“Upon my first inhale, I could tell the joint was going to burn well. ”

Normally, I’m not big on infused joints. I find they’re overpriced, burn poorly, and generally contain a lower quality combination of flower and concentrate as opposed to a simple, top-shelf pre-roll.

However, the night before I tried Sublime’s Fuzzies Infused Pre-rolls in Indica OG Kush, I stared at the ceiling of my bedroom until 2 AM. The night I tried Sublime’s Fuzzies Infused Pre-rolls in Indica OG Kush, I was out by 11 PM. Needless to say that in times like these, they’re a fucking godsend.

It was a Tuesday evening. I’d been working all day, juggling eleven impending deadlines with two venti cold brews and a general sense of panic. Working for yourself is scary, especially in cannabis media, which exists in a constant state of flux and crisis. Though work was going well, few positions are more dispensable than a freelance writer, and the dread of evaporating publications and fired editor contacts exist as a daily reality in this economic climate. My anxiety flared over nothing in particular, coursing through my body like gasoline. I just wanted to chill.

The little black box housing Sublime’s Infused Indica Pre-rolls, sized at a matchbox and a half, read Fuzzies. Under that, “hand-rolled and bold,” which I thought was cool because I love hand-rolled pre-rolls. They burn better.

Immediately upon sliding back the lid, I was struck by the hand-hewn quality of the pre-rolls. The joints were clearly rolled by hand as advertised, each slightly different from the next. The concentrate appeared to be painted on with a paintbrush, extending with the kief into the long, hand-twisted tip of the sizable mini joint.

As I wasn’t familiar with the brand, a quick google search told me that Sublime is a white-label brand that partners with California farms to create and distribute award-winning pre-rolls (the Fuzzies line), cartridges and edibles. Each of these infused joints is made with top-shelf flower mixed with extract, rolled in oil, and then rolled in kief. While also available in king size, the mini pack spreads 2.4g of cannabis into three pre-rolls, and each size is available in 5 varieties, including CBD. This particular pack, the OG Kush Indica variety, has a total of 27.1% THC.

“The attention to detail in constructing these pre-rolls is not lost on someone like me who tries mostly everything that hits the market. ”

Upon my first inhale, I could tell the joint was going to burn well. Infused joints often burn wonky, canoe, don’t produce smoke or fail to burn at all. Halfway through a perfect burn, I was sure that this was the best experience I’ve ever had with an infused joint. The attention to detail in constructing these pre-rolls is not lost on someone like me who tries mostly everything that hits the market. Pre-rolls suck a lot of the time, often being a sort of Trojan horse for shitty trim or mechanically-ground trash. These represent the opposite of that tricky end of the weed world, which is dope.

While they don’t smell like much, the flavor was interesting, sort of like a spiced cider of some kind that immediately made me think of Christmas. Calm, euphoric, uplifted, the high hit hard and fast. I immediately felt the post-work, too much caffeine jitters begin to melt away. While the high from infused products can sometimes be overwhelming, these were very chill. Upbeat yet calm, euphoric but not couch locky. Really, really great. About halfway through the joint, I got hungry for the first time that day.

In an era that’ll surely be characterized in history by chaos, collective anxiety, and with any luck, cultural rebirth, it’s been a blessing to find a product that can cut through the tangibly tense energy radiating among us. Shelter from the storm can come in many forms, even little fuzzy ones.