It’s fairly subtle, so you may not have noticed, but this week was Valentine’s Day! A “holiday” of realistic expectations and endless possibilities for bitter self-recrimination about love lost. Be it canna-infused chocolates or lubes (note: don’t mix those up), cannabis plays a growing role in industries built around love in its many forms. But […]
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Dennis Peron, Americanna Hero
Cannabis industry wouldn’t exist without “The Father of Medical Marijuana”
With the explosion of states legalizing cannabis for both medical and adult rec use, a barrage of new cannabis-infused products—from diamond dabs to dog treats—and a growing acceptance that those who use cannabis maybe aren’t destroying the moral fabric of ‘Murica, it’s easy to forget that not so long ago, it was very, very different. […]
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How to get your old school high back
Finding ways to access the desired effect you achieved with cannabis in your past is viable
I’m hearing a variation of a complaint/question with increasingly frequency, in both my personal and professional life. (Kidding. I have no personal life.) “I used to get high back in high school/college, and it was great, I was giggly/creative/happy/had a great time with my friends or by myself. Then I stopped and returned to it/kept […]
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The C Word: Consolidation
Don’t be surprised to see craft growers consumed by corporations
Although no one asked, I have some predictions for the cannabis landscape in Oregon, having nothing to do with the corrupt, race-baiting shitholes ruining this country. July will mark three years since Oregon passed Measure 91, our Adult Use, aka Recreational Use, program. It’s been great for adults who, prior to Measure 91, didn’t have […]
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Think of the Children!
Oh wait, we did—and Central Oregon gets a 100 percent rating on checking minor IDs
I was planning to do a column regarding our batshit-crazy, Mad Hater Attorney General and his racist, prohibitionist rescinding of the Cole Memorandum and its tenuous protections. That would have been a fun read, and I would have been the only one to have thoughts on the matter! But that story’s just starting, so while […]
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Everyone Hurts
In the realm of topicals, one getting broad thumbs-ups
In the realm of topicals, one getting broad thumbs-ups. For someone who has lived the life that I have “lived,” I’m amazed to the degree that it’s a pain-free existence. (Physical pain only—you don’t want to know about the rest.) As such, this doesn’t make me a great candidate for using, and reporting on, topical […]
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Give Thanks for the Danks
A year to celebrate cannabis, when everything else seems to be falling apart.
As 2017 draws to a close, we look back with fondness upon a year filled with joy, laughter and good times, with sharing, love and—ha ha! No, not really. 2017 was a deranged fever nightmare of unheralded poisonous despair, with heartbreaking loss and division. Many people, places and things are under attack from the horror-show […]
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At the Emerald Cup, the industry brings its sparkle
“You wanna hit this?” “This” was a super sizer bomber: a blunt-sized joint with a line of rosin running through, turbo charged with the addition of some kief. I stared through the thick haze of smoke and thought about the question for an uncharacteristically long period. It wasn’t that I was too high, rather that […]
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Cannabis at Xmas: A primer on coping
It’s the holiday season, and for many of us, it means time with family—and I don’t mean the family you choose I mean the ones who may hit you up for a spare organ at some point because you’re a genetic match. Those people. Yeah. The time spent with them can make it a challenge […]
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A Place to Hang Out and Consume
Cannabis Clubs, it’s a thing—in Portland.
I‘ve written about the frustrating hypocrisy of living in a state with a ravenous appetite for the tax and licensing revenue brought in by the production and sale of cannabis, but with repressive and absurd rules about where people are allowed to consume once they have made their purchase, and paid a hefty 20+ percent […]
