Josh Jardine

CasarsaGuru/Getty Images Delineating between “medical” and “recreational” cannabis use can be challenging and murky. Many of those opposing full legalization say they’re in favor of medical cannabis, but are still staunchly against adult-use recreational programs. There aren’t many cannabis prohibitionists when it comes to chemotherapy, but heaven forbid weed be used for sadness, stress, or […]

NASTASIC / GETTY IMAGES California is still making its way through the weeds (thanks, I’m here all week…) as far as its adult-use cannabis program goes, and the focus lately has been working for the clampdown on the illicit marketplace. A few recent activities give insight as to how that’s going. Let’s start with illicit […]

designer491/Getty Images Fibromyalgia (FM) is a condition as difficult to treat as it is to pronounce and spell. It affects some 10 million people in the US, yet treatments options are limited. That has nothing to do with the fact that 75 to 90 percent of those afflicted by FM are women, I’m sure, because […]

Kiyoshi Tanno/Getty Images Last week, Oregon Congressperson Earl Blumenauer was in the midst of, uh, congressing, which for him includes introducing, co-sponsoring, and supporting congressional legislation, often around cannabis issues. In this case, Blumenauer was pushing for an amendment that would have allowed doctors within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to recommend cannabis to […]

Rex_Wholster/Getty Images I visit LA regularly, but I struggle to adequately explain the differences that city’s cannabis scene has with Oregon’s, or even the Bay Area. In October 2017, I wrote a column about shopping at LA dispensaries shortly before California instituted their legalized recreational program. Even then, I wasn’t able to get across just […]

Vitalij Sova/Getty Images In general, I try to steer my coverage of cannabis products, people, and services towards things that I think are worthy of your time. Believe me, there are plenty of samples that I receive as a cannabis writer that I don’t think are quality enough to receive attention, but I will at […]

Creative-Family/Getty Images An Illinois man is going to jail for four years because he ordered 42 pounds of cannabis-infused edibles from a California dispensary five years ago. Because this is happening so close in relation to Illinois passing legislation to establish a legalized cannabis program starting January 1, 2020, it’s been in the news recently. […]

RobinOlimb/Getty Images Last week, the Illinois Senate passed a bill to establish a recreational cannabis program, and Gov. Pritzker has announced he will sign it, having run on a platform supporting such action. Illinois’ cannabis law goes in effect on January 1, 2020, making it the 11th state to offer a recreational program, and the […]

OPENRANGESTOCK/GETTY IMAGES Who smokes the most cannabis? I’m not talking about the guy at your frat who attached a gas mask to his dab rig, and did one-gram servings in a single sitting. I’m referring to national cannabis consumption rates, AKA the percentage of residents in any one country who consume cannabis. With our rapidly […]