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Topical Treat

Don’t expect to get high, but topicals can be beneficial medicinals in a pinch
Josh Jardine

I produced an event last week called “Toke Talks,” and while I used the magic that is social media (#pleasecometomyeventorIwilldie), I also recognize that not every single person with an interest in cannabis is on Facebook or Instagram. While I’m no Luddite, some people actually get their information through analog channels—and few things are as […]

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Under the Counter

Want your cannabis free of pesticides? Maybe don’t buy it on Craigslist
Josh Jardine

One of the worst kept secrets in Oregon’s brave new cannabis-friendly world is how easily it can still be found in what we now call the “unregulated marketplace”—AKA the black market. Oregon has a robust regulated market for cannabis and cannabis products. As of Feb. 21, there were 344 licensed dispensaries in Oregon, each offering […]

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Why do we celebrate 4/20?

Mind: Prepare to be blown
Josh Jardine

Even the most challenged Mathlete amongst you knows that this week we celebrate 4/20, aka Stoner Christmas. But why 4/20? What mystical connection does this have to cannabis? Grab a mop to clean up your mind, because I’m about to blow it. What 4/20 is not: It’s not the following bullshit. I’m not sure how […]

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You Want a Cannabis News Roundup?

Cause that’s what we have today, and we aren’t doing any substitutions.
Josh Jardine

Take a number, we’ll call you when your canna news is ready. Green and White all over Maryland has had a rocky start getting its medical cannabis program up and running. Although approved in 2013, the program stalled after requiring that the only growers allowed to grow and distribute cannabis be academic centers. After no […]

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Here’s my fever-induced canna rant

Josh Jardine

Despite being surrounded by numerous friends who fell victim to the flu going around, I had managed to stay healthy since March of last year, never even getting a cold. “Probably because I take really great care of myself,” I smugly announced whenever the subject came up. The universe apparently took my smugness as a […]

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A Tale of Texas Toking

Josh Jardine

I’ve written in the past about how my work within the music and cannabis industries has been most complementary, how cannabis has saved my sanity during numerous tours, and how offering up cannabis products to touring bands has saved theirs. But there was one time when a band saved me from cannabis, and a potential […]

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Saving a Town with Cannabis

How a dusty Oregon border town got its mojo back, and (presumably) doubled its city budget
Josh Jardine

The Associated Press and the Idaho Statesman, which I believe are a part of the deeply feared and dreaded “opposition party” Emperor Pussy Grabber has spoken of, both ran pieces this week that give us some insight to just how much people enjoy cannabis. The story looks at Huntington, an Oregon town so small I […]

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Angels of White Privilege

A cannabis delivery service skirts the laws in NYC—and seems to get away with it
Josh Jardine

(I’m a 40 something white guy. I share that because we are examining a topic that involves women, minorities and cannabis. Meaning that I will be writing about two topics that I may not be best suited to address.) From my time in NYC, I can assure you weed delivery services are not uncommon, albeit […]

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Weed Cash

As marijuana tax receipts roll in, city leaders look to direct dollars toward street maintenance and police
Avatar photo Magdalena Bokowa

Marijuana tax receipts statewide have been steadily declining since November—but still, recent reports from the Oregon Department of Revenue indicate the state has already brought in $65.4 million in tax dollars from legal marijuana. January 2017 alone brought $5.3 million into state coffers, with retailers selling an estimated $7 million worth of marijuana each week […]

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