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New Mexico
Weed Guide
News, reviews, and field notes from the state where the chile is hot and the flower is hotter. Made in NM. Run on coffee and 575.
Policy
What the 2026 NM retail caps actually mean for your local dispensary
The Cannabis Control Division dropped fresh language this spring and your neighborhood shop has been quietly losing sleep over it. Here's what changed, what didn't, and what to actually watch.
Review · 4.2/5
Verdes Foundation — the ABQ dispensary that thinks it's a gallery
Sun-bleached parking lot off Coors. You walk in expecting another fluorescent retail experience and instead get clean walls, a real receptionist, and a menu that knows what it is.
Scene
Balloon Fiesta and edibles: an unscientific field guide
It's October. It's 5 a.m. You're standing in a field outside ABQ in a hoodie. You ate a 10mg gummy 40 minutes ago because someone told you to. Here is what's about to happen to you.
Pairings
Green chile and cannabis pairings (yes, really)
If you have lived in New Mexico for more than six months you have already done this on accident. Here is the version where we do it on purpose.
Review · 3.8/5
Pecos Valley Production, Roswell — Alien OG, naturally
The single most on-brand strain purchase in New Mexico. Alien OG, sold in Roswell, by a long-running NM operator. The cosmic-tourism alignment is almost too perfect to also be good. But it is. Mostly.
Road Trip
Santa Fe to Taos with a pre-roll in your pocket
The drive between Santa Fe and Taos is the most photographed 70 miles in New Mexico. Here is the pre-roll-in-your-pocket etiquette so you can enjoy it without ending the day talking to a State Police officer.
Latest News
All news → Policy
What the 2026 NM retail caps actually mean for your local dispensary
The Cannabis Control Division dropped fresh language this spring and your neighborhood shop has been quietly losing sleep over it. Here's what changed, what didn't, and what to actually watch.
Scene
Balloon Fiesta and edibles: an unscientific field guide
It's October. It's 5 a.m. You're standing in a field outside ABQ in a hoodie. You ate a 10mg gummy 40 minutes ago because someone told you to. Here is what's about to happen to you.
Reviews on deck
All reviews → Review · 4.2/5
Verdes Foundation — the ABQ dispensary that thinks it's a gallery
Sun-bleached parking lot off Coors. You walk in expecting another fluorescent retail experience and instead get clean walls, a real receptionist, and a menu that knows what it is.
Review · 3.8/5
Pecos Valley Production, Roswell — Alien OG, naturally
The single most on-brand strain purchase in New Mexico. Alien OG, sold in Roswell, by a long-running NM operator. The cosmic-tourism alignment is almost too perfect to also be good. But it is. Mostly.