Grass, Glass, and Gear: Las Vegas Champs Trade Show 2017

The Champs trade show held this week in Las Vegas was an absolute blast, at least for most. A premier counter-culture event held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the long-running trade show provides head shops, dispensaries, and other 420-retailers their seasonal supply of bongs, oil rigs, assorted paraphernalia, and alternative lifestyle attire. While there’s no weed at the show, recreational marijuana dispensaries in Las Vegas are alive and well.

With recreational marijuana now legal in Nevada, this week’s event hosted more than 420 vendors under the convention center’s massive roof. Featuring artisan glassblowers demonstrating their craft, this year’s industry-centric trade show had a little something for everyone.

On a personal mission to pick up a few new strains for review in Las Vegas, I stopped by the Champs show to covet what I can’t afford.

Below are just a few of the highlights from the 2017 Champs event.

Making the job of rolling a perfect cone-shaped joint as simple as 1,2,3, Futurola was hard to miss at this year’s event. Located up-front and center, Futurola’s presentation was high-tech and helpful for…