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The word “billion” comes up a lot when discussing cannabis use in the United States these days. For starters, Colorado surpassed $1 billion in cannabis sales in 2016. In 2017, the newly-legal recreational cannabis market in Los Angeles is expected to exceed $1 billion. That’s right, the size of the cannabis market in L.A. alone […]
As a bad year comes to a close, Smoke Signals considers the best strains of 2016. The strains making the list are both strong sellers in Bend, Portland and elsewhere in Oregon, as well as those that have increased greatly in popularity over the past year. Blue Dream Blue Dream is what’s known as a […]
This week, Smoke Signals goes around the world in cannabis news, starting in the Great White North: Legalization in Alaska Santa may be extra jolly this year, as last week brought the revelation that the North Pole has a commercial cannabis growing operation. OK, the grow op is not at the North Pole. As far […]
As Smoke Signals noted a few weeks ago, Denver took a big leap forward last month by becoming the first major city to legalize “social” use of cannabis. After Colorado legalized cannabis in 2014, Denverites began exploring the limits of the new law. Like other nearby towns, entrepreneurs in Colorado’s largest city sought to open […]
Many Americans of many different backgrounds have been gripped with fear over the possible consequences of the recent presidential election. But one group of “undesirable” Americans has been overlooked. This is a different kind of group, one not based on ethnicity or religion, but rather employment status. Thousands of Oregonians are either employees or owners […]
Legal cannabis is a $22 billion-a-year industry in the United States. That’s “billion,” with a “B”. Most states now allow medical cannabis and over 68 million American adults can legally buy recreational cannabis. Less than 20 years after California began cannabis legalization, the industry is set to surpass the tobacco industry and rival the size […]
The recent national election resulted in some huge steps forward for legal cannabis. California tripled the size of the legal recreational cannabis market in the United States. Massachusetts and Maine brought legal recreational cannabis to the east coast for the first time. Voters in Florida set a record for cannabis approval, with 71 percent saying […]
It seems like an understatement to say that last week’s national election results were shocking, though perhaps not in Deschutes County, where more voters cast their ballots for Trump versus Clinton. One result that was not shocking, however, was the continued spread of legal cannabis across the nation. Recent national polls show that approximately 60 […]
“Science!” So sang English new wave crooner Thomas Dolby way back in 1982. Back then, cannabis was practically a different plant. Its potency averaged just three percent THC by weight. Now, the cannabis that any adult can buy at a store in Bend is around seven times more powerful. Most commercially-available cannabis strains today are […]
If you weren’t convinced that legit pot benefits the economy, here’s proof
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