Alive and Kicking is making the smoothest and most aesthetically pleasing pre-rolls on the market. But get this, their main line of products isn’t THC-rich, its CBD-rich hemp. I’ve been smoking cannabis, eating cannabis, and drinking cannabis recreationally for years now and it is ridiculous to me now how I’ve never considered CBD to even be effective. For a time, the THC percentage was all I cared about. It’s all that’s on the packages, it’s the main thing that’s advertised on almost all medical marijuana products. But, it isn’t all about THC and it took me quite some time to understand it completely. Trust me when I say this but CBD can actually help you get higher. It’s practically a proven fact that CBD-rich cannabis,can potentiate THC-rich cannabis. Potentiate means increasing the power, effect, or likelihood of something happening. Everything within cannabis, the plant, the terpenes, THC, and CBD, combine for an “entourage effect”. Meaning that having the proper ratios of everything found within regularly grown cannabis, leads to stronger effects. So CBD can increase the effectiveness of your high but it can also calm it down.
I love how cannabis is now, but we have to admit that as THC percentages go up, CBD percentages go down, and with this trend, we’re increasingly going down a rabbit hole of “Who can get the highest?” without considering the side effects. You know the sleepy, tired, groggy feeling that cannabis can give after smoking? The good ol’ 5-hour de-energy? It’s kind of crazy but what if you could just eliminate that, by smoking CBD with your THC? CBD inhibits “THC-elicited paranoid symptoms and hippocampal-dependent memory impairment”. CBD is essential in cannabis and a lack of it is part of the reason why some people get groggy or “weed hangovers”. What if you could smoke prerolls that could potentially get you higher and still be alive and kicking?
In comes the 2:1 CBD to THC pre-rolls and the full CBD Hemp pre rolls from Alive & Kicking. These are what converted me to adding CBD products into my daily smoking habits. They’re smooth, perfectly portioned, burn slow for their size, and they’re a great value buy for a pre roll package.
Alive & Kicking 2:1 CBD to THC pre rolls come in a pink sealed bag, and I appreciate the seal because it means it’s kept fresh and at a good humidity. One of the things I hated the most about CBD flower, as someone who primarily smoked THC-rich flowers, was that the CBD was normally dryer. I don’t get that at all here. The biggest downside to smoking pre rolls from the dispensary is the freshness. You never really know how fresh tasting the roll will be, and the fact that most of these prerolls aren’t stored how loose bud is, concerns me as a heavy smoker. I want to taste my cannabis when I inhale, but if I have to choose between tasting old, dried, improperly stored bud then I’d rather just not smoke at all.
Before I switched to cannabis, I was smoking nicotine death sticks by the pack, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss the feel of a Camel Blue. This preroll fooled me into feeling like I had an actual cigarette in my hand, but I knew what I had was much healthier. It had a dry herb smell but it was also a little fragrant. My first hit, I thought nothing special. I was skeptical and I absolutely hate being proven wrong, to the point where I’ll try to actively deny things. My next few hits? Loved it. Nothing else like it. I didn’t even realize how much I was enjoying just sitting there relaxing. I was getting high, but it also felt as if a wave just flowed from the top to the bottom of my body. It was weird feeling like my head was clear and not slightly muddled. It’s not something you always notice when you’re high, the fact that your mind feels a bit bogged down and a bit slower.
A huge design plus about the Alive & Kicking 2:1 CBD-THC pre rolls is their sizes. Most dispensaries sell their pre rolls in either the half gram to a full gram.These pre rolls however come in packages of 4.20 grams a carton, .3 grams per roll. Most cigarette-styled joints don’t burn for very long and quite frankly, burn unevenly which ruins the experience significantly. However the Alive & Kicking CBD Hemp pre rolls and their 2:1 CBD THC pre roll counterpart don’t have that problem. The flower is keefy, and produces thick resin while burning evenly which is a sign of quality bud. . They last just about as long as a normal cigarette and they have a great filter that keeps the smoke from being too harsh. It also had incredibly white ash, and it was definitely the flower inside not just the paper
Aside from not feeling a psychoactive-high, there’s practically no difference in terms of burn time and smoothness between the 2:1 pre rolls and the CBD Hemp pre rolls and that’s consistency. These products are truly a curated experience. The idea of a preroll looking like a traditional cigarette isn’t new, but these pre-rolls from Alive and Kicking innovate. I’m not too keen on most pre rolls that look like cigarettes. A lot of them burn way too quickly, like gone in one hit type of quickly. Sure, these pre-rolls from Alive and Kicking don’t burn for 5 minutes, but for their size they last much longer than other similar products. In fact, these last about the same length as a cigarette. All of these features are examples of attention to detail and genuine interest in the product’s creation and this brand is on fire in those categories.
Finding this brand and smoking their products has been one of the more enjoyable experiences for me in my time as a canna-consumer. As someone who was incredibly skeptical about many products in the legal/medical marijuana industry, this brand has proved to me that there is still integrity and quality products being served. The medical marijuana industry as it stands may not have the best reputation amongst a lot of older stoners, but Alive & Kicking may just be one of the brands leading the way in both simple innovation and quality/integrity. Each of their products from the CBD-rich hemp prerolls, to the 2:1 CBD-THC ratio prerolls, to their pure THC prerolls. It’s been extremely consistent and quality every time and I don’t imagine they’ll let up any time soon.