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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for Cannabis under Trump," a topic which has been explored by my far smarter canna-lawyer colleagues, has already grown outdated.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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In the Mailbag

The answers to your most burning questions

As a virtual shut-in with borderline hoarding tendencies (although, when tubs of stray power and USB cords and 15-year-old copies of High Times become coin of the realm, who will look foolish THEN?)

By Josh Jardine Jul 26, 2017

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Race Bias and Words Matter

If you say it wasn't racial

By Josh Jardine Jul 19, 2017

Sin City Gets Even Sinnier

Recreational cannabis comes to Nevada

On July 1, Nevada joined the "cool cannabis kids" club when it became the 5th state to offer legalized adult use cannabis, or in less wonky terminology, recreational cannabis.

By Josh Jardine Jul 12, 2017

You're expected to know a dizzying amount of details about the products your dispensary carries: the lineage of the strains, the terpene levels and effects, the best options for individual conditions and more—and that's just for the flower.

By Josh Jardine Jul 5, 2017

A butter churn for the cannabis set

Think making ganja butter has to be a smelly, messy job?

By Josh Jardine Jun 28, 2017

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Opposing Views

A column on recent Oregon legislative bills has many on the defensive

Two weeks ago I wrote a column about two Oregon legislative bills, one that had just been signed into law, the other was imminent in passage.

By Josh Jardine Jun 22, 2017

Fair Trade Fatties

I'm adamant that the cannabis I consume is organic.

By Josh Jardine Jun 14, 2017

The Good and the Bad in Pot Bills in Salem

My columns with the fewest number of "likes" are ones that deal with cannabis policy

However, the least sexy/funny topics—such as bills pertaining to how we produce, sell and consume cannabis in Oregon—are of far greater importance than my take on the new OG Purple Ghost Rider Cookie Kush.

By Josh Jardine Jun 7, 2017

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