Many of us regularly enjoy the benefits of cannabis; there is however a subset of smokers who made marijuana consumption a lifestyle – this is the stoner.

The dictionary describes the stoner as: “a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.”

Un-affectionately stereotyped as a burnout, unmotivated and empty headed, the stoner has courageously blazed an invisible trail for what we are seeing happen today. It’s no doubt that we are here, able to enjoy all the great things marijuana has to offer because of the stoner, the risk they took, and the rules they broke with their own reputations at stake. 

In other words, stoners didn’t care, and believe it or not we could learn something from them.

They are a group of modern day renegades and trailblazers, which today are those who turn their back on societal standards in exchange for a better relationship with life. It’s a familiar mindset that threads through the stories of heroes from all around the world. 

As I mentioned earlier, for a stoner, smoking weed is a way of life. From smoking rituals that seem almost sacred to mystifying musings on the everyday happenings around us, the stoner lifestyle is rich, authentic, kind and best of all hilarious. It is also here, amongst these beautiful people that feels like home.

Now, as a budtender in the industry, I’m on a fast pace course on all there is to know about marijuana, and it’s the stoners that are my favorite part. It feels good to be true and to be introduced to many different people from all walks of life all banded together over one thing – our love for smoking. I was totally inspired by the bonds of friendship and community that I saw developing. Kush Lyfe is a celebration of this adventurous lifestyle through the classic hippie values of peace, love, and happiness, the audacity of the underground world of renegades, to the surrealism of the socially acceptable era.