Put some smoke in the air—the unofficial first days of summer arrive with Memorial Day on May 27, and America’s 36 weed legalization states stand ready.
Campouts, road trips, flights, and barbecues all require the right accessories, and that includes the ganja. The midwestern state of Ohio might see its first legal sales in June. New York’s first indoor-grown weed has dispensaries. And California keeps hitting new heights. Leafly rounded up some staff and freelancer picks with our unmatched data to crush Memorial Day.
Check back often as we add more picks in the coming days.
California
Memorial Day in California means tasty and potent flowers, pre-rolls, carts, hash, and no shortage of gummies for moms and out-of-town cousins.
Popular strains
Strains with medals that make us feel like winners, including Permanent Marker, Lemon Cherry Gelato, and Blue Dream.
Hot pre-roll brands
710 Labs, Sluggers, and Jeeter for all your infused joint needs.
Top-shelf flower brands
Fig Farms, Seven Leaves, UpNorth who have accolades from cup judges and public opinion.
Featured stores
The Artist Tree (West Hollywood), Purple Star (San Francisco), Captain Jacks (San Bernardino), Cookies San Bernardino, Cloud Legends 420 (Sacramento), GoTreez (Sacramento), High Desert Cannabis (Camp Pendleton), Double Eye (Cathedral City).
Leafly staff picks:
Over at GOAT Global in South LA: Seven Leaves, or Trilogy 710 Sour Wilson live rosin dabs.
Oregon
Popular strains
Heavy hitters that won’t stick you to the couch like Gary Payton, GMO, and Jack Herer.
Popular OR shops
Treasure Valley Cannabis Company, Hotbox Farms, Kind Leaf Pendelton, Americanna
Top OR brands
Mule Extracts, Wyld, Jeeter, Canano Concentrates, Illicit will cover all your desires, from top-shelf bud to gummies to headstash concentrates.
Leafly staff picks
Magic Number Magic Drops—Super easy to dose this strawberry lemonade-flavored tincture. Add them to Spindrifts, and LaCroixs, etc. THC starts at 250 mg, so dose carefully.
Mt Hood Magic—A Portland classic of Northern Lights #5 x Durban Poison. Consistently one of the freshest strains out there. Smells amazing. We’ve seen it from Tree House Collective and Archive.
Washington
Popular strains
Mix up the new exotics with old school staples like Permanent Marker, Sour Diesel, and Northern Lights.
Top WA brands
Ray’s Lemonade, Phat Panda, Ceres Bounty, Lemonnade, Mfused
Popular WA stores
Floyd’s Cannabis Co (Pullman), Budeez, Seaweed Cannabis (Edmonds), Root Cellar, Greenworks Cannabis, Fillabong (Silverdale)
Leafly Staff picks
Freddy’s FuegoGary Poppins—Gary Payton and Red Runtz combine in this winner grown by Freddy’s Fuego in Washington.
Torus brand Gas Face—Bring some stank to the campout with this Face Mints x Biscotti Sherbet strain grown perfectly by Torus.
Method brand Red Bullz—This hype brand from Curations keeps cranking out heat like Gouda Berry, Juicee J, Pink Certz, Roll-Ups, Red Bullz, Jealousy BX1, and Jaffa.
Dabstract Sour Diesel cart—This one-gram Live Resin Cart tastes nice and skunky, like the East Coast Sour D of our youth.
Harmony Extracts XJ-13 “Raw” CO2 cart—Tasty jack terps in a clean, smooth hit for under $40. So you can spend the rest on gas and craft beer.
Wyld Raspberry Sativa Enhanced Gummies—One of America’s go-to edible options. They are tasty, easy to dose, and pack the right amount of punch without totally knocking us out. It’s got 100mg THC per box, or 10 mg per gummy.
Colorado
Popular strains
Stay on pace with the tastemakers with Apple Fritter, Runtz, and Gary Payton
Top CO brands
Wyld, Wana Brands, Dialed In Gummies, Ripple, Green Dot Labs
Popular CO stores
Silver Stem Fine Cannabis (Littleton), Chronic Therapy, Altitude East Denver, Dead Flowers, House of Dankness, Elements (Boulder)
Arizona
Arizona has gorgeous reservoirs, stunning hikes, and sunlight to spare this Memorial Day. Here’s stuff we’re smoking, from our most popular stores.
Popular strains
Strains that sit in VIP like Apple Fritter, Kush Mints, Permanent Marker
Top AZ weed brands
Wyld, Jeeter, Stiiizy, OGeez!, Canamo, Select oil, Savvy, Mfused
Popular AZ stores
Sticky Saguaro, JARS Cannabis, tru | med, Green Pharms, Herbal Wellness Center, Nirvana Center
Leafly staff picks
Potent Planet brand Tricho Jordan #23
Connected brand Lemonatti, or Gelonade flower for summer citrus dankness.
Legends flower Motor Breath—Affordable Chemdog x SFV OG for a classic smoke.
Gron 3:1 CBG edibles—When you went too hard at the gym, perfect for taming the soreness without getting so high you can’t function. CBG doesn’t get you high. It actually might help tame THC, while also having healing effects.
Timeless vapes Blue Dream—The low-stakes Modelo Especial of vapes goes perfect with cookouts.
See also: Tru | Med Zoap, Sherbanger OG live resin batter, Pure gummies Watermelon sativa, Dutchie 0.5-gram pre-roll 6-pack, Cookies Apples & Bananas preroll
Illinois
Trending strains
Terp leaders like Lemon Cherry Gelato, Cereal Milk, Gush Mints.
Top brands
Aeriz, Revolution Cannabis, Daze Off, Grassroots Cannabis, Cresco
Popular IL stores
Terrace Cannabis, EarthMed (Addison), Star Buds, Verilife (Galena)
Leafly staff picks
Floracal Jealousy live rosin badder—The live rosin wave is hitting Illinois and the price is steep. But if you want to dab the best in class Leafly Strain of the Year 2022, pony up.
Royal Tree King Louis OG—This King delivers some price relief among the punishing prices of Illinois.
Florida
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Popular strains
Florida keeps it classic with Biscotti, GG4, and Blue Dream.
Top brands
Select, Curaleaf, Jam Extracts, Greenlane
Texas
Prohibition states get high, too. Here’s what’s hot in the Lone Star State. Just mind your Ps and Qs.
Popular strains
GG4, Runtz, Blue Dream
New York
Popular strains
Popular NY stores
The Lab Dispensary, Pipekeepers, Housing Works, Verilife (Amherst), Sesh NYC (Delivery Only), Basom Bud Depot
Top brands
Lemonnade, Packwoods, Cookies, Tyson 2.0, matter.
Leafly staff picks
LUCI Dream Queen Hash Hole preroll—A quality preroll crafted with care and loaded with headstash rosin, perfect for a day at the park with fellow cannasseurs. Flavor and potency in spades.
Lost Farm Dragonfruit x Frose Live Resin gummies—East and West coasts collide with Kiva brand Lost Farm’ dragonfruit-flavored gummies. Every bite is euphoria for both tastebuds and brain.
New Jersey
Popular strains
Top NJ brands
Ozone, Verano, Kind Tree Cannabis, Airo Brands, Wana Brands, Rythm, Cookies
Popular Jersey stores
NJ Leaf URB’N, Hello High, Curaleaf (Bellmawr), Earth & Ivy
Staff picks
Prolific Grow House brand P-Funk—New Jersey flower so fine you’ll learn to roll joints, instead of hit prerolls all the time. A new era of craft cannabis is dawning on the East Coast.
Cookies brand Mexican Flan
Binske Tangerine Twist
Rythm Xeno flower
Massachusetts
Trending strains
Apple Fritter, Durban Poison, Super Boof
Top brands of Mass
High Supply, Betty’s Eddies, Good Chemistry, Nature’s Heritage
Popular MA stores
Cosmopolitan, Garden Wonders, Ideal Craft, Zyp Run (delivery), Doobie Delivery, Rolling Releaf
Leafly staff picks of MA
Freshly Baked Northern Lights cart—This cart helps with sleep. For a weekend daytime, buzz all-in-one in summer-ready strains like Acapulco Gold, Pineapple Express, or Blue Dream.
Middlesex Integrative Medicine—Frozen Lemons diamonds extract
Maine
Popular strains
Super Boof, Sour Diesel, Ice Cream Cake
Top ME brands
Lemonnade, Seaweed Co, Highbrow, Mighty Viking, The Maine Lab, Green Xtrax
Popular ME stores
The Great Atlantic Puffin Company, Silver Therapeutics, Safe Alternatives
Nevada
Popular strains:
Wedding Cake, Permanent Marker, Biscotti
Top NV brands
Stiiizy, Wyld, Rove, Cannavative, Kynd, Srene
Staff picks
Dogwalkers 5-pack—In Las Vegas, these Dogwalkers are great for a short session, just like when you’re walking your pup. Smoking them supports animal resuces, and the swag is cool.
Maryland
Trending strains
Lemon Cherry Gelato, Wedding Cake, Hash Burger
Top MD brands
Strane, District, Rythm, Airo, Verano, SunMed Growers
Popular MD stores
Trilogy Wellness, Greenwave, Green Labs, Greenlight
Staff picks of MD
Garcia Hand Picked Highland OG—Keeps it classic.
Fade Co Mule Fuel—For that more savory kick.
Curie Wellness LA Kush Cake pre-roll—Works surprising well on date night.
Curio Chews “Oh” Bedroom Berry—Backup for the LA Kush Cake.
Strane live resin Juicee J cart—For that zaza on the go.
SunMed Pineapple x Geasae Monkey live resin batter
Michigan
Trending strains
Super Boof, Permanent Marker, Cadillac Rainbow
Top brands of the Mitt
Wyld, Stiiizy, MKX Oil co, Platinum Vape, Cannalicious, Kiva Camino
Popular MI stores
Green Labs Provision, House of Dank (Center Line, Fort St.), Nature’s Remedy (Ferndale), Boreal Cannabis
Missouri
Trending MO strains
Top MO brands
Illicit, Keef Brands, Vivid, Head Change, Rove, Good Day Farm, Airo
Popular MO stores
Flora Farms (Stateline), Greenlight Dispensary (Stateline), The Forest (Kansas City), From the Earth (Westside)
New Mexico
Trending NM strains
Runtz, Gary Payton, GMO Cookies
Top NM brands
Wyld, Airo, Fiore, Bloom Brand, Cheeba Chews, Wana Brands
Popular NM stores
Dark Matter (Sundland Park), Top Crop (Las Cruces), The Grass Station, Pecos Valley Production, Amnesia, The Bad Company
And that’s a good place to start shopping for an epic Memorial Day stash.
Rest in peace to all of America’s fallen warriors, and may their relatives know peace.
