By James Bridges
If I were needing to choose what to put into my lungs on a day like today it would be Pink Runtz grown by Megalodon Cannabis. Their true organic growing techniques burst through the terps.
But that sentence isn’t really about weed. It’s about discernment.
There was a time I would’ve smoked whatever was closest. Whatever was hyped. Whatever had the loudest bag appeal and the slickest marketing. I’ve burned through enough jars in this industry to know the difference now. You can taste integrity. You can taste shortcuts too. And you sure as hell can feel the difference.
Pink Runtz has become one of those names that gets thrown around like a punchline. Candy strain. Instagram strain. Pretty but shallow. And a lot of it is. A lot of it smells like sugar and disappointment. Sometimes when I smoke the “za” I feel I should be in a clown suit. So I get the weirdness…
Megalodon’s cut doesn’t.
When I cracked the jar, it didn’t just smell sweet. It smelled alive. There’s a difference. The fruit is there, sure. That creamy candy note that makes people chase the name. But underneath it is earth. A little funk. A little gas. This plant actually had time to become itself, organically. Not rushed.
It’s not a buzzword when you can feel it in the burn. Organic smoke doesn’t scrape. It doesn’t collapse into ash instantly. It carries flavor all the way through like it has structure. Like the soil mattered. Like the grower wasn’t in a rush to get paid. Like the grower had been there a time or two.
The high didn’t smack me. It settled in. And that’s what I respect about it most.
It didn’t hijack the day. It made me more present in it.
There’s a quiet confidence to this Pink Runtz. No circus tricks. No race to the ceiling. Just a steady, grounded elevation. Creative without chaos. Relaxed without surrender. Imagine reflecting on a topic rather than continuing to doom scroll. That’s what it’s like.
Maybe that’s why it hits different right now.
We’re in a season where everything feels loud.
Politicians loud. Markets loud. Opinions loud. The cannabis industry itself feels like it’s constantly trying to outshout itself. Sometimes even off itself…
This weed didn’t.
It reminded me that good cultivation still exists. That patience still matters. That you can build something slow and let it speak for itself.
Pink Runtz from Megalodon Cannabis doesn’t need help stretching. The terps announce it. The burn confirms it. The effect finishes the conversation.
Some days you want fireworks.
Some days you want something real.
Today felt like real…

