🦥 A few things I found this week — chill and give these a read:
Man, the plant community really knows how to step up when one of our own gets hit with absolute madness. Former pro basketball player Jarred Shaw is currently sitting in an Indonesian prison just for bringing in some THC gummies to manage his Crohn's disease, so GrowGeneration is putting on a massive charity golf tournament in Vegas this Saturday to raise funds for his legal battle [See the full article on Cannabis Now](https://cannabisnow.com/vlasic-classic-to-tee-off-in-vegas-for-jarred-shaw/). Seeing growers and brands rally together to get a guy out of a nightmare over basic plant medicine is exactly why I love this culture.
Also, it feels like we're finally witnessing the slow death of the "highest THC percentage wins" brain rot, and I couldn't be happier. Women and wellness culture are completely flipping the script, driving a massive shift toward terpene literacy and actual curated effects rather than just blasting your brain into orbit [See the full article on Cannabis Now](https://cannabisnow.com/the-great-thc-burnout/). It’s about time people started shopping with their noses instead of just staring at a lab label—your sessions get ten times better the second you start chasing real flavor profiles.
Are you guys still shopping purely by THC numbers, or have you finally made the jump to chasing terps? — Internet of Pot