What does a Dispensary in Vermont Sell?
In the great state of Vermont, there is a lot more to cannabis than what’s happening in the fields, the farms, the commercial grow-houses or your grow tents. When you already have on tap the seed banks that ship to Vermont, the next step is knowing what else is out there.
Understanding what a dispensary in Vermont sells is not a tough answer to uncover. Walk into any shop in Brattleboro, Burlington, Vergennes, Williamstown, or Stowe, heck, walk into any dispensary in Vermont, and you will quickly find high-quality cannabis products. Some shops look like an Apple store, others more like a health spa. Some dispensaries are super comfy and have friendly staff members. Regardless of the decor, all of these places carry flowers, edibles, topicals, and concentrates, and in many forms. Capsules, gummies, drinks, hash, and hash oil, vapes and cartridges, bongs and buds a-plenty abound, and in most cases, the staff knows what they’re talking about.
It is important to speak with people who know a thing or two about cannabis. Taking the time to better understand the choices before you put you in a better position to make decisions about which products are your bag and which ones are not. Whatever you choose, it is comforting to know that the product has been vetted before it lands on the Vermont dispensary shelf.
Edibles
Taking the time to understand cannabis products helps us make better decisions. Here, we would like to talk about the many products available in dispensaries throughout the state of Vermont, and what better place to start than with edibles. Edibles describe any cannabis you take into your stomach, rather than through your lungs or skin. Edibles are user-friendly, tested, and tagged with their cannabinoid contents and there are a million and one options to choose from.
Gummies, capsules, taffy, candies, and drinks of every shape, size, flavor, color, and intensity are available through your local edibles retailer. Ranging throughout the CBD/THC gamut, edible marijuana products are known for laying waste to aches, pains, and most often, insomnia. Because the active compounds present in edibles are absorbed through the stomach and intestines, rather than through the respiratory system, they affect us differently than, say, a joint or dab. Some edibles can act quickly and most consumers feel almost immediate results, though edibles do tend to keep creeping.
We recommend not operating heavy machinery with THC edibles. THC-supercharged treats can make quick work of even experienced consumers, couch-locking and tranquilizing, sometimes before you know it. As with any medicine or recreational substance, moderation is important, and starting small and working your way up to what works is always a smart move when dealing with new and powerful pot products.
Topicals
There is a world of beneficial lotions, creams, and oils as ancient as weed. For centuries or longer, humans have been procuring potent topicals to apply to cuts, burns, rashes, and to soothe aches and pains, arthritic joints, and spasmodic muscles. The rise in medicinal cannabis has generated a call for medicinal compounds to be worked into all health and wellness products and in the great state of Vermont, for whatever type of relief you seek, choices abound in the world of topicals.
Within VT borders, consumers can pick from their choice of products, including salves and ointments, transdermal patches, and, of course, your average lineup of skin and hair-care selections. Pet therapies and treatments such as immune support and salves for sore paws are also available, as are full bath and body care kits. There are treatments for children and adults alike, and these products are designed to help you deal with pretty much any kind of dermal or muscular bodily trauma.
CBD topicals are not created equal so they may not be ideal for wound care. This is common in the world of all-natural treatments. Because of the intensity of natural remedies, there are different ways to deal with different types of afflictions. This is exactly why dispensaries and health and wellness stores are staffed by people familiar with the products they sell, what types of side effects you might expect, and how to properly harness the power of topicals.
Flowers
In detailing what dispensaries sell, we would be remiss in failing to mention flowers. Of course, there are flowers available at dispensaries. The whole point of the original dispensaries was to offload mountains of dank nugs on happy consumers. Any bud you’ve ever tried, whether you knew it or not, would fall into one of four categories. Well, most likely, it would fall into one of three, but we’ll get to that.
The most coveted buds are those of the Quad-A variety. AAAA buds have been raised to perfection, exhibit perfect trichome production, are ideally harvested, and boast an unequaled cure. The color is spot on and the fragrances and flavors of these rock stars are exactly where they should be. The lowest form of nug you’re going to see in a dispensary, and the most common, is the AAA nugs. Triple-A buds are high-quality, but just a little less than AAAA. These may not have undergone a super successful cure, might be a little larfy, may still be a bit moist or new, and won’t have the color that a Quad-A bud boasts.
As for what is used in industry, including that of extracts and concentrates, the professionals get to work with, of course, AAA and Quad-A buds, but more commonly, they work with AA flowers and fresh hemp material, or A-grade products. Regardless of what you grow, it can be used somewhere. Many times, all of it is exacted on the same farm, and these vertically integrated companies are achieving success with what they choose to do with their produce.
Concentrates
Concentrates are a massive market in America and there are a few different types, the delineation of which can sometimes be confusing. So that things are clear, we will outline the different types of concentrates and where they come from.
When talking about vaporizer material, it can be buds, but more often than not the product of choice is a live resin extract or distillate of some form. Aside from pre-filled cartridges, the product of choice is usually a live resin concentrate. Included in the live-resin family are budder, wax, diamonds, and crumble. All of them are fantastic and deliver immediate results. Hash and bubble hash are two products that are the outcome of separating the trichomes from the plant material. Hash is easy to create at home and can keep for a very long time, especially if freeze-dried. As for hot extraction, products like hash oil, and shatter are available for purchase from most dispensaries operating within the state of Vermont.
The differences between these products are vast. Live resins come complete with all of the terpenes and flavonoids intact, thanks to the cold-extraction process. Distillates, on the other hand, are born of heat and so many of the terpenes and flavonoids have been cooked out. All of these products are loved by someone and that someone could be you. All it takes is a bit of experimentation and an open mind.
Testing Kits
Speaking of experimentation, it is super simple to walk into any dispensary and pick the products you love then check into any smoke shop and grab all the gear you need to make it work. But there is an entire industry behind your shopping experience. For a product to be placed on a shelf, it must pass with flying colors, and it is thanks to product testing that we enjoy some peace of mind with the wacky creations we select.
But there is another type of testing and, where a lab-run cannabinoids testing kit can ensure companies deliver the right information to its clients, spot-test kits are widely used throughout workplaces, corrections, and medical sectors. Depending on your needs, you can hop online and purchase a cocaine testing kit, methamphetamine testing kit, or MDMA testing kit. These operate either through urinalysis, blood, hair, or saliva, and provide immediate proof of the presence or absence of a substance.
The opioid epidemic isn’t going anywhere. Sadly, it continues to kill more people and many opiate-related overdoses resulting in death can be avoided. This is exactly what Burlington legislators are talking about. Reducing opiate-related overdoses needs to be front and center. One plan of attack is to offer an opiates testing kit, or more specifically, a fentanyl testing kit, within safe injection sites, to more closely assess the risk of the next dose.
Vapes
There are a few different types of tests out there, the only one of which vaporizer communities have to think about is the first, lab-testing for cannabinoid and terpene profiles. Nicotine vaping rapidly became a big deal all across America, and the downfalls were quickly realized when acute pulmonary fibrosis started affecting teens. But we are talking about vaping cannabis products and, though with some devices the risk to lungs remains, choosing clean vape oil, distillates, or live resins are thought to be much healthier.
The vape pen is a device you can carry around with you. It fits into your pocket or purse and you can easily access the sticky vapors you need to keep going no matter where you are. Vapes come in many forms, including pre-filled, or with a disposable or refillable cartridge, with a replaceable or permanent atomizer, and most varieties come with a rechargeable body or base upon which to attach the rest. Vaporizers also range in price, from twenty-dollar disposable units to the Firefly or the Pax, top-shelf examples of what a vaporizer can be, complete with warranties.
Your vaporizer must be cleaned after each use or every other use if you want to keep it running smoothly. These things can get very sticky and messy if improperly cared for, so it pays, long-term, to maintain your vape. The personnel in your local smoke shop can help you choose the right vaporizer for you and, if you drop the coin on an award-winner, chances are, you won’t be disappointed.
Seed Starts
Many places of pot production have reached a state where they grow nothing but clones. This is a great idea for healthy crop rotation, consistency, and so on but seed starts have their place in the weed world. Where these are great for the established grow, when you are hunting phenotypes to mother, when you need strong plants to withstand the weather, and when you need something you can control from the ground up, you need seed starts.
Clones are fantastic for many reasons, but for sturdy germination and starting a seedling means you have one hundred percent say over every single thing that goes into growing it. You choose the initial development and establishment medium, you control the environment, the roots grow strong and you choose when to transplant, when to train, what plants to use as mothers, and everything else.
Growing a plant sprout from scratch is easy. All you need are a cup of soil, a few drops of water, some warmth, and some directional lighting. As soon as the seedling breaks ground, you can crank the lights up and get growing. It doesn’t take long to become a plant, at which phase moving it to another container appropriate to your chosen method of training will be necessary. Remember, seedlings require a spotless environment, high humidity, and ample airflow to grow well.
Clones
We touched lightly in the previous section on the fact that clones are fantastic for crop rotations and for when you want to protect crop consistency. Clones are also an apt choice for growers hoping to protect their new prize-winning strain from poachers. We are sure you can think of more reasons to get into cloning cannabis, just remember that when you need strength, nothing beats growing cannabis from seed.
Cutting clones means taking clippings from a particular plant, rooting them, and growing them as usual. This requires clean, sharp scissors, alcohol swabs, rooting hormone, and a medium to plant them into. In every case, clones need consistent misting, or they will shrivel up and die. Also, the space must be kept spotless because seedlings and clones are easy prey for infection, which almost certainly ends in death.
So that you can maintain consistency across clone environments and see greater success, an aeroponic cloner is a path often traveled. The aeroponic cloner does all the work for you, save clipping the clones in the first place. Once you have your clones taken, dipped in hormone, and stuffed into rock wool or whatever medium you choose, the cloning machine makes sure your new cuttings enjoy an ideal environment while they establish. Because clones require an 18/6 light schedule, keeping them in vegging and mother rooms is totally okay, as long as they enjoy their own humid climate.
Headshop Merchandise
Vermont is no stranger to weed. Even throughout the decades of prohibition, VT was rife with some killer nugs and smoke shops have always carried a vast selection of glass pipes, and water cooled pipes, lighters, torches, butane, and screens. But recent years have seen an uprising of an entire cannabis tsunami, armed with consumers demanding newer, better, stronger, more wild, wacky, and wonderful.
For these treasures of the weed world, you must only travel as far as their nearest head shop or smoke shop and all your prayers will be answered. Taking a trip to your nearest palace of puff, you will find littering the shelves, plastic, metal, and composite grinders of different designs, rolling papers of every flavor, color, size, and composition, and pipes and bongs galore, with your choice of personal down pipes. Concentrates are a market quickly taking charge in communities everywhere throughout Vermont, and when you want to entertain the idea of dropping bank on new glass, these places have a broad selection of dab rigs to choose from.
Head shops sell all this gear to make medicine time that much easier. But they also sell freedom of choice, and information. The people inhabiting these places of cannabis and tobacco worship know what the heck they’re talking about. All you have to do is look, listen, and choose the paraphernalia you like the best.
Kratom
Throughout this article, expounding on the types of cannabis seeds and related products are available to consumers in Vermont, we have touched on opiates. Yes, there is a big market in America for both illegal and strictly regulated pharmaceutical narcotics and heroin, fentanyl, tar, and many of the synthetic opiate drugs out there can be nasty. As an alternative to opioid addiction in those suffering, and as an alternative to coffee, pills, or whatever else, in less addicted individuals, kratom tea and kratom capsules have begun to show up all over America.
In Vermont, as with many states, kratom is illegal and any derivative of the mitragyna speciosa plant, whether red, green or white vein is prohibited throughout VT. Though kratom effects are often associated with euphoria, relaxation, mental, and physical stimulation, and a good night’s sleep, these are simple stimulant/opiate effects. Taking it a step further reveals that kratom is by nature addictive and poses some very serious health risks in those who overuse it.
Nevertheless, people continue to enjoy brand-name kratom products every day. Enhanced Malay, Bali Reserve, and Borneo Reserve continue to soothe consumers every day throughout the globe. Even though kratom is banned in sixteen countries and climbing, the FDA still considers it of no medicinal value, simply through lack of research, and so it remains at the top of recreational consumer must-have lists throughout the country.
Psilocybin Mushrooms
The future may, as it did with cannabis, bring greater understanding, where kratom is concerned. The future always holds more answers for those who actively seek them and an open mind keeps us moving forward, untethered to our own idea of what works and doesn’t. One such sector getting its fair share of ongoing research, and which shows impressive results, is in psilocybin or magic mushrooms.
The use of psybin mushrooms dates back to before we kept track, when they were first found to induce a god-like state, open the mind and to unveil before the consumer the secrets of the universe. Since their first discovery, magic mushrooms became a fun and funky way to trip out on a Saturday night, and now, they are being used in clinical settings all across the world. Proven in some cases to treat PTSD, depression, anxiety and social disorders, childhood traumas, even addiction, psybin mushrooms really are some of nature’s finest creations.
Shrooms affect everyone differently, though the chemical processing is the same. Depending on the dose, the individual’s chemistry and what else you take, mushroom effects can range from mild euphoria, and increased sensitivity to light and touch, all the way to uncontrollable hallucinations, and dissociative behavior. Like anything in life, success with mushrooms depends largely upon intention and who you’re with. Be careful, do your research and have fun.
We hope that our discussion thus far has been a helpful one, that some understandings have been broadened and that you feel a little more confident to successfully navigate the world of recreational and medicinal substances. It is our hope that we make enough sense that you feel comfortable reaching out for assistance, either for growing or choosing your poisons.
The Kind Seed Co seed bank is packed with every type of start you could ever hope to get your hot little hands on, and we love to hear from our clients, good or bad. We are in our Broken Arrow, OK office between the hours of 9 am and 5 pm, CDT, Monday to Friday. We can be reached by email at support@kindseed.com, by phone at 1-844-807-1234 or through your private and secure Kind Seed Co online account.
