The next time someone asks you if you’d like a “shandy,” they probably aren’t asking about some new, weird sex act. (Probably. I don’t know who you run with with.) No, a shandy is a British term for a drink made with a beer, often a blond lager, paired usually with lemonade or lemon-lime soda, […]
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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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Green Box’s Specialty Cannabis Packages Give You a Buzz in a Box
Back in May, I previewed a unique start-up called Green Box (pdxgreenbox.com). To recap: Green Box curates cannabis and cannabis products for you based on your preferences, and then delivers one each month to your home. (Attention Jeff Sessions: A gay, married, Black man curated and delivered a box of cannabis to me in full […]
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Just Stop It: Cannabis Industry Edition
Are You a Weed Professional Doing Any of These Things? Just… no.
Are you a weed professional doing any of these things? Just… No.
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Toking for Shut-Ins: Bloom Delivers Weed to Your Door
All this, but in the comfort of your own home. Bloom/Facebook You know what will be coming soon? (No, not your mom, nor mine, pervert.) The rain. The wind. The cold. And if Jesus is still furious with us for all the same-sex mouth-to-wiener stuff Portlanders enjoy so much, probably lots and lots of snow—unless […]
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My Favorite Cannabis Products Disappeared. What Happened?
Two Promising Craft Cannabis Companies Suffered Speed Bumps in Oregon’s Maturing Market
Two promising craft cannabis companies suffered speed bumps in Oregon’s maturing market.
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No, Roger Stone Is Not a Cannabis Ally
JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES [UPDATE: According to LA Weekly, Roger Stone has been dropped from the lineup of the Cannabis World Congress & Business Exposition. Ever the class act, Stone is now threatening to sue the organizers.] American essayist and author Charles Dudley Warner once said, “Politics makes strange bedfellows.” This may be more […]
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No, Roger Stone Is Not a Cannabis Ally
The Trump Advisor’s Booking at a Cannabis Expo Is Causing Concern
The Trump advisor’s booking at a cannabis expo is causing concern.
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Cannabis Cookies You Should Try
She Don’t Know and Elbe’s Edibles Are Making Great Stuff
She Don’t Know and Elbe’s Edibles are making great stuff.
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School Is In—Cannabis School, That Is
As Labor Day approaches, you may be asking yourself, “What did I learn this summer, aside from the fact that no one in Portland seems to grasp that a linen shirt is a viable alternative to a cotton T-shirt when it’s 105 degrees?” My friends, there is still time to get yourself some schooling, and […]
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Just Like Normal Church—But With Weed
IG0RZH / GETTY IMAGES COMPOSITION By most standards, I would be considered a heathen. Dictionary.com, that wormhole for word nerds, provides the primary definition for “heathen” thusly: “an individual of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible; a person who is neither a Jew, Christian, nor Muslim; a pagan.” The entry […]
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Cannabis Communion
A Church in Denver Offers Fellowship Through Weed
A church in Denver offers fellowship through weed.
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Jeff Sessions Is Going to Hell
MORRISON1977 / ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGES In January, I wrote a column imagining the different directions federal cannabis law could take under President Trump. As you’ve hopefully learned by following along with my far smarter colleagues in their weekly “Ask a Pot Lawyer” columns, the scenarios I proposed are already hilariously outdated. That’s because […]