Recently, people with cannabis-related content channels on YouTube began seeing a purge, losing content, an audience and for some, a revenue stream. The reasons why are open to speculation, as YouTube has made no statement on the matter. You know who’s awesome at stoned speculation? (Points to self, forgets I’m holding bong, drenches lap. Again.) […]
Josh Jardine
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Washington Loves Weed!
Wait, about that… I’ve been asked many times in the last couple weeks if all the recent national-level political activity around cannabis means that the prohibitionist dam is about to burst, and de-schedulization is around the corner. There are certainly numerous things that could lead to that conclusion. While you’ve been getting high (on regulated […]
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Can Cannabis Make People Sick?
After 20 years of working with people seeking to use cannabis to address medical conditions, illness and injuries, treating nausea is among the top three reasons people say they use it. Those undergoing chemo and radiation treatments also use it to treat their vomiting, that along with severe nausea, can be a common side effect. […]
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The Strongest Flower Yet
Last week, I tried flower with the highest THC I’ve ever seen, or had: 37.28 percent. (I rarely see strains higher than 30 percent at dispensaries.) In a post on Instagram and Facebook, I learned that the strain, “Future #1,” was grown by Portland-based 7 Points Oregon, and tested by MRX Labs, which tested the […]
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Fade to Black
…and the perils of mixing booze with cannabis
The 4/20 “holiday” is right around the corner, and for those who celebrate it as a “High Holy Day,” bless your hearts. We can use an uptick in sales at dispensaries, so stock up and get down, responsibly. Not to be Donald Downer, but as always, please mind your intake of edibles. I’ve written here […]
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CBD Buzz
There’s been a great deal in the news about CBD recently, so this week, we’re focusing on the cannabinoid everyone’s talking about. Its uber-rare that I type the words “Mitch McConnell did the right thing today,” because he almost never does, but here we are. The U.S. Senate majority leader and senator from Kentucky announced […]
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Who Hates Weed? These peeps
It’s no surprise that the vast majority of my interactions, be they electronic or IRL, involve people, businesses and organizations that are “pro-cannabis.” Many are employed in the cannabis industry, both recreational and medical, and have a financial interest as business owners, investors or employees—or they’re medical patients finding relief from a number of physical […]
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Leafly, the Book
Yes, a real-life book, made from actual tree pulp Leafly is an app and website that, along with Weedmaps, is fairly well known to consumers of cannabis, be it medical or recreational. It’s great for finding dispensaries nearest to your GPS location, and can show you the menus, prices and customer reviews of individual dispensaries […]
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Tokin’ Women: A shout-out to women in cannabis
March is Women’s History Month, or as Presidente Cheetolini might ask, “The who what now? Really? A whole month, huh?” Women’s contributions to cannabis, past and present, are—brace yourself—often overlooked, ignored or forgotten. And as this is a plant that 99.5 percent of us will actively seek out in its female form, that’s not acceptable. […]
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Weed Reads
What to read before—and after—you get high
HELLO THERE! Do you enjoy reading? How about reading about cannabis? I ask because if you’re reading this column (or if it’s being read to you by a service monkey using typing-to-speech-recognition software), it seems like you might enjoy some books on cannabis. I certainly hope so, because this week’s column is about four of […]