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Josh Jardine
Joshua Jardine Taylor is the Mercury's Senior Cannabis columnist and correspondent, and has written "Cannabuzz" since 2015.
Celebrate 4/20 with a CBD Beer Festival
There’s no shortage of things you can do to celebrate 4/20, like, say, visiting numerous dispensaries and buying copious amounts of deeply discounted cannabis and cannabis products, and then, you know, consuming them, perhaps in a five-foot Graffix bong or three-foot joint. Hey, so long as you consume responsibly and don’t drive afterwards, of course. […]
A Cross-Fading Horror Story of Mixing Alcohol and Weed Edibles
The 20th of April is right around the corner, and for those who celebrate 4/20 as a high holy day, bless your hearts. We can use an uptick in sales at our local dispensaries, so stock up, and get down responsibly. Not to be Donald Downer, but as always, please mind your edibles intake. Iโve […]
John Boehner Sucks. I Don’t Care If He’s Pro Cannabis Now.
dkfielding / Getty Images Like many of us, I struggle with forgiveness. In theory, I grasp the harm done by not engaging in forgiveness, as well as the numerous benefits that are afforded the person who is able to let something go and move forward. And sure, for some transgressions, I am a zen master […]
A Crossfading Horror Story
Mixing alcohol and edibles is never a good idea.
Synthetic Cannabis Apparently Makes You Bleed and Die
Last year I wrote about the nightmarish scenarios that are sometimes found in cities without regulated cannabis programs, in which people sometimes resort to using synthetic cannabis, resulting in some Walking Dead behavior. No, for realโmake a list of top 10 zombie-like behavioral traits, and aside from eating human brains, all the boxes are checked. […]
Everyone’s Favorite Cannabinoid, CBD, Continues to Make the News
DRUVO AND ALEXWONG / GETTY IMAGES CBD continues to be a gamechanger. The applications of this cannabinoid, which can be made from either cannabis or hemp, keep growingโas does its popularity. Letโs take a look at whatโs been going on with CBD lately. I never thought Iโd be typing the words โMitch McConnell did the […]
Legal Cannabis Programs Reduce Opioid Prescriptions
LattaPictures / Getty Images It’s time to revise that dusty relic of a phrase used by ignorant prohibitionistsโ”Marijuana is a gateway drug”โ to the far more enlightened and accurate “Cannabis is an exit drug.” On Monday, the New York Times reported on two new studies by the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, coming to the conclusion […]
The Latest Buzz Around CBD
A look at the latest news around CBD.
Oregon Dispensaries Get a Perfect Score on ID Checks
ZOLJO / GETTY IMAGES Back in January, I wrote about the OLCC performing random “minor decoy operations” at Oregon dispensaries, with less than stellar results. These operations involve volunteers using unaltered state-issued IDs or driver’s licenses that clearly showed they were under 21. The volunteers wore no artificial add-ons like wigs, false mustaches or aging […]
It’s a Mug! It’s a Pipe!
I recently wrote about a study that examined the consumption of cannabis and coffeeโa study that the scientists probably could have performed just by hanging with me any day of the week. The DIY mood management that comes from a perfect pairing of bud and coffee bean is a ongoing experiment that has yet to […]
Secondhand Smoke and Mirrors
Cannabis studies still leave a lot to be desired.
