Sol Flower Blog

Category: culture

Meet Justin Cue, General Manager of Sol Flower Tempe

Justin Cue was born in Winslow, Arizona, but raised in the Midwest, giving him a unique perspective on the cannabis industry and attitude of his home state. He’s been the General Manager of Sol Flower Sun City since March, meaning he was faced with unforeseen challenges right away in creating a safe in-store experience for patients, and just recently moved into a General Manager role at the Tempe location. We chatted with Justin about what makes the west coast unique, what makes cannabis different than coffee and how Sol Flower busts common myths about what a dispensary should be.

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Our Favorite Fall Hikes Now That We’re on the Other Side of Summer

The cure for all your cooped-upedness is finally here. After a record-setting number of days over 100 degrees in the Valley, fall temps have decided to make their fashionable late entrance and beckon us all outside. There’s no denying the psychological pull of the great outdoors, and there’s actually surprising science behind it: getting out for a hike, or going camping, actually makes us feel more connected to other people and our fundamental need to find community.

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Can Cannabis Help Open Up Your Yoga Practice?

Namastoke everyone, and welcome to the benefits of pairing cannabis with yoga. Grab your mat and your bud and meet us with an open mind. Yoga has been practiced for centuries to alleviate stress, reduce physical pain and awaken the body and mind to new experiences. Sounds familiar, right? And while yoga is designed to produce a “natural high” when done right, that doesn’t mean you can’t enhance its best attributes through medication with cannabis. 

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Concentrate real hard: it’s 710!

Profundities run rampant in cannabis culture. Ordinary items, songs, locations, even numbers often take on new, deeper meanings when examined through a danker lens. Surely it took a deeply philosophical mind under the thrall of freshly-torched shatter to look at today’s date on the calendar, imagine it inverted, and marvel at the waxy serendipity of what was taking place.

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Do you know the true origin of 4/20?

Today is 4/20, also known as the high holy day of the cannabis calendar. In any normal year we’d see weed parties and backyard smokeouts aplenty, mixed in with peaceful protests from groups seeking to legalize marijuana in their state or nation.

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5 Strains Perfect For Some Extended Alone Time

The world may be on edge right now, but we’re over here putting our energy toward ways to make it through. As we become better acquainted than ever with our couches and kitchens, maintaining a sense of calm and focusing on our collective well-being are taking top priority. This too shall pass!

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7 Strains for the Mom Staying at Home

What to get for the mom who has everything? You know, the aches and pains, mild anxiety, and inflammation from all those years of tending to your every need and loving you with her whole body and soul. There are lots of reasons she deserves to feel good this year, not the least of which is all that time she’s having to spend cooped up at home. If your mom is a cannabis patient, we have 7 Strains that double as great Mother’s Day gift ideas for the woman who means so much to you.

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