5 questions to ask that help your budtender help you
Leafly Cannabis 101Published on October 5, 2022First time at a dispensary? Here’s how to help your budtender find you the perfect purchase. (Windynights/Adobe Stock)Walking into a dispensary for the first time is both a wonderful and surreal experience. Customers find themselves immersed in a whole new world of strains, extracts, edibles, topicals, and a myriad […]
Colombia Approves Bill To Legalize Marijuana
The Fresh Toast Colombia appears to be the next country on its way to marijuana legalization. On Tuesday, lawmakers approved a bill to legalize and regulate marijuana all across the country, earning almost unanimous support. It’s a first step towards legalization. The proposed ruling would set the groundwork for legal cannabis sales, ensuring that revenue […]
How to get hired as a budtender
Leafly Demand for personable, knowledgeable dispensary staff has never been higher. With adult-use cannabis sales projected to start in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York by the end of the year, the people of the East Coast need budtenders they can trust. Budtenders help consumers find cannabis products for their tastes while getting comfortable with […]
Ask a (former) budtender: What’s the best weed in the US?
Leafly Strains & products Published on October 5, 2022 Not all weed is created equal. Here’s what the professionals are loving right now. (Yaron/Adobe Stock) Back when I was a budtender, the question I got most often was “what’s hot right now? What are you loving?” Manning the dispensary bar in California meant that my […]
How to use Leafly Learn for budtenders
Leafly According to the Leafly 2022 Jobs Report, the cannabis industry (both medical and adult-use) supports over 428,000 jobs across cultivation, production, testing, and retail. A lot of those jobs are budtenders, and unlike Canada, the US has no standardized certification or training program for preparing budtenders to serve the public. Employees get a lot […]
6 ways to not be ‘that guy’ at the cannabis dispensary
Leafly Lifestyle Published on October 5, 2022 Don’t be that guy. You know—that guy. (Jesse Milns/Leafly) For many of us, cannabis helps us keep our cool. A bad day at work never seems so acute after a nice joint or a couple of gummies; a hit of the vape pen soothes the anxieties of our […]
