Cannabis culture, past and present.
Strain history, the people behind the plant and the stories that shaped cannabis today.
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Culture6 min read
Top Green Week Maryland Products, Brands, and Categories
The top products, brands and categories Bloom Germantown customers bought during Maryland Green Week: flower, edibles, vape carts and brands.
Bloom TeamNovember 29, 2023
Culture6 min read
Top Green Week Ohio Products, Brands, and Categories
The top products, brands and categories Bloom Ohio customers bought during Ohio Green Week: flower, edibles, vape carts and leading brands.
Bloom TeamNovember 28, 2023
Culture3 min read
Independence Built on Hemp?
Was independence built on hemp? How hemp shaped colonial America, the Declaration of Independence and the farms of the Founding Fathers.
Bloom TeamJune 26, 2023
Culture7 min read
Memorial Day: Honoring Our Veterans
Bloom honors veterans this Memorial Day with a look at hemp's role in U.S. military history, cannabis research on PTSD, and veteran cannabis advocacy.
Bloom TeamMay 19, 2023
Culture4 min read
Celebrating Cinco de Mayo with Mexican Landrace Strains
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo California sober with Mexican landrace strains like Acapulco Gold, Oaxacan and Michoacán, and the history behind them.
Bloom TeamMay 4, 2023
Culture9 min read
The Case of the Golden Bong
The case of the golden bong: 2,400 years of bong history, Operation Pipe Dreams, and a step-by-step guide to using, buying and making a bong.
Bloom TeamApril 28, 2023
Culture12 min read
Everything You Need to Know About 420
Everything you need to know about 420: 13 fun facts about cannabis culture and history, plus tips on storing, rolling, lighting and enjoying your weed.
Bloom TeamApril 15, 2023
Culture10 min read
420 Fun Things to Do on 4/20
420 fun things to do on 4/20: a list of 420 ideas, from movies, TV shows and songs to enjoy high, to munchies, games and activities.
Bloom TeamApril 7, 2023
Culture5 min read
Happy Maryland Day: The Road to Recreational Cannabis in Maryland
Happy Maryland Day! The history behind March 25, Maryland's road from hemp to medical marijuana, and what recreational legalization in 2023 meant.
Bloom TeamMarch 24, 2023
Culture8 min read
Celebrating Women in Cannabis: Happy Women's History Month
Meet women shaping cannabis, from Brownie Mary and Nikki Furrer to Rihanna and Bloom CEO Nicole Stark, plus why women's leadership in the industry dipped.
Bloom TeamMarch 1, 2023
Culture3 min read
December is AIDS Awareness Month
December is AIDS Awareness Month. Learn what HIV and AIDS are, how cannabis has been used to ease treatment side effects, and key HIV/AIDS statistics.
Bloom TeamDecember 16, 2022
Culture9 min read
Turn Your Thanksgiving Dinner into a Danksgiving Feast
Turn Thanksgiving into Danksgiving with cannabutter mashed potatoes, gravy, pumpkin pie and turkey, plus how to decarb your flower and dose edibles safely.
Bloom TeamNovember 16, 2022
Culture6 min read
Bloom Is Thankful for U.S. Veterans!
Bloom honors U.S. veterans with a look at hemp's role in American history and the war effort, cannabis research on PTSD, and veteran cannabis advocacy.
Bloom TeamNovember 11, 2022
Culture5 min read
What Does 710 Mean? An Homage To Cannabis Oil.
Why July 10 (710) is cannabis oil day: where the term came from, extracts vs concentrates, how strong dabs are, safe dabbing tips and ways to consume them.
Bloom TeamJuly 5, 2022
Culture8 min read
America & Marijuana: History of Cannabis in the USA
From Jamestown hemp mandates and the Founding Fathers to prohibition, Hemp for Victory and Prop 215, explore the history of cannabis in the United States.
Bloom TeamJuly 1, 2022
Culture8 min read
The LGBTQ Community’s Role in the Legalization of Medicinal Marijuana
How Dennis Peron, Harvey Milk and LGBTQ activists in San Francisco helped launch medical marijuana, from Prop W and Prop P to the Compassionate Use Act.
Bloom TeamJune 14, 2022
Culture4 min read
The History of 420
Where does 420 come from? Meet the Waldos of San Rafael, learn how the Grateful Dead and High Times spread the term, and why 4/20 became cannabis's holiday.
Bloom TeamApril 14, 2022
Culture4 min read
February is Black History Month
Why Black History Month matters, how cannabis arrived in the U.S., Louis Armstrong's love of "the gage," and little-known contributions of Black Americans.
Bloom TeamFebruary 2, 2022
Culture5 min read
Celebrities Who Use Their Status to Break the Cannabis Stigma
Willie Nelson, Seth Rogen, Martha Stewart, Chelsea Handler, Montel Williams and Pete Davidson: celebrities using their fame to break the cannabis stigma.
Bloom TeamDecember 23, 2021
Culture6 min read
The AIDS Activists Who Launched The Medical Cannabis Industry
Meet the AIDS and LGBTQ activists who launched medical cannabis, including Dennis Peron, Dr. Marcus Conant, Paul Scott and Richard Eastman.
Bloom TeamJuly 21, 2021
Culture4 min read
What Does “OG” Stand For In Cannabis? Origin And History
What does OG mean in OG Kush? Explore the strain's disputed origins and every theory, from Original Gangster and Ocean Grown to OverGrown.com.
Bloom TeamMay 28, 2021