You know something that truly bothers me? Yes, high treason by a flaccid, racist, sociopathic Nazi lover who lost the popular vote by 2,864,974 votes, of course. But I’m none too wild about the arguments used by prohibitionists in their opposition to a regulated cannabis program, either. Now that legalization has had a few years […]
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Weed Replacing Wine
When living in Northern California, I spent many weekends doing the most Northern California thing possible, (aside from practicing nude goat yoga and crafting small-batch organic, free range chia kombucha), which was visiting wineries. Some of my favorite memories involve downing bottles of delicious, jammy Napa reds. Some of my least favorite memories were the […]
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Cannabis Sales Languish in Tax-ifornia
California activated its recreational Adult Use cannabis program on Jan. 1, and as the nation’s most populous and prosperous state, expectations were “high.” (Get it? Like when you use cannabis, is the joke. #thisisgonnabeagreatcolumn.) The state would prosper greatly, raising abundant tax revenue, and the fact that ‘it’s gonna be great, so great you guys!’ […]
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Depression and Cannabis
Summer is here, so it’s time for a fun, frothy column to read while sipping a tropical beverage by the pool, or on the beach No, not really. It’s about cannabis and depression. “Depression” is not be confused with how you feel because you lost your stash of bubble hash, someone stole your nearly-ready-for-harvest plants, […]
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Cannabis for Canada
Last week, Canada officially approved legalization of cannabis throughout the country— the first G-7 nation to do so, but the second overall. The first is Uruguay, a nation many of you struggle to pronounce, spell or remember it exists. (Don’t “ooooooh” me, y’all know it’s true.) Uruguay is a country of 3 million, bookended by […]
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More Tracking for Medical Grows
July 3 is the third anniversary of the enactment of Measure 91, our adult use cannabis program, aka, why you can legally buy recreational weed in Oregon. But since 1998, we’ve had the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program. I’ve been a caregiver for numerous patients for the past 10 years. Recommending and obtaining cannabis for medical […]
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Portable Stonerdom
Summer officially starts June 21, and by then, many Oregonians will be traveling near and far, taking with them cannabis in its many forms. Although it’s illegal, and hence morally wrong and shames the very face of God, I fear many of you will, indeed, be consuming cannabis someplace that does not have walls or […]
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A Fat Sack… of Reader Questions
Last week we featured some past reader questions—but there are a lot more. In this week’s reader Mail Bag, we place a mailbag over the heads of readers, and beat them until they answer my questions. No, wait… I’m thinking of how the new CIA director operates. In this case, I simply answer questions from […]
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As to your most burning Qs
Marijuana, demystified As a public service, we tackle some of the public’s most commonly-asked questions in this week’s column. Q: How do I know if I’m smoking too much weed? A: That’s a great question. But I don’t know you, so I have no way to know. Maybe you are smoking too much, or maybe […]
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ICE Ices Cannabis
Versión española en la parte inferior Being an immigrant in the U.S. right now isn’t easy—never mind being an undocumented immigrant, concerning a whole different level of difficulty, on a multitude of levels. Simply being someone here from a different country has challenges that most of us who were born here will never consider, much […]