With its explosive growth and lofty projections for the continuation of the same, the cannabis industry is a popular career choice. While operating stealth illicit basement grows, slinging sacks or loading up vans with hundreds of pounds of packs were once the sole options for working in cannabis pre-legalization, that’s changed. Many of the OGs […]
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Hemp Symposium Ahead at OSU
An upcoming symposium will focus on the outlook of the hemp industry, and will bring together government officials, leaders in the industry and other corporate entities aiming to find new, sustainable uses for hemp.
2020, the Year Cannabis Became Essential
Many of us spent this year staying home, watching streaming services, avoiding others and eating tremendous amounts of food. You know what goes really well with those things, and always has? Cannabis. The year 2020 shows that Oregonians managed their quarantine time by buying and consuming record amounts of cannabis products, and that’s just from […]
Get Your Holiday Edible Game On
Homemade gifts rule, and that includes cannabis edibles. You know who could use some cannabis-infused edibles this holiday season? Every adult in this batshit country. Cannabis edibles can help with the common physical and psychological manifestations of the stresses of the pandemic, including insomnia, anxiety and pain. (“Just wanting to be high right now” is […]
Thinking Outside the Buds: Canna-Friendly Gifts
More likely than not, the cannabis lover in your life already has their favorite dispensaryโand dispensary productsโwell in hand. Putting a container of edibles or flower under the tree this year will be sure to make them smile, but if you’re looking for something besides product to wrap up and give this year, here are […]
Post-Election High?
As the final election results pour in over the next week, the anxiety of an uncertain future or undecided races may make it hard to turn off at the end of the day. The Source contacted budtenders from some of our favorite dispensaries in Bend to hear what they recommended for post-election stress. One enduring […]
Deschutes County Files Appeals in Two Pot Farm Cases
Deschutes County is asking the Oregon Court of Appeals to take another look at two cases in which it denied permits to proposed marijuana farms in the rural county. In August, the state’s Land Use Board of Appeals ruled against the County, after the County denied two separate applications aiming to build indoor marijuana-growing facilities […]
State Land Use Board Rules in Favor of Two New Marijuana Operations
In November, voters in Deschutes County will decide whether to continue to allow new marijuana farms to open up in the county. Meanwhile, two hopeful Deschutes County marijuana farms have received word from the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals that they can move forward in building their operations. The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners […]
Passing on the Grass?
Since recreational marijuana grow operations were first legalized statewide in 2015, land-use disputes have overwhelmed Deschutes County officials. An ongoing influx of controversial applications prompted the enforcement of a county moratorium in August of last year, prohibiting new grow and operation applications. On the upcoming November ballot, local voters will have the opportunity to opt […]
At Least We Still Have 4:20
Lots of people are laid off. The kids are stuck at home all day, taking laps around the walls. And nobodyโI mean nobodyโknows when all this is going to end. If there was ever a time when we needed a holiday that encourages you to chillax and melt into the couch, it’s now. Happy 4/20, […]

