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One-hitters
from MT 03/16/22
WEED
One of Ripple’s most popular products is QuickDissolves, a powder that you can put in any drink or food.
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One-Hitters
New cannabis company that pioneered dissolvable THC to sell fastacting edibles in Michigan
By Steve Neavling
A Colorado-based canna-
bis company known for its fast-acting edibles will soon begin selling its popular products in Michigan.
Ripple Michigan opened an 8,000-square-foot manufacturing and processing facility in Dimondale near Lansing.
Two of its founders — Missy Bradley and Justin Singer — grew up in metro Detroit.
The company has plans to distribute its products to more than 140 medical and recreational dispensaries in Michigan, and they will begin showing up on shelves next week. By March 21, the products will be widely available.
The products are water-soluble, and the company touts studies that show a measurable amount of THC enters the bloodstream within 10 minutes, compared to 30 minutes to two hours from fat-soluble products sold by other companies.
One of its most popular products, QuickDissolves, is a powder that you add to any food or drink.
“You can make everything an edible, and you can decide how you want to dose it,” Bradley, who grew up in West Bloomfield and is ipple’s vice president of marketing, tells Metro Times.
The company also sells fast-acting gummies and QuickSticks, which includes avored powder you place on your tongue.
Singer the company’s says ipple is different than other cannabis companies because its products are backed by “published, peer-reviewed human clinical research to substantiate our fast-acting claims.” e’re delighted to have our products available in the same state that pioneered ernor’s Faygo ed op Better Made Chips, and the Coney Dog,” Singer adds.
Getting completely stoned to decide which brand has the best weed probably sounds like a dream job for some. Well, that dream could soon become a reality when the High Times Cannabis Cup returns to Michigan this April. he people’s choice contest is inviting everyday pot smokers to judge the competition. retty much anyone who can legally buy recreational or medical cannabis in Michigan can participate.
So other than actually smoking cannabis, how do you become a judge? Here’s the deal. More than 00 udging kits with 1 to samples of ower, gummies, pre-rolls, vape cartridges, and more will be available at select Michigan dispensaries from April 16. ick one up sample the products and place your vote for each category.
The kits come in discreet, “smellproof” black backpacks with a huge High Times logo across the front. On second thought maybe that’s not really that discreet after all. hat’s the catch here isn’t one as long as you’re cool with paying 100 to 00 to get your hands on a bag. ast year’s annabis up in Michigan featured 76 brands and nearly 300 products, and even more are expected to join this year.
“This April, we are launching the largest-ever Cannabis Cup in Michigan’s history with 1 uni ue categories across recreational and medical products for a total of over 3,300 judge kits,” High Times director of events and competitions, Mark Kazinec, said in a press release. “...If this year is anything like last year, we expect lines of enthusiasts ready to purchase their
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kits at the select dispensaries, which may very well sell out the same day.”
That part about selling out is no oke. mar Hishmeh of clusive Brands told the Free Press that people were lining up outside the brand’s Ann Arbor location at 3 a.m. last year. hat’s si hours before the shop opened. clusive’s Heavyweight Heads took first place in the recreational sativa ower category last year with its Orangutan strain. here are 12 recreational and five medical categories, including indica ower sativa ower hybrid ower edibles (gummies and non-gummies), and more. Winners will be announced on June 26 during the High Times Cannabis Cup Michigan Awards Show.
Judges are asked to give detailed comments on aroma, taste, aesthetics and effects of each product so ust smoking it up and saying, “yeah, that weed got me so high I thought I was in another dimension probably isn’t good enough.
While the Cannabis Cup goes way back to 1988 in Amsterdam, the people’s choice format began in 2021 after the in-person event was canceled due to COVID-19 in 2020. Before, famous folks like Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson were the ones doing the judging.
Full contest rules and a list of Michigan’s previous annabis up winners can be found at cannabiscup.com.
—Randiah Camille Green
