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Now at Terp Bros NYCBrand File · RAWAstoria + Ozone Park

RAW at our Queens shops.

Unbleached natural-fiber rolling papers.

Live at Terp Bros NYC — both Astoria and Ozone Park counters carry this brand. Products go through New York OCM’s regulated testing framework before they hit the shelf.

02 · The Brief

What RAW means at the Terp Bros counter.

RAW is the rolling paper Queens smokers reach for when they want unbleached, natural-fiber paper that burns clean and doesn't taste like the paper itself. We stock it at both Astoria and Ozone Park because the demand is universal — RAW is the #1 rolling paper brand by dollar sales in the US, and that translates directly to what walks out of 36-10 Ditmars and 135-26 Cross Bay every day. At the counter, RAW pairs with whatever flower or pre-ground you're picking up — it's the default paper recommendation when a customer doesn't already have one in mind. Originally launched by Josh Kesselman through HBI Innovations in Phoenix in 1997, with the papers themselves manufactured in Spain, RAW reached the New York legal market through standard accessories distribution and sits on our shelves as a non-cannabis accessory alongside the flower it gets rolled into. The brown unbleached paper is the tell — that's the whole point.

Why it lives at Terp Bros

RAW earns counter real estate at both Terp Bros stores because it's the paper most customers either already know by name or get pointed to first by the budtender. Queens has a deep, long-running smoking culture that predates the legal market — RAW was already the paper in rotation across the borough before the dispensary opened. Stocking it means we meet customers where they already are. The unbleached natural-fiber burn matters: in cold-weather Queens months when you're smoking outside, the paper itself shouldn't be competing with the flower for flavor. RAW gets out of the way, which is exactly the job.

Grab a pack of RAW with any flower purchase if you don't already have papers stocked at home in the drawer. Unbleached, slow burn, no paper taste competing with the flower — the default paper for a reason. It's the question every budtender at Astoria and Ozone Park asks right after the flower goes in the bag.

01 · Origin
Arizona
02 · Founded
1995
03 · Compliant
NY OCM
04 · Stores
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05 · Categories
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04 · Lineage

Out of Arizona, on the Queens shelf today.

RAW originated in 1995 in Arizona. Like every brand on our wall, it earned its spot only after passing the New York OCM compliance lab and our buyer’s shelf review. What lands on Ditmars and Cross Bay is the same formulation the brand makes everywhere — held to the same independent test we hold our Hudson Valley growers to.

05 · Frequently asked

What folks ask about RAW.

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Shop RAW

On the shelf at both Terp Bros stores.

21+ · ID requiredNY OCM Lab-TestedCAURD OCM-CAURD-23-000020 · OCM-CAURD-25-000294

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