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AMERICAN PIPE DREAMS
Jerome Baker Designs helped pioneer the glass smokeware industry, becoming the largest bong producer in the world…that is, until Operation Pipe Dreams caused the company to go up in smoke. Nearly 20 years later, they’ve risen from the ashes to reclaim their place of prominence in the glass game. Jerome Baker founder Jason Harris. [Sly Vegas] Functional glass art is a huge part of our culture. Heady borosilicate bongs and bubblers are not only the method by which glass artists express their …

Jerome Baker Designs
Operation Pipe Dreams Jason started making glass pipes in 1991. He started the company from a college dorm room, and, by 1999, was doing $4 million a year and had 70 employees in Eugene, Oregon based out of multiple warehouses on what Jason refers to as “a mini campus” for making bongs. “It was like a Willy Wonka bong factory,” he recalls. Low and behold, he was being investigated by the feds in what turned out to be a two-year investigation …

How Social Media Got Jason Harris Back in the Game
In 2003, the feds stripped me of my business, Jerome Baker Designs, one of the leading glass producers on the West Coast at the time. Called Operation Pipe Dreams, the nationwide sweep of “drug paraphernalia” manufacturers and sellers led to the arrest of dozens of people and sent Tommy Chong to jail for one year. I served a year of house arrest and got out of the pipe-making business for a while. It wasn’t until 2009 that I felt comfortable bringing …

The Story of Jerome Baker Glass Art
The bong is so much more than just an object that looks cool and gets you high. The bong helps us create rituals in our lives. Just look around today—it seems as if Americans are lost. Cannabis culture can fill that void and inspire change in the world. The bong specifically can be a vehicle to that change. As a glass artist and co-founder of Jerome Baker Designs (JBD), it’s safe to say I’ve come to know the bong very …

Is THCa Legal in Florida? The Shocking Update To State Law
THCa is the hottest cannabinoid in the market right now, especially in the state of Florida. The cannabinoid produces various wellness benefits without euphoric effects. However, as a precursor to THC, it can convert into a more potent product. When THCa is heated, it loses its carboxyl group and transforms into THC, producing the euphoric effects many of us have come to associate with THC. That makes many people wonder, is THCa legal in Florida and what other laws pertain …

19 Years of Glass: How Jerome Baker Designs Made Cannabis History
Hidden among the brunch spots and local vendors in the streets of downtown Las Vegas is a glass shop unlike any other. Dripping with art, the building stands out amongst the developing area of white-bricked shops. Jason Harris, the creator of Jerome Baker Designs, resides here in his glass factory and art gallery. Though the shop has only stood here for a few years, its colorful history goes back almost two decades. This February marks 19 years since Harris made cannabis …
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