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Does Weed Help With Cold And Flu?
Everyone dreads the winter cold and flu season, but you can be susceptible to catch an annoying virus at any time of the year. Summer colds and flu can be...
White Cherry Truffle Strain Review
Love is in the air. Or is it just White Cherry Truffle smoke?This might be my new favorite strain. White Cherry Truffle tastes exactly as it sounds: like sweet cherries...
Super Lemon OG Strain Review
Super Lemon OG is the ultimate stay-your-ass-home weed.The first time I smoked Super Lemon OG, I was home alone and completely rearranged my living room. When my boyfriend came home...
Will Biden Legalize Weed?
We've finally made it through the most precarious election of many of our lifetimes — and it was a good election for weed. Cannabis policy reform won big on November...
How to Make Your Own Weed Wine
What is weed wine, and how do you make it? Well, there are actually two types of weed wine — jackpot, right? — alcoholic, and nonalcoholic (a.k.a. dealcoholized). Alcoholic weed...
The History of Cannabis, Chapter One: 1900s
“It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come” - Sam Cooke Cannabis has an extremely long and colorful history going back thousands of...
How to Roll the Perfect Blunt
In my humble opinion, blunts are the peak weed-smoking experience. They taste great and burn slowly. You can share them with friends, but a good blunt also makes for excellent...
Does Weed Help With Concentration?
It can be hard to concentrate for many reasons, stress and anxiety chiefly amongst them. Stress can disrupt your train of thought, and make it hard to stay focused. When...
How To Host A Weed Party
Urban Aroma recommends following guidelines for Covid safety, including all masked and social distancing protocols. Weed at parties is nothing new. What is new is that weed is now legal...
CBG, CBN & Other Not-So-Minor Cannabinoids
We all know THC and CBD… but what about the other 130-plus cannabinoids that are out there? Here’s a handy guide to a few of the hottest minor cannabinoids, where...
Quiz: Which Weed Strain Is Your Soulmate?
With hundreds, maybe thousands, of weed strains out there, one thing’s for sure — there’s an ideal strain for everyone. Even if you’re just selecting from a dozen kinds of...
How Does Cannabis Affect Dopamine?
Healers have recommended cannabis in one form or another for many reasons for thousands of years. It’s long been used as a medicinal plant, but in the last century its...
Weed and the Jewish Community
In Jewish theological lore there is a rabbinic commentary of the Secret Tzadik — ל"ו צַדִיקִים — also known as the Lamed Vav Tzadikim. This refers to 36 righteous individuals...
The Important Relationship Between Humidity and Cannabis
When you grow and harvest cannabis, by the time you have the final product in your hands, hopefully your buds are perfectly dried, dense nuggets of goodness. But getting it...
How To Taste and Pair Cannabis With Food
If you’ve ever had the munchies, you already know that cannabis and food are a match made in heaven. Not only does cannabis make food taste better and help you...
Best Takeout To Get When Baked in DC
After shopping for bud in DC, cannabis consumers may also want to indulge in some tasty local cuisine. Urban Aroma has put together a list of five great places in...
Cannabis Myth-Busting
Legends, lies and mysteries of stoner culture – busted!When I first started smoking weed, a friend of mine swore that smoking seeds got her more high. As she puffed on...
Top 5 Museums for Stoners in Barcelona
One of the beautiful things about smoking weed is that it enhances pretty much any experience. As Jon Stewart’s character in Half Bakedtaught us, everything is better... on weed. Museums are...
Cheetah Piss Strain Review
Cheetah Piss is a new, rare hybrid strain (50% Indica/ 50% Sativa) whose name is a homage to the famous old-school strain Cat Piss, which was popular in the early...
Fruit Loops Strain Review
Fruit Loops’ potent buds smell as fruity and tropical as the sweet, colorful breakfast cereal. The flower grows short and bushy with dense nugs, which are coated with colorful trichomes and...
Dogs and CBD: A New Age of Canine-abis
I am hearing often these days that if COVID-19 doesn’t bring out the hustle in you, then nothing will. Amidst a global pandemic, it's an intense challenge starting, let alone...
Gorilla Glue #4 Strain Review
Gorilla Glue #4, a.k.a. GG#4, is a hybrid that leaves users feeling “glued” to the couch, hopefully with snacks in hand. This strain eases stress with every exhale. I recommend...
Why Cannabis Topicals Are Terrific
Between the stresses of 2020, winter weather, and New Years’ resolutions to work out, January 2021 may be the ideal time to begin exploring the world of cannabis topicals. Whether...
Facts About Jack Herer
If you’re a longtime smoker, Jack Herer is probably already a good friend of yours, and if you’re a newcomer then it’s time to get acquainted. The strain is named...
I'm A Weed Dad
It was a pretty ordinary day toward the end of 2017. I was going through a messy divorce, my “career” as a writer/director in Los Angeles was not working out...
D.C. Decriminalizes Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia
A bill to decriminalize possession of drug paraphernalia for personal use and promote harm reduction was signed by the mayor of DC last week as part of the broader Opioid...
Five Fantastic Strains of Weed
I have seen cannabis in many forms in my life, from dusty dime bags in filled with shaky brown sometimes moldy “brick” weed fragments as a clandestine youth, to watching...
Does Cannabis Help With Sleep Disorders?
Nothing feels better in the morning than waking up feeling refreshed and rested. When you can't sleep well at night, it can be detrimental to your mental health and physical...
Are Cannabis-Derived Terpenes Legal?
The legality of cannabis-derived terpenes is complicated in the United States. Cannabis, a.k.a. marijuana, is illegal under federal law. The Controlled Substances Act, passed in 1971, defines marijuana as “every compound, manufacture,...
Why Does Weed Make Your Eyes Red?
A surefire way of knowing someone's been smoking weed (besides the delicious lingering smell) is the famed telltale sign of bloodshot eyes. If you're a stoner, you're familiar with the...