Above the Roots

09/04/2026

We have been short staffed so we will be closing at 5pm today to give poor Taylor a break!

See everyone tomorrow at 10am!

08/27/2026

✨ ONE DAY ONLY: THE RETURN OF MEGAN ✨

She’s back. She’s caffeinated. She remembers where (most) things are. 😂🌿

Megan is coming out of retirement to hold down the fort today while Salem recovers from surgery!

Stop by Above the Roots and give our special guest employee a hard time. 💚😂

08/17/2026

Update!

We are all still at appointments.. we are hoping to be done and open by 1pm!

We are so sorry about this!

08/17/2026

Everyone has appointments this morning, but don’t you worry.

We will be open, just at 12pm instead of 10am.

See you around lunch time! 😀

08/07/2026

Are they using children to justify prohibition?

Sen. Ted Budd says pediatric cannabis "poisonings" have increased 461% since 2018 and that Congress must eliminate the h**p loophole.

Let's add some context.

First, "poisoning" is a medical term. It does NOT mean children are dying. The overwhelming majority of children who accidentally ingest THC gummies recover, even if some require emergency treatment or overnight observation.

Second, parents have a responsibility to keep potentially dangerous substances away from children. Kids are hospitalized every year after getting into prescription medications, alcohol, ni****ne products, household cleaners, laundry detergent pods, and countless other hazardous items. We don't generally respond by banning those products.

Third, if the concern is that gummies look like candy, there are policy options besides prohibition:
• Child-resistant packaging
• Clear warning labels
• Restrictions on marketing that appeals to children
• Secure storage education
• Enforcement against companies that ignore safety standards

Instead, some lawmakers are using these statistics to argue for recriminalizing or severely restricting h**p-derived cannabis products.

Meanwhile, alcohol—which causes roughly 178,000 deaths every year in the United States and sends countless children and adults to emergency rooms—remains legal.

Protecting children is a legitimate public health goal. Using children as the primary political justification for expanding prohibition is a different question altogether.

The real debate isn't whether accidental THC exposures have increased—they have. The debate is whether the solution is better regulation and responsible storage or a return to prohibition.

What do you think? Should Congress focus on child safety regulations, or is this really about rolling back legal cannabis and h**p products?

Gaston County Community Talk

08/05/2026

WE DID IT! 🎉

But the fight is not over. We have seen this before where they table it until the hype dies down and then secretly bring it back before anyone can rally against it again.

DO NOT STOP.

Email your representatives of the house OVER AND OVER AGAIN!!!

We can block this ban. 👏

https://www.wral.com/news/nccapitol/north-carolina -house-returns-with-h**p-ban-election-bill-looming/

Republicans in the N.C. House of Representatives were prepared to vote on a bill banning nearly all h**p products. But they shelved those plans Tuesday after hundreds of protesters swarmed the legislature and reached out with phone calls and emails.