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Joshua Jardine Taylor is the Mercury's Senior Cannabis columnist and correspondent, and has written "Cannabuzz" since 2015.
Yes, you can get addicted to weed, although there’s a difference between addiction and dependence.
Rex_Wholster / Getty Images It’s not breaking news that cannabis businesses and the banking industry have a contentious and ugly relationship fueled by paranoia and fear. The vast majority of US banks will neither make loans to, nor open and maintain accounts for, cannabis businesses. Therefore, these businesses are shut out of access to credit […]
This Saturday, August 18, Green Hop Dispensary will be holding a block party. It’s not a street fair, so if this term is somewhat foreign to you, I urge you to watch and then re-watch the excellent concert film Dave Chapelle’s Block Party. Starting at noon, the Green Hop Fest Block Party will welcome a […]
NIKITA GUSAK/GETTY IMAGES Last week, the cannabis community reacted to a new report that examines how Oregon is doing with its recreational program. The report, “An Initial Assessment of Cannabis Production, Distribution, and Consumption in Oregon 2018,” was prepared by a group of city, state, and federal agencies that comprise the Oregon-Idaho High Intensity Drug […]
The report was prepared by the Oregon-Idaho High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.
ROBINOLIMB/GETTY IMAGES California cannabis delivery service Eaze recently issued a report looking at how many people in California are still sourcing their cannabis through the unregulated marketplace, and why. SF Gate broke down the report’s numbers. The report reveals that 84 percent of California consumers are “very satisfied” with the recreational cannabis program eight months […]
YARYGIN / GETTY IMAGES When I used to tour the country with various bands and artists, two of the least cannabis-friendly states we’d hit were Florida and Oklahoma. (The time I was asked to let the chief of police in a small Florida town onto our tour bus—in which nearly every flat surface was covered […]
MARK TROST / GETTY IMAGES Oregon’s recreational cannabis industry strives, and often succeeds, in following the letter of the law. When growers, producers, and dispensaries face judgment, it’s on two fronts—the electronic public square of social media, and the more fearsome regulatory agency smackdown, which can add stiff financial penalties to the scarlet “C” of […]
Hefty fines for violations in Oregon and Colorado.
Delores Saltzman Fox 17 West Michigan Aside from Motown, I don’t truly know that much about Michigan. Yes, it gets cold during the winters, there are loyal fans for their sports-ball teams, and they don’t do a great job of providing clean drinking water for their citizens of color. But one thing I do know […]
rgbspace / Getty Images California has joined the ranks of other states with recreational cannabis programs who have determined that there will not be any mixing of cannabis and alcohol in any way, shape, or form, little mister. And if you think it’s acceptable to partake of the two substances, well, I have some news […]
STAS_V / GETTY IMAGES Oregon just celebrated the third anniversary of cannabis legalization, and I think it’s safe to say it’s been a success. While it’s had a negative impact on the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program, and our state’s nearly 30,000 licensed growers are currently struggling with a saturated market and depressed prices for their […]
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