“Magic” mushrooms have once again been in the news recently, and it hasn’t been for the best of reasons. For regular readers, it may have a sense of deja vu, as it parallels a cannabis-related news cycle with disturbing similarities. While sparking one up is always a good idea before diving in, feel free to […]
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Summer Cannabis Consumption Tips
The time for cookouts and cannabis is upon us. Here’s how to fly right
This summer, many of you will be enjoying weekends packed with camping, cookouts and, let’s not kid ourselves, cannabis. This isn’t a bad thing. If your summer plans involve becoming one with the couch while getting hiiiiiigh, salute, and you should partake however you see fit. Haul that OG Graffix out, do knife hits off […]
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Will Delta-8 Be Outlawed?
With the reauthorization of the Farm Bill, a possible change to the legality of synthetic hemp products
With all the attention paid recently to the seemingly inevitable rescheduling of cannabis, it’s easy to have missed a less well covered legislative move regarding hemp. This relates to the Farm Bill, which is important even for non-farmers. It’s the bill that effectively legalized CBD, as it “authorized the production of hemp and removed hemp […]
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Dutchie’s 4/20 Struggles, a MedMen Implosion and other Cannabis News
Stories from the world of weed
Told You So This week saw the final flame out of MedMen, a spectacular fall that while not unexpected, is staggering in its scope. I wrote that this possibility was closer than ever in February, when a number of store closings forecast trouble ahead. Last week, MedMen filed for bankruptcy in Canada, and its California […]
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Enter the Stonerverse
4/20 events to enjoy this week
HomeGrown Music Festival Fri., April 19 & Sat., April 20 HomeGrown Music Festival is back for its second year! This 4/20 celebration is a gathering of Bend’s local musicians. Bunk+Brew, 42 NW Hawthorne Ave., Bend High Tea Hosted by Bend Burlesque Sat., April 20, Noon-2 pm Start your 4/20 on a high note with High […]
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Stoner Lit
Words, voices and pixels to get high by
Every 4/20 issue of the Source Weekly, I talk about the movies I love watching while inebriated on the devil’s lettuce. In fact, over the last few years I’ve been trying to craft a New Stoner Canon: stony movies that are more fun to watch than the usual suspects like Cheech and Chong or “Half […]
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10 Years After
A status check on Oregon marijuana,
a decade after legalization
On Nov. 4, Oregon will celebrate 10 years of the passage of Measure 91, establishing our Adult Use regulated recreational cannabis program. While the traditional 10th anniversary gift is tin or aluminum, instead of getting you a bag of returnable cans, I wrote this look at the Good, Bad and Ugly of cannabis this 4/20. […]
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Local Smoke Gear
Upgrade your equipment and support local
at the same time this 4/20
Welcome to April, which brings two reasons to celebrate: 4/20, and (hopefully) a tax refund. While there are many good uses for a refund, I propose you use some of it to upgrade your smoking game, while supporting a very local business. That business is Bend-based Smoke Honest, and I had the chance to try […]
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A Cannabis News Roundup
Let my people grow.
Is MedMen DeadMen? A national cannabis brand is a rarity, and one of the most well-known seems to be in a potential fatal freefall. MedMen hit some new lows recently, resulting in talk of karmic comeuppance for years of dumpster fire decisions and actions, and lots of straight up schadenfreude (“pleasure derived by someone from […]
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A Drink from Your Loving Cup
Tronian Omegatron vaporizer review
Dabs gained widespread popularity in Oregon shortly after cannabis legalization in 2014. It refers to both the product, generally butane hash oil, also known as BHO, in numerous formats such as shatter, wax, budder, etc., and the serving size, with some users confusing “dab” with “thumb sized brain melting glob.” “Concentrates” is a broader term […]