Jars is among the newest pot shops to open in Lansing as the industry blossoms across the region.

Over the last few weeks, cannabis concentrates have found a special place in my heart. With THC percentages well above 60%, they’re usually an incredibly efficient way to smoke. Just a few dabs will usually do the trick. My only complaint: It takes too much effort to use a blow torch.

If this column has taught me anything in recent weeks, it’s that Lansing has plenty of premium pot and that I probably smoke far too much of it for my own good. But we can’t leave out the peripheral side of the industry that has long been in place before weed was legal: head shops. 

I was skeptical when Greater Lansing’s largest pot producer launched its new marijuana brand called “Two Joints” earlier this year.

There have been plenty of potent pot products featured in this review in recent months. This week, we turn to the opposite end of the spectrum: The lowest-dose edibles available on Lansing’s recreational market. With 2.5 mg of THC in each of these tangy little mints, you’d need to gobble down the whole bottle to match the THC of a standard pot brownie. 

Warning: Crunch Berries seems to be a creeper. Despite clocking in at among the higher THC percentages available on the local market last week, this strain didn’t hit me very quickly. Rather, it seemed to work more in the background — increasing in potency about an hour after I smoked it. 

OG Kush and I go way back. It was among the first strains I’ve had the pleasure of smoking and it has long been a staple in my go-to cannabis lineup. When I saw it’s glitzy younger brother — Platinum OG Kush — in stock at Skymint, I had to give it a shot. And I almost forgot that I did. 

I couldn’t let this weekly weed review guide go on for too much longer without including some of the delicious, cannabis-infused edibles rapidly finding their way to the Lansing marijuana scene. They usually make for a longer lasting, stronger and more complex sort of buzz. They’re also less intimidating to the uninitiated smoker, and tend to taste much (much) better than a blunt.