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California vs. Oregon

When both states have full legalization, which one's better? We find out.

C alifornia begins adult use cannabis sales on Jan.1, and is expected to become the largest market for cannabis.

By Josh Jardine Oct 18, 2017

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Ganj in the Golden State

I f you ask someone in Oregon what they think about California, a common answer is, "I want them to stop moving here, driving up real estate prices and clogging up my commute."

By Josh Jardine Oct 11, 2017

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Quick Hits: Cool Cannabis Products

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B aked Smar+ has a great idea, and it would have saved friends of mine numerous hours, or at times, days, of unintended and undesired "Super Surprised Stoned Sessions." Those sessions were brought on by people inadvertently consuming edibles made with cannabis, namely my extra strong cookies.

By Josh Jardine Sep 28, 2017

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Pass the Pet Peeves

Opinions are like...you know what. And even this cannabis columnist has one. Or two.

W hen I'm not writing this weekly "weed comedy" column, I'm working in numerous other aspects of the cannabis industry.

By Josh Jardine Sep 20, 2017

Super Nova

A machine to do your decarbing dirty work

By Josh Jardine Sep 13, 2017

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Drama at the Cannabis Congress

"P olitics make strange bedfellows" is a well known quote by the American essayist and author Charles Dudley Warner.

By Josh Jardine Sep 6, 2017

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C is for Cookie

Our take on two varieties that didn't come from your (stoner) grandma's kitchen

"D o you like cookies"?

By Josh Jardine Aug 30, 2017

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Christ on a Cannabis Crutch

B y most any standards, I would be considered a Heathen.

By Josh Jardine Aug 23, 2017

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Jeff Sessions Is Going To Hell

A recent column, "Scenarios for Cannabis under Trump," a topic which has been explored by my far smarter canna-lawyer colleagues, has already grown outdated.

By Josh Jardine Aug 16, 2017

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Vape like a bong and do it in style

By Josh Jardine Aug 9, 2017

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Coffee, Cannabis and Smugness

O regon offers an amazing array of three things: coffee, cannabis and a sense of smugness that is palatable when bikes, beards or microbrews are being discussed.

By Josh Jardine Aug 2, 2017

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