in a cheeky homage to Operation, one of our favorite games of yesteryear. “A bespectacled child, [Pete] spent his time indoors, drawing endless pictures of bears and dogs,” he writes on his website. “He now sits in a sun soaked studio in British Columbia and paints work for magazines, newspapers, advertising, and books.” Pete’s award-winning work has been published by The New Yorker, TIME, Scientific American and more.
01/01/2025
Kicking off 2025 with a bang is the imaginative work of Canadian illustrator Pete Ryan, in a cheeky homage to Operation, one of our favorite games of yesteryear. "A bespectacled child, [Pete] spent his time indoors, drawing endless pictures of bears and dogs," he writes on his website. "He now sits in a sun soaked studio in British Columbia and paints work for magazines, newspapers, advertising, and books." Pete's award-winning work has been published by The New Yorker, TIME, Scientific American and more.
Ring in the New Year with another annual Issue focusing on 🍃 and Wellness!
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30/12/2024
More EDIBLES!
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Korova
Calilily
CalyFX
Big Pete’s
That wraps up our Edibles Round Up for 2024! Read ALL of these reviews & so many more in this month's California Leaf Magazine. On shelves and online for FREE!
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28/12/2024
🍒🥭🍓🫐
KANHA
Buddies
Champelli
Absolute Extracts
Read ALL of these lineup reviews in this month's Annual EDIBLES ISSUE of California Leaf Magazine! Always available online and on shelves for FREE!
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27/12/2024
EDIBLES!
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Swifts Coastal Confectionary
Cannabees Infused Raw Honey,
Live Rosin Infused Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups,
&
Infused Grape Freeze Pops!
Dime Industries Gummies
Blue Raspberry Gummy, Huckleberry Gummy & Peach Gummy!
ALT Beverage Enhancer Live Papaya Resin Liquid 🍃
Atlas Edibles Cannabis-Infused Granola Bites
Atlas Edibles ALTA Cannabis-Infused Beverage Mixes
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🌱 // THE STRAINS ISSUE // 🌱
If you appreciate fine Cannabis photography, then you're likely familiar with @erik.nugshots and the incredible work he creates. So, when it came time to create our cover for the return of this extra special Strains Issue edition, we knew we had to up the ante and reach out to Erik with something that has never been done before. Together, we crafted this awesome moving cover featuring full 360 degree stacked macro photos of some of the finest genetics in the world!
Strains Issue Lineup -
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and tons more!
Limited copies of March's Strains Issue are dropping this week at 500+ locations across the state, available for free as always, and is also live online now at www.leafmagazines.com for your reading pleasure!
Cover shots - @erik.nugshots
Art Direction - @bermanphotos
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We went full Fear Factor on this week's episode of Leaf Life Podcast!
🦗Eating INSECTS🕷
Episode # 148
With the environment heading down a potentially dangerous path, we need to explore alternative options for feeding the billions of people on this planet. So, as scientists look to new methods for producing sustainable protein, bugs have become a serious part of the conversation.
Guest & Greg The Guinea Pig: VANESSA MORINSON is the MARKETING DIRECTOR of FAIRWINDS CANNABIS COMPANY and an ENTOMOPHAGY ENTHUSIAST.
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// LEAF LIFE EPISODE 146 - MORAL DILEMMAS //
Well before Nathaniel Hawthorne epitomized a tale of shame in his novel The Scarlett Letter in the year 1850, people have been guilted for choosing practices not condoned by the righteous lot. We all live with some form of guilt on many different levels in life, but does using Cannabis really have to be one of the them? Rise up with The Leaf Life Podcast to live our truth with the understanding that we have the right to be who we were born to be.
Head to www.leaflifepodcast.com or search Leaf Life on @stitcherpodcasts @spotify @itunes or @youtube to check out the latest episodes today!
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// LEAF LIFE EP. 145 - THE MIDS //
Due to continued legalization of Cannabis across the country, increased demand for product and increased capital investment flowing into the supply chain side of things, coupled with big ag practices now being applied Cannabis production, we are witnessing companies growing at larger scale than ever before. But what does it mean for the quality level of the product coming out of these scaled grows?
This week's @leaflifepodcast discusses the notorious phrase 'mids' and everything it entails. Tune in every week to listen to @rickerdj @beardedlorax @maaryjwhite and @stashleylynn as well as special guests chat all things cannabis for all people!
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🍄 PSILOCYBIN 🍄
Shrooms. Magic mushrooms. Trippy toadstools.
Whatever you want to call them, psychedelic mushrooms are a powerful conscious altering substance, which are increasingly being used to aid in the treatment of a multitude of issues ranging from smoking cessation to depression to the facilitation with end of life transitions.
This week, @beardedlorax @rickerdj @stashleylynn and @maaryjwhite discuss this special type of fungus and the impending psychedelic revolution! Head to your www.LEAFLIFEPODCAST.com or search for us on your favorite listening platform today to listen to the full episode!
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Many Cannabis users love crystals. And whether you would utilize their energy for recharging your chakras in the moonlight or simply because a particular piece of earth gives positive meaning to your life symbolically, rocks are the great revealers of a secret life beyond words.
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Come energize with us, and guest @crystallographygems on a cellular level and feel the vibration of positivity emanating from this giant rock on which we ride.
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Rules and Regulations are necessary for an ordered society, but living your best life does not always fall within the boundaries set forth by the enforcers.
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So, where do we determine what is best for the masses while still maintaining a healthy mind space for the individual? And when it comes to Cannabis and other mind-altering substances, should we have a license to make decisions for ourselves in the safety of our personal space? Legally (or illegally) light up a joint and let’s figure this out together!
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🌎🌍🌏 The Global Issue is touching down in California today and will begin hitting stores this week!
In this special edition, we take a look at Cannabis from an international perspective. From the roots of modern genetics we know and love today, to the future commoditization, large scale cultivation, and international trade of the plant, and more, you can find it in our first ever Global Issue!
Keep an eye out at your local dispensary, glass shop, or grow supply store to snag your FREE copy!
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Cody Muir
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It all began with an idea...
Long before publishing Northwest Leaf, the first Leaf magazine we launched in Washington state, my passion for Cannabis was brightly evident. Of course, the introduction to getting baked in high school is a memorable cornerstone of anyone’s life, but when a college journalism professor asks, “Do you always do your homework when you’re stoned, Wes?” - you know you’re in deep. When my true love for the plant really sunk in, however, was upon hearing the district judge call my name for the charge of ma*****na possession, to which my mother seated next to me responded, “Is this how you want to live your life?” In my heart the answer was an undeniable ‘yes,’ but with a deeper respect for the legal history that preceded me, and the Golden State pioneers who paved the way.
I wanted to be able to use Cannabis responsibly without repercussion. I wanted to be able to grow and share a plant that has brought value to people’s lives for thousands of years.
I wanted to see the war on drugs ended and peaceful people freed from private prisons. I wanted to see children returned from CPS and I wanted to live in a world where an organ transplant list doesn’t preclude medical Cannabis use.
Youth and passion often share the same lane, and this combination is what led me to become part of the lobby that urges positive change.
So, in June of 2010 the first issue went to print at a time when Cannabis use was highly illegal and medical was a burgeoning fringe movement on the West Coast. And with the hint of a legal world brewing, an optimism spurned with the notion that by serving the community as a positive voice, we could be an influence on many levels and reshape the narrative that had been so misconstrued.
A decade later, the Leaf is currently publishing in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Maryland, and now very proudly, California - with other amazing markets on the near horizon.
We have honored the original model of providing truthful journalism while still offering an entertaining lean. We never sell our content or compromise our values in the fight for freedom. Today it feels as though we have come a long way, but that our journey as a publication and as a global community of Cannabis consumers is still in its genesis. Many of our obstacles remain for us to overcome - wrongs to be righted and prisoners yet to be freed.
With that purpose ensconced into my fiber, I am determined to continue the mission of the Leaf and forge through another decade, continuing to document, support and share the stories of our growing Cannabis communities worldwide. Thank you for reading and sharing, and for your love for a plant that has changed so many lives for the better. To offer this publication in the great state of California is a dream come true and I feel deeply blessed that you will be taking this journey with me.
We are an independently owned and operated Cannabis media business originally founded in 2010.
