Many have used a Volcano vaporizer at some point. It’s arguable the company that makes them, Storz and Bickel, set the platinum standard for precise vaporization. Markus Storz, a German graphic designer, used a heat gun to develop the first Volcano in his basement in 1996. In 1998, he received a patent for his soon-to-be […]
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Cannabis + Other Plants for Medicinal Tinctures
An ancient way of delivering active ingredients in plants
Cannabis tinctures are a great delivery system. Cannabis and hemp can be soaked in high percentage alcohol, or a fat like coconut oil, and deliver whole plant extracts, including THC/CBD and other cannabinoids, terpenes etc. It’s an ancient way of delivering the active ingredients in the plants, as well as being portable, discreet, fast acting […]
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Vapocalypse 2019
What to know, what to be concerned about
It’s been a scary couple of weeks for those who use vaporizers, and for the companies which make the products and equipment used to do so. Every day provides more information about what’s happened, and the potential reasons behind this increasingly deadly health crisis. We still don’t have all the answers, but we know a […]
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Weed Oversupply?
A case for Oregon supply projections being overblown
The biggest story about Oregon cannabis this year has been just how much of it we have—by most accounts, a six-year supply. Much like a six-year-old joint, this story caught fire quickly and burned hot. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission made that claim at the end of January. It was viewed with dubious skepticism amongst […]
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Colorado Kind
A Mile-High cannabis experience
I just returned from Colorado, where I explored a very small portion of the Denver cannabis scene. My schedule and reimbursable budget didn’t permit sampling dozens of products, so in no way should my experience serve as a comprehensive picture of what’s available. The next trip will focus more on small-batch craft cannabis, but I now […]
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CBD: Super legal and great
…Except when it’s not
Cannabis, and the devil’s cannabinoid, THC, are all the rage, but hemp and CBD are rapidly gaining as just as much attention and investment . The passage of the Farm Bill in December, which made hemp farming legal, led many to assume that hemp and CBD would immediately be freed from the concerns and regulations […]
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Tokin’ Tunes
The artists with the most mentions of the green stuff
It’s summer—which means getting together with friends and family, some who partake, and partaking with those who do. Do you have a playlist for these times? Much like a joint, it would be much cooler if you did have a banging summer soundtrack with you at these BBQs, parties and al fresco sessions. A cannabis-themed […]
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Legal Progress in Marijuana?
As the presidential election looms, legislators show their hands on where they stand
Regular readers of this column (hi, Mom) will attest I am a strong proponent of cannabis legalization at the national level. Not simply rescheduling cannabis from Schedule 1 to Schedule 2 or lower, but full out descheduling, and making it a legal commodity. Which is the dream, but that won’t happen until the great white […]
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Pride and Pot
June is LGBTQ+ Month
June is LGBTQ+ Month—established in homage to the Manhattan-based “Stonewall Riots” in 1969. Fifty years later, it’s grown to address the many concerns facing LGBTQ+ communities, including safety, housing and employment discrimination, and a multitude of other matters that our current dystopian fever-dream administration seems to be adding to on the regular. Cannabis has a […]
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Social Equity in Cannabis
A positive thing about the implementation of adult use cannabis programs in various states has been assurance that a portion of the cannabis tax/licensing revenue would be allocated for use in specific equity programs. Such programs are designed to address inequities for people of color—from the racist policies that placed the heaviest burden of the enforcement […]