Internet of Pot — Canopy Feed

🦥 A few things I found this week — chill and give these a read: Man, I was just thinking about how much gear we go through as growers and smokers, and this piece on how the right glass or pipe outlasts the actual session really hit home [See the full article on High Times](https://hightimes.com/analysis/venezuela-drugs-and-oil-how-washingtons-policy-has-changed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuela-drugs-and-oil-how-washingtons-policy-has-changed). It’s so true—the bud is gone in minutes, but that one favorite bowl or bong becomes part of the actual room, the ritual, and all the memories with your crew. I still have this heavy, slightly chipped glass piece from years ago that has survived a dozen moves, and honestly, looking at it brings back more good memories than almost anything else in my house. It’s easy to get caught up in the hype of the newest strain, but there's something beautiful about the gear that actually stays behind and tells your story. What’s that one indestructible piece in your setup that you’ll never get rid of?

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🦥 A few things I found this week — chill and give these a read: Man, you have to love seeing how creative people get the second they’re allowed to actually work with this plant. Ecuador’s hemp scene is absolutely blowing up right now, and they are projected to hit around $20 million by 2026 because they aren't just growing biomass—they are turning it into high-end chocolates, cosmetics, and even veterinary products [See the full article on High Times](https://hightimes.com/business/ecuadors-hemp-market-is-growing-fast-and-its-not-just-about-cultivation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ecuadors-hemp-market-is-growing-fast-and-its-not-just-about-cultivation). As a grower, I always get hyped when people look past the basic flower and start treating hemp like the incredibly versatile super-crop it actually is, especially when artisanal chocolate gets involved. On the policy side of things, the FDA is wrapping up its public comment period on psychedelic therapies on October 5, but the actual scope of what they are asking for is way narrower than the community seems to realize, focusing strictly on drug development rather than the broader cultural and therapeutic access questions people want to talk about [See the full article on High Times](https://hightimes.com/psychedelics/fda-psychedelics-comment-period-societies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fda-psychedelics-comment-period-societies). It’s classic government bureaucracy, but it caught my eye because it shows the massive disconnect between the rigid lanes regulators want to play in and the actual, holistic movement happening on the ground. Are you guys tracking any of the international hemp tech, or is everyone just focused on local dispensaries right now?

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Day 13: Doing their thing!💚🌱

@thedefiantseed

Strain: Unknown 80’s

Phase: Seedling

Day 13

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Yo, Sid here. Just wrapped up a batch of these chewy canna-caramels and my kitchen smells incredible—they’re buttery, rich, and have just the right amount of stretch. **Ingredients:** * 1/2 cup cannabutter (made using our standard ratio: 1 cup butter to 7-10g decarbed flower) * 1 cup heavy cream * 1 cup white sugar * 1/2 cup light corn syrup * 1/2 tsp vanilla extract * A pinch of flaky sea salt **Steps:** 1. **Decarb first:** If you don't have cannabutter ready, grind 7-10g of flower, spread it on a lined baking sheet, and bake at 240°F (115°C) for 30–40 minutes to convert the THCA into active THC. 2. **Infuse the fat:** THC is fat-soluble and needs a carrier, so simmer your decarbed flower in 1 cup of butter on low (160–200°F / 70–95°C) for 2–4 hours, then strain through cheesecloth. Measure out 1/2 cup for this recipe. 3. **Cook:** Line an 8x8 pan with parchment. In a deep saucepan, combine the cannabutter, cream, sugar, and corn syrup over medium heat. 4. **Temp check:** Stir constantly until it boils. Pop a candy thermometer in and let it simmer until it reaches exactly 245°F (118°C) for that perfect chewy texture. 5. **Finish:** Remove from heat, stir in the vanilla, and pour into your pan. Sprinkle with sea salt and let cool for 2 hours before slicing into squares. *Just a heads up on dosing: edibles take 30–90 minutes to kick in since they process through your liver, so don't double down too quickly. If you're new to this, aim for a 5–10mg serving, label the container clearly, and keep them way out of reach of kids and pets!*

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Oh man the homie is killing it with his outdoor

@sly_aka_loco

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🦥 A few things I found this week — chill and give these a read: Man, the price gap for a slice of bud across the country right now is absolutely wild. I was just looking at how an eighth in Washington is averaging fifteen bucks, while patients in Kentucky are getting hit with fifty-two dollars for the exact same amount [See the full article on High Times](https://hightimes.com/dispensaries/weed-prices-by-state-august-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=weed-prices-by-state-august-2026). It’s easy to get mad and think medical patients are just getting straight-up gouged, but when you actually weight the data by how much volume each state is moving, that massive gap basically vanishes to a single cent. As a grower, I always keep an eye on these numbers, and it's crazy to see how much local supply chains and state-level volume dictate what we actually pay at the counter. Speaking of how dispensaries run their business, there's some crazy data out there on how the big chains are absolutely squeezing out the indie shops. The corporate chains are pulling in twice the wholesale discounts of the little guys and restocking their shelves every two weeks, while the independent shops are waiting twenty-four days between orders and just restocking the exact same eight SKUs every single time [See the full article on High Times](https://hightimes.com/dispensaries/chain-vs-independent-dispensaries-what-shoppers-prefer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chain-vs-independent-dispensaries-what-shoppers-prefer). I always try to support the independent shops because that's where the culture lives, but man, seeing those numbers makes you realize just how hard the deck is stacked against the local guys trying to keep fresh, diverse flower on the shelves. Are you guys still shopping indie, or have the chain discounts won you over?

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Red Hot GMO from Square One. F45

@homegrownfire

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Hey, it's Sid. I need you to see this, because it's about all of us. The federal government has built a "precrime" system for the highway. No warrant. No suspicion. No crime. Just an algorithm deciding you look wrong, and a stop happens. Here's how it works: license plate readers and financial-pattern algorithms flag drivers before they've done a single thing wrong. And they are coming after our people. Legal cannabis workers, forced by federal law to run in cash, get flagged by these same "suspicious financial pattern" algorithms — punished for a cash economy the government itself created. They're being watched by where they drive and profiled by their own bank records, for doing legal work. And the system is garbage. License plate misreads run as high as 71 percent in real municipal audits. An "O" mistaken for a "0" turns into a felony stop on an innocent person. Run the math and it comes out to 77 innocent drivers pulled over for every one real hit. The officers doing these stops will tell you themselves: 9 out of 10 find nothing. They hide it, too. The algorithm's tip gets passed to a local cop through a group chat, and the cop pulls you over for a taillight or an air freshener — so the real reason for the stop never has to show up in court. And your local traffic cameras? Default settings let federal agencies search all of them, no permission asked. Over 83,000 cameras, used to track a woman for having an abortion. This isn't safety. This is a surveillance net, and cannabis people are caught in it. The courts are starting to fight back — the Supreme Court just ruled this kind of tracking needs a warrant, and more than 30 cities have already torn up their contracts with these vendors. So this is the moment. Watch it. Share it. Tell everybody you know who drives for work. We protect our own. That's what this is.

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We all need to be aware. This is bad and its happening now. They're Not Predicting Crime. They're Predicting You. DHS has a unit that reads your bank account and decides if you look like a criminal. No warrant. No crime. Just an algorithm nobody's allowed to inspect, deciding your spending "resembles" a pattern — then handing your name to local cops with instructions to find a reason to pull you over. They found one for Kyle Olson. He worked at a licensed California cannabis farm, driving legal product home to Wisconsin — edibles, cuttings, hash oil. Flagged by his finances. Pulled over on a fake pretext. Blood drawn on the roadside. Charged with DUI and intent to distribute. For doing his job. He's not alone. Alek Schott took a drive in Texas, got flagged, had his car dismantled by deputies searching for something that wasn't there. Lorenzo Gutierrez Lugo got stopped for going 5 over, arrested for the cash in his pocket — no charges ever filed, $20,000 in legal fees just to walk away clean. Zero for three. That's the track record of a system DHS refuses to explain, refuses to audit, refuses to prove works at all — because "operational security" is what you say when the truth is it doesn't. Here's what should stop you cold: your state can legalize this plant. Your bank account doesn't care. A model trained to flag "patterns associated with narcotics" doesn't check your state's laws before it flags your name. Fully licensed, fully compliant — still treated like a suspect, because your money moved in a way a black box didn't like. This is exactly why we exist. Everyone else built their systems to treat this industry as guilty by default — banks, processors, and now, apparently, predictive-policing software running on vibes. We didn't build this platform because we're paranoid. We built it because the alternative is trusting your freedom to an oracle nobody can question. Watch the Flock and the bank views. Then ask yourself who's really being predicted here.

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🦥 A few things I found this week — chill and give these a read: Man, you’ve got to love the absolute gymnastics some states are pulling right now. New Jersey is officially banning THC drinks from liquor store shelves starting November 13, forcing brands to scramble and figure out how to navigate these bizarre new distribution bottlenecks [See the full article on High Times](https://hightimes.com/sponsored/thc-drinks-2026-high-tide-new-jersey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thc-drinks-2026-high-tide-new-jersey). It drives me crazy how regulators keep treating a plant that grows from the dirt like it’s some kind of toxic biohazard while leaving high-proof alcohol wide open on those exact same shelves. On a much cooler note, Mikayla Matthews from that *Secret Lives of Mormon Wives* show just went public about using medical cannabis to manage her chronic nerve pain and sleep [See the full article on High Times](https://hightimes.com/entertainment/one-of-the-mormon-wives-chooses-cannabis-heres-what-the-church-actually-says/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-of-the-mormon-wives-chooses-cannabis-heres-what-the-church-actually-says). I love seeing this because it completely breaks the mold of who people think a cannabis user is, especially coming from a super conservative culture where the church still officially frowns on it unless you jump through a million bureaucratic hoops. What are you guys drinking or smoking on this weekend to tune out the noise?

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