Rooted In
Need to improve your sleep? Calm your ADHD partner? Help your mother-in-law find natural pain relief? Rooted In can do all these things in a quick store visit. Its budtenders will explain the different effects of edible gummies, tinctures, and pre-rolls, imparting so much wisdom that you’ll leave a cannabis pro. 331 Newbury St., Boston, MA 02116, rootedinroxbury.com.
Happy Valley
Cannabis newbies, have no fear: The knowledgeable “hosts” inside Happy Valley will help you find exactly what you’re after. We went in for something to help us sleep and left with fast-acting grape bedtime gummies made with THC and CBN — plus a package of blueberry-lemonade “fruit drops” just for fun. Even better: Everything from the flower to the edibles is grown and made in Happy Valley’s on-site manufacturing facility. A happy place, indeed. 38 Great Republic Dr., Gloucester, MA 01930, happyvalley.org.
Bud's Goods & Provisions
Bud’s’ Abington location puts on quite the show: Designed like an old-school movie theater (complete with a ticket window, concession stand, and marquee), the dispensary will have you passing on popcorn in favor of high-quality cannabis. And with the opening of its own packaging and automation facility in Lakeville last year, the company is developing new products faster than ever (see one of its latest creations, “Firecrackers by Bud’s,” a five-pack of pre-rolls infused with THCa diamonds). It’s a smash hit. 1540 Bedford St., Abington, MA 02351, budsgoods.com/abington.