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Bring Back Weed Spots

“What’s being sold today is not natural and lobbyists and industry are using social justice as a smoke screen so that they can get richer.”
— Ben Cort, TED Talks

From hip-hop quotable to conversation piece, the 'Bring Back Weed Spots' hoodie is a commentary on a rapidly commercialized industry built by a criminalized counter-culture ethos.

Where the first season of this limited released served to facilitate dialog, this second installment doubles down in expanding the reach. Often excluded from the well oiled push and gains of legal cannabis are the industry's exploits. Unnatural and poorly regulated cultivation methods center profit margins over people's needs.

This limited drop features a premium luxury hooded sweatshirt with high thread count satin embroidery avalable in 2 iconic color-ways. Your new favorite hoodie is this comfortable, heavy weight garment at 32 ounces, made with certified organic cotton, free of toxic chemicals or dyes and sourced responsibly.

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“To say we have legalized weed is subtly misleading. We have commercialized THC.”
— Ben Cort, TED Talks

Legalization's financial windfall is dressed in a distorted campaign of equity and decriminalization that hides money grabs and often, an uptick in disparate applications of punitive laws.

Plainly put I’m distrustful. Watching the new cannabis market place operate similarly to the commercial processed food industry makes me yearn for a simpler time. Mom and Pop grow operations and brands still exist but they suffer going against corporate sized operations. States have cashed in and economized legality and still profit from arrest rates. Commercially processed and unnaturally enhanced products are marketed to the poor and set up predominantly in urban areas with minority populations. Licensing and expungement have also shown to come with more than advertised consequences.

So what’s a “weed spot?”…

A “weed spot” was a place where cannabis could be found — often quietly, often through word of mouth. For decades, and still in many parts of the United States, access to cannabis has existed under the shadow of prohibition. An underground economy persisted despite aggressive criminalization that disproportionately targeted communities while medical and social research continued to support legalization.

Before legalization became state-regulated business, even medical classification of cannabis was restricted. Still, people found ways to build systems of trust — between growers, sellers, and consumers — to protect their needs and maintain access.

The weed spot wasn’t just about the product. It was about community, discretion, and trust.

Bring back knowing where it comes from.
Bring back trusting who you get it from.
Bring back weed spots.

Cavalier

Bring Back Weed Spots

produced by ahwlee
feat lojii, Quelle Chris & more

 

“The so-called jazz hip hop movement
is about bringing jazz back to the streets. It got taken away, made
into some elite, sophisticated music. It’s bringing jazz back where it
belongs.”
— Guru, VIBE Magazine (1994)

I come from an era where cannabis consumption meant risking one’s freedom. I come from an era where we joked wantonly about whether or not the former President “inhaled” and the only thing being dispensed in the hood was the uneven heavy hand of the law. From praying practitioner to provider, from occasional consumer to straight up buddha heads, pre-legal cannabis was inserted in nearly every aspect of American pop culture.

Now, as we grow further tolerant to the sting of gentrification, former “stop and frisk” hubs of mass incarceration are now tourist fodder and adult disney-fied canna-tourist stops. Until we can openly and truthfully acknowledge the mass incarceration of members of our community, the inequity of access to the cannabis economy and the issues with full state control… I say we need to “bring back weed spots”.

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lagniappe

/ˈlanˌyap,ˌlanˈyap/
noun

  1. a small gift given to a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase

    broadly : something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure

    American French, from American Spanish la ñapa the lagniappe, from la + ñapa, yapa, from Quechua yapa something added

The first season of the Bring Back Weed Spots hoodie drop came with a few surprises. The second release continues the tradition.

Included with every hoodie purchase (while supplies last) is a custom Bic lighter featuring illustrations from the artwork of the accompanying EP. Each lighter highlights members of the project’s creative circle — Cavalier, lojii, Quelle Chris, and ahwlee.

Also included are all-natural organic hemp rolling papers by OMS Organics. Each booklet contains 32 papers made with 100% Arabic gum for a clean, natural smoking experience.

OMS Organics

OMS (On My Soul) Organics was founded by Isaac “Lord Haiti” Johnson, who launched the brand in 2020 with a mission to create high-quality organic hemp products and push the rolling paper industry forward for a new generation.

Beyond local Chicago dispensaries, OMS products were embraced across the culture — appearing alongside artists and voices including Curren$y, Lupe Fiasco, and members of the cast of the television series Power Book IV: Force.

We’re proud to include OMS in this release while honoring the creative spirit and legacy of Lord Haiti.