Americans love their firearms, and I do mean love. The Pew Research Center estimates about one third of Americans – 107 million – personally own a firearm, and four in 10 live in a household with a firearm. Over 70% say they do so for protection, while about a third say it’s for hunting or […]
Josh Jardine
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The Deco is Art
Gravity bongs at a higher level
Although I use vaporization as my primary form of cannabis consumption, with flower through an Herbalizer desktop unit and rosin in an Omegatron. I find the benefits of vaping to be multifold: richer taste, reduced respiratory irritation, activating and utilizing a wider range of cannabinoids, using precise temperatures to obtain specific effects, extended sessions with […]
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Big Moves for Plant Medicines
Cannabis rescheduling has begun
I wrote about this last December, but now that (some) cannabis has actually been rescheduled, from Schedule I to Schedule III, let’s revisit. President Biden started the ball rolling in 2022 and in 2024; the Justice Department formalized the process of moving cannabis from Schedule I to III. Last year, President Trump directed the DOJ […]
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Cannabis Discrimination
Second Class Canna Citizens
Oregon’s Adult Use Cannabis program is 10 years old, and those of us who work within it thought by now we would have – more – than we do. Things like social cannabis consumption spaces, cannabis tourism packages, and events on par with the many beer, wine, cider, and spirits festivals Oregon hosts. Such options […]
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Cannabis Edibles and Children
Kids and Kush don’t mix
Oregon is considering legislation to address an issue no parent should ever have to contend with – non fatal pediatric cannabis overdoses. While childless, I have been enlisted by friends with children who have eaten cannabis edibles, and had adverse reactions. Thankfully, the worst of it was their offspring being, well, really high, then sleeping […]
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Oregon Breaks Its Own Record for Cannabis Production
And lowest prices. Again.
Oregon continues to have a cannabis industry with great news for cannabis consumers, but brings financial misery to those growing, processing and selling it. Last year saw a trend continue that has plagued the Oregon industry — namely, growers produce far more cannabis than we consume. In 2025, licensed growers produced 13.5 million pounds, up from 12.3 million pounds in […]
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The Rescheduling of Cannabis
A primer closer to fine
The year 2025 saw something cannabis workers and users have been advocating, working for, and hoping to come to pass – rescheduling cannabis. It’s a big deal. Here’s what that will mean…probably. What’s the Schedule? The Controlled Substance Act is overseen by the Federal Drug Administration and Drug Enforcement Administration, and lists all controlled substances […]
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High Quality Highs
VITAE bongs elevate the game
As time passes, an inevitable assessment of the choices made in one’s younger years comes to pass. This review allows you to reflect and respond on the roads taken, both good and bad, with an eye toward doing a better job. For many, this involves partners, career choices, and things said or done while under […]
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Feds Kill Buzz: Hemp THC Goes Up In Smoke
The reopening of the Federal Government last month was a good thing, but the spending bill that allowed it to do so? Not so much, especially for those who produce, sell and consume hemp derived THC. Thanks to an effort to “close the Hemp loophole,” in just under a year, it’s going to be illegal. […]
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Dank Drinks: Is Ganja You Glug Any Good?
There is a growing number of hemp-derived, THC-infused beverages
For many people, smoking or vaping cannabis are their primary methods of getting high, followed by scarfing an edible. (Or, if you are me, both at the same time. #dontjudgeme) But there is a growing number turning to hemp-derived, THC-infused beverages. And recent moves within the industry mean you may start seeing these drinks in […]
