Josh Jardine

INSTANTS/GETTY IMAGES Last night we saw (thank god) a Blue Wave. And as primary-school finger painting taught me, you can’t make green without blue—and there was also a Green Wave last night as well. As I wrote yesterday, four states had cannabis-related measures on the ballot—two with medical programs (Missouri and Utah), and two with […]

NASTASIC / GETTY IMAGES I didn’t realize it until I woke up this morning, but was anyone else aware there’s an election today? It hasn’t been much in the news, and the TV commercials have been few and far between, but I did some digging, called a few sources for confirmation, and sure enough, there […]

JIRKAEJC / GETTY IMAGES Yesterday, social media blew up with news that “cannabis had been made legal in Mexico”. Which is kind of, sort of true, but before you start dusting off your high school Spanish textbook with plans to move to Oaxaca and open a dispensary, slow your roll and take uno momento to […]

Would you buy cannabis stock from this man? NICI Investors In April, I wrote about the original Mango Monster, avid skin-bronzer lover, and former Speaker of the House John Boehner, and how in certain circles he was being welcomed with much ado—because after decades of opposing cannabis (and decency), Boehner had a “revelation” and came […]

The holidays are fast approaching, and over the coming weeks I’m going to be looking at cannabis products and tools which may be used for discreet consumption—for a couple reasons. One, because there isn’t always a safe space to spark one up when visiting family or in-laws, and two, not having access to some form […]

Mercury Staff This weekend, Starflower florist on Southeast Hawthorne will be host to a “Cannabis Flower Bouquet Pop-Up.” Among their usual flowers and greenery, these colorful collections contain extremely fresh and subtly fragrant Oregon sun-grown hemp flowers from East Fork Cultivars. Starflower will be selling “bud vases” that contain some gorgeous, CBD-dominant, very-low-THC, and terpene-rich […]

Sativa Science Club As a regular reader of the Mercury, you are a smarty-pants who already knows everything there is to know about life, including weed. So while YOU know everything, perhaps you have a friend, co-worker, or family member who isn’t as knowledgeable about cannabis as you are, and could use some schooling on […]

PHOTOBYLOVE / GETTY IMAGES For decades, cannabis research has been criminally negligent, due to backward, fear-based, repressive prohibitionist beliefs. There’s a school of thought which believes this may be due in part to Big Pharmaceutical not wanting the public to have a more comprehensive understanding of a plant that you can grow yourself and might […]

DONALD WEBER / STRINGER / GETTY Starting today, the poutine-loving, Celine Dion-blasting, hockey-playing, moose-wrestling residents of Canada may now legally purchase cannabis all across their fine country. That’s right: It’s now legal, nationwide. Which leads me to the question, “Who in Canada would like to marry a cannabis columnist who is seeking to flee the […]

YARYGIN / GETTY IMAGES Would you like to share your thoughts with the Federal Gubbermint about cannabis? I hope so, because from now until October 31, they actually want to hear from you about your fondness for the devil’s lettuce. Actually, they’re looking to hear from ALL people who have feelings about weed—including those who […]