California pot grower Eddy Lepp is free now, but many others are not.
Josh Jardine
Joshua Jardine Taylor is the Mercury's Senior Cannabis columnist and correspondent, and has written "Cannabuzz" since 2015.
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New Years Eve, Old School PDX style
What with all the gentrification, 1500$ studio rents and overall loss of what long time residents call “old school Portland”, you may have overlooked an option for how to spend your New Years Eve, or even your pre- New Years Eve. And while Satyricon isn’t reopening, there is a show that embodies the spirit of […]
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Caregiving with Cannabis, by Trial and Error
Cannabis Helps, But We Still Need a Lot More Info
Cannabis helps people in need, but we still need a lot more info.
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Reviewing the Year in Weed
ISTOCK / GASPR13 As we wrap up 2016—a year that, for many, has been filled with a distressing degree of loss, fear, and historical division—let’s take a look back at these past 12 months, and specifically what has happened with cannabis. (Hopefully you weren’t expecting a wrap-up about sportsball.) LEGALIZATION—Oregon hit its one-year anniversary for […]
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The Cannabis Year in Review
The Highs and Lows of Weed in 2016
The highs and lows of weed in 2016.
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Holiday Gifts for the Stoner in Your Life (and, Okay, for You, Too)
The Nuggy, a Swiss army knife for weed. Admit it, you want one. Nug Tools HEY EVERYONE, it’s almost Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Festivus! (Your choice—or celebrate them all!) Which means that in order to keep up relations and maintain societal norms, it’s time to spend money and buy things for people. Blah blah manger baby, yadda yadda eight […]
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Holiday Gifts for Stoners!
Get Something Special for the Pothead in Your Life
Get something special for the pothead in your life.
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Beer and Cannabis Go Great Together. Who Knew?
ISTOCK / HYRMA AND GIOCALDE A FEW MONTHS BACK, I was at a cannabis dinner event. I got to talking with the gentleman sitting across from me, and he mentioned he was a brewery owner with a good news/bad news scenario. The good news: The OLCC had approved his request to brew a beer infused […]
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Coalition Brewing’s CBD-Infused Beer
Beer and Cannabis Go Great Together. Who Knew?
Beer and cannabis go great together. Who knew?
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We’ve Got the A’s to Your Frequently Asked Q’s
Snappy Answers to Common Cannabis Questions
Snappy answers to common cannabis questions.
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The New Rules for Testing Cannabis Concentrates Are Causing Headaches
ISTOCK / JDAWNINK ON YOUR LAST trip to the dispensary, you might have noticed that some of your favorite non-flower cannabis products are missing. That pain-relieving topical you count on, or that creamy, chronic ice cream you’ve come to love? Gone, gone, gone. Budtenders apologize for the slim product selection, but a return date for […]
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Testing Products (and Patience)
The New Rules for Testing Cannabis Concentrates Are Causing Headaches
The new rules for testing cannabis concentrates are causing headaches.