The Basics
Same idea, rolled flower, but the wrap changes everything about the experience.
Blunts and joints both start from the same place, ground cannabis rolled into something you can light and smoke. Past that, they are pretty different products, and the difference is mostly about what they are rolled in.
A joint is rolled in thin rolling paper, usually made from rice, hemp, or wood pulp. A blunt is rolled in a tobacco leaf wrap. That single difference changes the burn rate, the flavor, and the overall feel of the smoke.
Paper is thin and burns fast and clean, with very little flavor of its own. A tobacco wrap is thicker, burns slower, and brings its own flavor into the mix that blends with the flower underneath it. That is part of why blunts tend to last longer than a joint of similar size.
A joint lets the flower speak for itself since the paper is essentially neutral. A blunt wrap adds an earthy, slightly sweet backdrop that changes depending on the wrap used. Dougie uses tobacco leaf wraps, so every blunt carries that classic blunt character layered under the strain flavor.
Neither, honestly, it comes down to preference. If you want the strain flavor front and center with nothing else mixed in, a joint does that better. If you want a slower burn with more depth and a heavier feel in hand, that is the blunt experience. Dougie exists for the second group.