rgpspace / Getty Images Today is July 10. It’s a special day for those of you who enjoy concentrates and extracts, although if you do enough dabs, any day can be a special day. Numerically speaking, today is 7/10. Virtually all dispensaries will have sales on numerous forms of dabs, so stock up, and give […]
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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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Potentially Bad Ideas, Vol. 1: Ordering Cannabis Online
The front page of legalmarijuanarealstore.com. Every day, we are afforded the opportunity to make choices, both good and bad. When riding crowded public transit, do we remain in our seat, or offer it to someone who looks like they could use it more? (Offer the seat.) When given too much change by a cashier, do […]
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Can Cannabis Be Used to Treat Depression?
There Are a Lot of Variables, but Here’s What We Know
In some cases, cannabis might be more effective than prescription medication in treating depression.
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Canada Legalized Cannabis, Following Uruguay’s Lead
YARYGIN / GETTY IMAGES Last week, Canada officially approved legalization of cannabis throughout the country. While it’s the first G7 nation to fully legalize cannabis, it’s the second in the world overall. The first? Uruguay, a country some of us struggle to pronounce, spell, or find on a map. (Don’t “ooooooh” me, y’all know it’s […]
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The Canadian Cannabis Forecast
Looking at the Numbers, and at Uruguay, the First Country to Legalize Weed
Looking at Canada’s numbers, and at Uruguay, the first country to legalize weed.
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A CBD-Based Treatment for Epilepsy Won FDA Approval
TheCrimsonRibbon / Getty Images There was a great deal of celebrating in certain circles on Monday, when British pharmaceutical giant GW Pharmaceuticals announced that it had received FDA approval for Epidiolex, which is derived from cannabis and is used to treat two rare forms of pediatric epilepsy, Dravet Syndrome (DS) and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS). SeekingAlpha […]
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Pax Pot Pods for Pride
June is Pride Month, and under the administration of President Ragin’ Cage ‘Em, it’s become more important than ever to be a strong ally, and to stand and support your friends, family, and neighbors in LBGTQIA+ communities. Let them know you see, love, and hear them, and you fight like hell against anyone who seeks […]
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Sustainability and Cheap Weed Go Together at Eco Firma
The Canby Cannabis Grower Is on the Cutting Edge of Clean Energy
The Canby cannabis grower is on the cutting edge of clean energy.
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Buy a Cannabis Chocolate, Help a Caged Child
Leif Goods The horrific images of children being taken away from their undocumented parents, assigned numbers, and locked into rows of cages inside of repurposed Walmarts is a new subterranean level of vileness that hasn’t been seen in a generation. The resulting degree of heartbreak and defeat is nearly immeasurable, leaving good people struggling to […]
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Can the OregonSaves Program Help Cannabis Employees Save for Retirement?
OlyaSolodenko / Getty Images The cannabis industry already has plenty of concerns: the lack of access to banking, the bottomless suck-hole of profit for dispensaries that is Section 280E, and the way the adult beverage industry seems to be regulated and taxed differently from the adult botanical industry. But new concerns always emerge, and Oregon’s […]
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New Red Tape for the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program
OPENRANGESTOCK/GETTY IMAGES July 1 marks the third anniversary of the enactment of Measure 91, AKA why you can legally buy weed at your neighborhood dispensary. But we’ve also had the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) kicking around since 1998, and it’s been sad to watch it become the cannabis industry’s neglected older stepchild. I’ve been […]
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New Rules Mean Lots of Red Tape for Medical Cannabis Growers
Growing Pains for the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program
Growing pains for the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program.