420 in Vegas

So everyone wants to know about Cannabis rules in Vegas.  Cannabis is everywhere and if you are testing the waters, and have little experience, here are the pro-tips.   

If you have never tried cannabis, trying it for the first time and cruising the strip in 100 degree temps is not a wise idea.  Dropping a gummie before you go to one of the topless pools... might not go well.  Trying a gummie in your hotel room - likely your best option.  So the 420 basics.  If the last time you smoked a joint was in college, understand that back then, the THC content is half of what it is today. 

What I provide below assumes that you are not an experience 420 consumer.

Weed strains:

• Indica - that is a relaxing high and does help you fall asleep. 
• Sativa is a energetic and hyper high.  I love intense sex on Sativa. 
• Hybrid is everything in between. 

Always ask what effects a Hybrid has before you buy it!  Someone should be able to give you a review.  I always suggest Sativa for Flower, Vape and Pre-rolled joints.  It's Vegas - be a bit hyper with your high.

It's not legal to smoke in your hotel room.  So Flower and pre-rolled Joints are not be a good option.  In your room, vape pens (expensive to get started on) and Edibles are your best options.  If the hotel figures out that you are smoking in the room, there is often a fine.  This is why you smell so much weed on the strip while strolling along.  Note:  It's technically illegal to indulge outside on the strip either.

The basics

• Flower - that is our friendly Mr. Weed in bud form.  You break it up and you will need a pipe or something to smoke it out of or papers to make a joint.  If you have never rolled a joint, this is not the time to learn, buy a cheap glass pipe or a one-hitter or a pre-rolled joint (see below).
• Vape - other than the cost to get everything you need, this is a great way to do 420 in stealth mode.  It's smoother, but be careful as it will sneak up on you.
• Edibles - Yummy and dangerous.  Always ask for dosing instructions.  The first time you try it - take half a dose, then go to the closest fast food place in your resort.  DO NOT attempt a run to In-N-Out Burger - stay close to your hotel room.  By the time you get to White Castle on the Strip, you will start to feel the buzz and will be ready for a bag of sliders.  DOSING INSTRUCTIONS -- always ask the store clerk what the dosage instructions are for a beginner and and follow them to the letter.  I once gave a girlfriend a package of 10 gummies.  I said take one.  She interpreted that as one-package.  One minute she was the life of the party and the next minute she was passed out in a food court.  The rest of the evening was a bit sketchy and blurry.
• Drinks - I could have lumped them with edibles, but I am not a fan of drinks because dosage is not consistent.  
• Pre-Rolls (pre-rolled joints) - this is a great newbie option but a few tips to note.  Keep two quarters or poker chips in your pocket.  Take no more than two hits off of the joint and then put it out using the poker chips or quarters.  Put it back in its container and save the rest for later.  Hit these slowly, inhale slowly, only small inhales, or you will be hacking up a lung.  Willie's Reserve is not for beginners as you would expect from the Jedi Master of Cannabis, but for the experienced, these hard to find pre-rolls are... sigh... just as soft and fuzzy as Willie himself.
• Concentrates - not for beginners.  You take some home and make cookies.  The Cookie Monster will love you and if you use too much, you will actually see him appear in front of you.
• Tinctures & Topical - if you have sore muscles, these formulas which as usually CBD, are sometimes wonderful. What else you need to know.

Vape pens are my favorite recommendation for newbies.  They are easy to conceal, no "weed smell".  Some of it tastes a bit nasty in my opinion; specifically the lemon flavor cartridges, but this is a minor annoyance.  

Pay attention to who the grower is.  My personal favorite is Desert Grown Farms.Vape Pens come as disposable vape pens and as reusable pens that you recharge and use cartridges like any other vanilla vape pen.

My favorite strains:

• Tahoe Alien - Sativa, both in Flower and in vape cartridges/disposable pens.  This is not for beginners, I know some of you are experienced.  This can have as much as 39% THC in Flower and 80% in a Vape pen.  I had an earth shattering O on this one night.  Ladies this is one that you take a hit, lay back in bed, grab Hitachi and put it on high.  
• Vape for beginners.  Hybrid - Burnt Toast.
• Flower for beginners Hybrid - Burnt Toast, Desert Grown Farms. 
• Indica (will put you to sleep and relax you) - Blue Frost.  
• Sativa - to party all night on - Lemon Pepper.  
• A bargain for those that have not smoked since college - Jack Herer, Sative, Desert Grown Farms.

Take this slow and be careful.  Avoid buying on the strip, its more expensive.  I recommend you order online at Risecannabis.com (formerly Essence) at their Henderson store.  Get into your Taxi or Lyft or Uber and ask for an extra stop.  The location is a few minutes from the airport, heading east (the strip is to the west).  The location is on E. Sunset Road, suite A3.  Safe location, good staff, fair prices.  

In-N-Out Burger

Why is this section here?  Because you just learned about 420 in Vegas.  This is the next most essential part of the above lesson.

If you are coming from the East, you may not have encounter In-N-Out burger.  The best location is just across the Freeway from the strip at the corner of Dean Martin Drive and Tropicana Ave.  Order suggestion - Double Double Animal Style (Animal Style is the important part) with a Chocolate shake.  For those from the west who have not encountered the joy of a bag of Sliders then you need to visit White Castle on the strip.  The hours are a bummer as it closes at midnight and we all know that White Castle Sliders are best at 4:00 AM as you are returning home from a hard night of partying!  If you are coming from the northern US, you might not have encounter Cane's Chicken Fingers.  OMG what a guilty pleasure - the best Chicken Fingers ever and you know they have to be a horrible thing to put inside your body - but the taste, the sauce... sigh... almost orgasmic.