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A look back at Oregon and U.S. marijuana happenings

Cannabis enthusiasts should make Vancouver a must-see destination

Getting high in the Big Apple, where mobile trucks and down-tempo bodegas currently dominate the scene

More significantly, Biden called on his Attorney General and the Secretary of Health & Human Services to re-evaluate how we schedule cannabis.

Cannabis beats tobacco, the downtrend for Big Pharma and more tidbits about cannabis use

White Wolf Cannabis Co. wants to heighten consumer education

Using cannabis and/or CBD may not be for everyone, but it is a legitimate choice for others

Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act would deschedule, decriminalize cannabis nationally

Limits placed on where, how cannabis purchased and taxed here can be legally consumed is costing Oregon millions in revenue, taxes and jobs 

Producers worry regulators are overreacting

Company cites 'dramatic market shift,' in latest cannabis tech company cuts

A new awareness campaign looks to help cannabis consumers identify sun-grown producers that adhere to organic cannabis farming practices

The conflation of the dangers of other drugs with marijuana is hardly new

This July will see a change in the way Oregonians access products containing a certain cannabinoid

Other states are making it possible for those prosecuted during cannabis prohibition to get licenses first. Will Oregon ever get its act together?

A new website aims to help locals figure that out

A bill to raise taxes on cannabis was on the Senate President's desk at the end of the March legislative session.

The War on Drugs, social equity programs and the ongoing and disproportionate arrest rate for Black Americans using cannabis

A chat with one of the researchers who discovered that hemp (but not its psychoactive cousin) molecules show vaccine-like potential to prevent COVID-19

Changes to the rules around hemp and cannabis in Oregon mean more bud per visit and delivery to opt-out cities… maybe

Stoned comedians took to the stage to answer the age-old question: Can they perform well while stoned?

Two farms and a vaporizer to gift to others (or yourself)

Best deals on bud during the best sales of the year

Say "bye" to pot brownies and "high" to potcorn

Leafly's annual cannabis report shows how valuable cannabis is in Oregon and beyond