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In anticipation of the 4/20 holiday season, Little Village recommends some friendly hemp-based and cannabis-inspired products from some of our local buds.

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eco-lips

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Eco Lips Hemp USDA Certified Organic Lip Balm

Find it: at New Pioneer Co-op
Buy it: $3.69

When the munchies strike, the New Pioneer Co-op is a safe place to score some ethical snacks, as well as offering dank hemp lip balm. Try the Eco Lips hemp lip balm with Certified Organic Manitoba Harvest hemp seed oil; it retails for $3.69. Eco Lips is an Eastern Iowa homegrown affair, and theyโ€™ve been handcrafting sustainable organic lip care products in Cedar Rapids since the 1990s.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=”” el_id=””][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]

candle

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Head Shop Soy Candle

Find it: at Revival 119
Buy it: $18

Cannabis is a known sensory enhancer, so why not bathe your olfactories in the heady whiff of an ashram? You can make that happen with Head Shop nag champa-scented candle from Revival 119. The organic soy and nag champa oil candle is hand-poured locally by Ty Bramwell of Ebb & Flow. Head Shop retails for $18, with a burn time of 48โ€“50 hours, so that means plenty of chill for your buck.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=”” el_id=””][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]

wick

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Beeline Hemp Wick & Montana Beeswax Wicks

Find ’em: at The Konnexion
Buy ’em: $2-$25

Nothing can harsh your mellow like the taste of a butane lighter. Thankfully, the Konnexion offers two different brands of organic beeswaxed hemp wicks (Bee Line of Hawaii and a homegrown from Ryan in Montana). A heady gift for that special bud.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=”” el_id=””][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]

soap

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Dope on a Rope

Find it: at White Rabbit
Buy it: $10 $6

Our friends at White Rabbit have their sale shelves packed with plenty of hemp-themed nuggets. The Dope on a Rope hemp oil soap, is a favorite. Weโ€™re especially big fans of the pungent strain of Northern Lights (eucalyptus peppermint) hanging in the Little Village office showers.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=”” el_id=””][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]

sweats

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Pot Leaf Sweatpants & Sweatshorts

Find ’em: at Revival 119
Buy ’em: $28-$32

Why not celebrate the 4/20 holiday couch-locked at home, snuggled up with some Cool Ranch Doritos, watching Pineapple Express, while decked out in these comfy Ellie & Kate pot leaf print sweats from Revival. The pants are yours for $32 while the shorts sell for $28.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=”” el_id=””][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]

raw

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Raw Natural Unrefined Hemp Rolling Papers

Find ’em: at The Konnexion
Buy ’em: $2.25-$5

Nearly all combustible material will release carcinogenic compounds once burned, but if youโ€™re interested in an organic or ethical way of inhaling said compounds, then perhaps Rawโ€™s organic hemp rolling papers are for you. Each paper is made of raw, organic, unbleached hemp. Smoke may be dirty but at least your conscious will be clean.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=”” el_id=””][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]

pot-hat

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Pot Leaf Hat

Find it: at White Rabbit
Buy it: $20 $10

Some people wear hats to let you know that theyโ€™re Cubs fans, others wear hats to let you know that they want to โ€œMake America Great Againโ€ (are they inferring that America isnโ€™t great right now? How unpatriotic). Well why not wear this heady marijuana leaf-print hat available from White Rabbit, declaring your allegiance as fan of the Green Team.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=”” el_id=””][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]

earings

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Gold-Plated Pot Leaf Earrings & Necklace

Find ’em: at Revival
Buy ’em: $14-$18

Revival features their own line of jewelry too, including these dank pieces of cannabis-inspired bling. Rock the necklace for $18 or a pair of the earrings for $14.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]

This article was originally published in Little Village issue 197.

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Tim Taranto is a writer and artist from New York. He is a graduate of Cornell University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He advocates taking ones bloated nothingness out of the path of the divine circuits.

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