The Pandemics Unseen Effects on Raw Flower Consumption

We Cannabis consumers are a varied lot, a rag tag team, some voted for Trump some Biden

some are pro vax some anti vax and those two aren’t mutually exclusive but one thing we can all agree on is mask mandates have had a lot of unforeseen effect, although we may not agree on those effects. One hidden effect where I think we are all on the same page, is the retailers aren’t letting us smell the bud anymore some even going so far as to no longer allow viewing. With the addition of masks and social distancing and simply for the sake of cleanliness retail stores no longer offer the option to open containers to view and smell buds. The Budtenders no longer give folky advice such as “the nose knows” or let you look through a magnifying glass at your buds trichomes. This creates a gap between the consumer and the retailer for brands to fill with new packaging offers that retailers never could pull off under the bulk sale model, such as nitrogen packaged flower for freshness and opaque tops that screw off to reveal your buds without sacrificing the integrity of the bud within. With Retailers implementing new standards of operation things like “opacity laws” that once hobbled brands selling pre-packaged flower, no longer seem like the gamble they once were.