The good and the not-so-good of weed in 2017.
Josh Jardine
Joshua Jardine Taylor is the Mercury's Senior Cannabis columnist and correspondent, and has written "Cannabuzz" since 2015.
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How to Argue with Your Family About Legal Weed This Christmas
SMILEITSMCCHEEZE / GETTY IMAGES It’s the holiday season, and for many of us, that means spending time with family. And I don’t mean the family you choose—I mean the family that might hit you up for a spare organ at some point because you are a genetic match. Those people. Yeah. Time spent with difficult […]
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The Emerald Cup Has More Weed Than Oz
Emerald Cup “You wanna hit this?” “This” was a super-sized bomber—a blunt-sized joint with a line of rosin running through it, turbo-charged with the addition of some kief. I stared through the thick haze of smoke and thought about the question for an uncharacteristically long period. It wasn’t that I was too high, but rather […]
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The Emerald Cup Is a Fairyland of Weed
Santa Rosa, California’s Cannabis Festival Is Better Than Oz
The Santa Rosa, California, cannabis festival is better than Oz.
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Consume Cannabis and Bid on Art for Charity
This Saturday, December 16, toddle on down to the NW Cannabis Club (1195 SE Powell) to support a great cause. And bring your weed. The Holiday Ball and Charity Art Auction is a benefit for the Portland Rescue Mission on Burnside, and will feature art in its many forms, including “functional glass pieces,” and no, […]
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Cannabis Talking Points for Christmas
How to Argue with Your Family About Legal Weed
How to argue with your family about legal weed.
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Two Prominent Members of the Oregon Cannabis Community May Have Ties to White Power Groups
Thom_Morris / Getty Images I’m really struggling with this news. Because I’m literally sick to my stomach as I type these words: Two people with a high profile in the Oregon cannabis industry may be white supremacists, or to be more clear, neo-Nazis. Noelle Crombie of the Oregonian writes today that Bethany Sherman and her […]
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NW Cannabis Club Allows You to Take It Inside
The Members-Only Club Provides a Needed Service for Those Who Can’t Consume at Home
The members-only NW Cannabis Club provides a much-needed service for those who can’t consume their weed at home.
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A Dispensary Is Giving Away Free Weed. No, Really.
Panacea dispensary panaceapdx.com Do you have a discounted Oregon Medical Marijuana Program card? Then I have some good news! The fine people at NE Sandy medical dispensary Panacea have a very cool new program rolling out on Wednesday, December 6 (tomorrow). They have partnered with Bull Run Craft Cannabis to provide an eighth of flower […]
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Appolition Helps Incarcerated People of Color with Your Spare Change
Kami-Gami / Getty Images In a time when our racist, sewer-hearted, stage-five-Cancer-in-Chief is trying to kill us all (whenever he’s not trying to rip us off), it’s both easy and understandable to become overwhelmed with all of the important issues that deserve our support. Because there are so, so, so so, many things that need […]
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What’s in a (Weed Strain) Name? Not Much, Actually
Phylos Certified’s Cannabis Genetics Database Phylos Bioscience Prior to cannabis legalization, you rolled the dice with every purchase from your “agricultural products broker”—AKA your friendly neighborhood weed dealer. Many a transaction had me asking if there was “any more of that lime-green stuff from last week” or “that pot that tasted like oranges.” Every once […]
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What’s in a Strain Name? Not Much, It Turns Out.
Which Is Why Phylos Certified Is Mapping Your Weed’s Genetics
The Phylos Certified program maps the genetics of different weed strains.