MYKYTA DOLMATOV / GETTY IMAGES Since the Farm Bill passed earlier this year—and with it the legalization of hemp—CBD has become the white-hot next big thing, and it’s showing up everywhere, in everything. The Food and Drug Administration has begun a crackdown on CBD when added to food and beverages, or whenever health claims are […]
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Joshua Jardine Taylor is the Mercury's Senior Cannabis columnist and correspondent, and has written "Cannabuzz" since 2015.
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Concentrate Your Way to Highness: Reviews of Three New Rigs
Reviews of three new devices for consuming cannabis concentrates.
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I Got 5 on It: How Much Weed Can Five Bucks Get You Right Now?
Weed is super cheap in Oregon. Here’s what the equivalent of a “nickel bag” looks like right now.
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Don’t Forget! Cannabis Is Still Illegal, and Very Dangerous
The true perils of reefer madness.
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This Stoner Card Game Promotes Conversation—and Pot, of Course
Higher Thought There’s a new card game designed specifically for the stoner set, with the worthy and admirable goal of getting players to get high and talk to one another. For some of you, that sentence sends shudders down your spine and activates sweaty palms, but take a deep breath and stay with me. The […]
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Oh Great, the Street Hash in Madrid Contains Actual Shit
Stephen Barnes / Getty Images If you’re reading this while enjoying a beverage or perhaps some food, I’m about to do you a big favor and suggest you hold off partaking of those pleasures while you read this. Trust me. Many Americans will be traveling to Europe this summer, and some of them will be […]
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The Best Paying Cannabis Jobs Are Mostly on the East Coast
GETTY / YARYGIN Cannabis is rapidly becoming a big business, raising hundreds of millions in tax revenue on combined cannabis sales from various states in the billions of dollars. That’s a lot of green. (Get it? Because money and weed are both… never mind.) A new survey by Marijuana Business Magazine pulls back the curtain […]
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The Cannabis Used for Federally Funded Research Barely Qualifies as Cannabis
THOM_MORRIS / GETTY IMAGES A new study has made some revealing discoveries about the cannabis grown at the University of Mississippi. That’s the infamous and sole source of cannabis being used in federally funded cannabis research. I’ve written before about the numerous reports of poor quality flower, possible mold, and absurdly low THC levels. That […]
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Science Says: Better Orgasms through Cannabis!
A preliminary study shows that cannabis may aid satisfaction for women in the bedroom. juhy13/Getty Images A new study published the Journal for Sexual Medicine (a periodical I only read for the articles, I swear) reports that women who use cannabis have more intense orgasms, an increase in desire, and overall are more satisfied with […]
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No, Kellyanne, Fentanyl-Laced Cannabis Isn’t a Thing
Hailshadow/Getty Images Kellyanne Conway lied about something! Again! This week, the White House counselor and opioid crisis czar falsely stated during a news conference, yet again, that cannabis is being laced with fentanyl, bringing her blatant-lie tally to roughly 218,738. The story is likely to gain traction with outlets such as Fox News, but Buzzfeed […]
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It’s a Cannabis News Roundup!
News you may have missed while you were doing your “pot weed.”
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The South Is Burning (One Down): Cannabis Progress in Florida, Alabama, and Georgia
Smokable bud is finally coming to Florida’s medical dispensaries. Portland Mercury Yesterday I wrote about a Florida cannabis story, one that was a fine example of very poor judgment in the South. But it was about Florida, so that’s a given. As far as cannabis goes, things are generally improving in the South, and that […]