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Lifestyle

Puff, Puff, Pass, Then Rage and Release with Thai Richards

  Here’s how one community is changing the stigma around cannabis consumption one mile at a time. Thai Richards In Brooklyn, New York, cannabis culture is real. It’s really common,...
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Budtenders

Brooklyn Queens

  Northern Lights: First sprouted near Seattle, Washington but was propagated out of Holland after 1985, is pungently and sweet, spicy. Aromas radiate from the crystal-coated buds, which sometimes reveal...
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Cannasseur

Weed Grows In Brooklyn: Aspirations Of A Cannabis Co-op In New York City

  As cannabis legalization sweeps across the country, the opportunity for accessing cannabis grows but only for those who can afford it. The in-depth regulation processes throughout the product cycle...
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Lifestyle

Sneakerhead Fresco Opens Up About His Footwear Obsession and Girlfriend Mary Jane

His name is Fresco and he’s comin’ straight outta Brooklyn. Standing at 6-foot 4-inches, the long-time sneakerhead and cannabis connoisseur reps for one of streetwears most sought-after sneaker distributors, and...
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Cannasseur

Cannabis Jobs For People Of Color In New York

  Fostering Social Equity in the Cannabis Industry While the War on Drugs finally seems to be ending, there is much work to be done to clean up its aftermath....
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Cannasseur

The Melting Pot of Cannabis Culture in New York

  The fast-paced life, the hustle and bustle, never-ending noise, subway lines coming and going, street art, Wall Street, Harlem, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island are all fragments that...
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Lifestyle

Budega GAIA: Exploring How We Ingest, Relate, and Ritualize Marijuana

  Rebecca Gitana Torres Hello everyone! My name is Rebecca Gitana Torres {GAIA}, and I am so excited to be here on Budega NYC as your Cannabis Curandera. I look...
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Budtenders

Budtenders of New York: Day Ones

  Colombian Gold: is a classic landrace sativa that originated in the Santa Marta mountains of Colombia. The active, uplifting, and focused effects of Colombian Gold come without paranoia and...
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Cannasseur

New York State Is About To Legalize Recreational Marijuana: Will Communities of Color Be Left Out?

  After years of marijuana laws being used to oppress poor urban communities of color, the legalization of marijuana is now poised to make a lot of people money, but...
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Music

Budega NYC Smacked Playlist

 
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Lifestyle

New York City Pot Culture Is Pop Culture

Budega Babe Isamar Explains How She Likes To Catch A Vibe: The use of marijuana isnt just pot culture anymore, it’s pop culture, and everyones puffing their way into the...

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