Is the legal, over-the-counter way of buying weed all that much better? Yes. Yes, it is.
Josh Jardine
Joshua Jardine Taylor is the Mercury's Senior Cannabis columnist and correspondent, and has written "Cannabuzz" since 2015.
Itโs Time to Debunk the Bullshit Around 4/20โs Origins
How exactly did the number 420 get associated with weed?
Maryland Woes, Skinny Joints, and More Canna News
GETTY / LUMPPINI You want a cannabis news roundup? Cause thatโs what we have today, and we arenโt doing any substitutions. Take a number, and weโll call you when your canna news is ready. Green and White All Over Marylandโs had a rocky start getting its medical cannabis program up and running. Although it passed […]
Itโs a Cannabis News Roundup!
Maryland woes, skinny joints, and more canna news from around the country.
Canna Rants: These Things in the Cannabis World Just Need… to… Stop
GETTY / CINOBY I managed to stay healthy since March of last year, despite being surrounded this winter by numerous friends who fell victim to the flu going around. I never even got a cold. โProbably because I take really great care of myself,โ I smugly announced whenever the subject came up. The universe took […]
Canna Rants
These things in the cannabis world just need… to… stop.
Salem Has Three Upcoming Cannabis Bills Worth Knowing About
On Friday, March 17, I got up at 4:30 am, left the house at 6:30, and arrived in Salem before 8. Was I super eager to get to Salem for… uh, whatever it is Salem is so well known for? No, friends, I was dressed in my finery to lobby my elected officials on the […]
Adventures in Canna Lobbying
Oregon has three upcoming cannabis bills that are worth knowing about.
Say Goodbye to the Third Eye During the Portland Head Shop’s Final Blowout
When I moved to Portland in 1989, I knew exactly three people, I thought Satyricon was both cool and scary (right on both counts), and I had no weed connection. I did have a friend who was Fed Exing me weed from California along with the sage advice that I should find a good head […]
Weed Tales from the Road: Texas Two-Step
GETTY / EU TOUCH Iโve written about how my work in the music and cannabis industries have been complementaryโhow cannabis saved my sanity during the numerous tours I managed, and how offering cannabis products to those touring bands has saved theirs. But there was one time when a band saved me from a potential stretch […]
Tales from the Road: A Texas Weed Bust
How I got out of trouble at the US border checkpoint at Sierra Blanca.
Idaho Tokers Kickstarted a Small Oregon Border Town’s Economy
IDAHO STATESMAN / JOE JASZEWSKI The Associated Press and the Idaho Statesmanโboth of which are a part of the deeply feared and dreaded โopposition partyโ Emperor Pussy Grabber has spoken ofโran pieces last week that give some insight into just how much people enjoy cannabis. The stories looked at Huntington, Oregon, a town so small […]
