16 cannabis lifestyle trends that helped define 2016

You could call it the year of the cannabis consumer: retailers finally focus on UX, celebrities cater to enthusiasts, media outlets clamor for attention and a more refined world of edibles and concentrates has emerged.

Winding down a year that most would describe as soul-sucking, the ongoing progress of marijuana legalization and exploding growth of the cannabis industry are two of the few things keeping us cautiously hopeful as we head into 2017. It’s already been called the year of Greenery, after all, so we’re off to a promising start. But let’s take a moment to mark the monumental strides for marijuana in the past twelve months. Here, we present the 16 biggest cannabis lifestyle trends that defined 2016:

1. Celebrity strains

With Marley NaturalWillie’s Reserve and Leafs by Snoop serving as pioneers early in legalization, star-backed cannabis brands blossomed this year. Several Colorado cannabis businesses have staked...

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