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We’re only a few weeks into winter. Yes, it’s true—it feels like it’s been winter forever. But it’s only just begun. Many of us at The Stranger battle the monocloud with regular infusions of dopamine—by way of THC—into our bloodstreams. There are so many different ways to use weed to survive winter that we’ve created this whole issue just to talk about it.

Christopher Frizzelle was The Stranger's print editor, and first joined the staff in 2003. He was the editor-in-chief from 2007 to 2016, and edited the story by Eli Sanders that won a 2012 Pulitzer...