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Josh Jardine
Joshua Jardine Taylor is the Mercury's Senior Cannabis columnist and correspondent, and has written "Cannabuzz" since 2015.
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Cannabuzz: Weed News Roundup!
The Cost of Weed, Who’s Buying, and the Future of Delivery Services
The cost of wed, who’s buying, and the future of delivery services.
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Cannabuzz: Children and the Chronic
“Won’t Someone Think of the Children?” Uh, Actually, Yes.
“Won’t someone think of the children?” Uh, actually, yes.
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Don’t Be a Dope About Legal Weed
The Newcomers’ Guide to Oregon Pot Laws
The newcomers’ guide to Oregon pot laws.
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Aquarium Drunkard Hits Portland
Portland often hosts great DJs from around the world, and this weekend is no exception. Justin Gage, the mastermind behind one of arguably the best and most eclectic music blogs around, Aquarium Drunkard, will be at Tanner Leather (4719 N Albina) on Saturday for a special audio/visual experience. As the website states, it’s “Featuring an […]
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Two Government Agencies Are Making Cannabis Events Difficult
ronitphoto.com REGULAR READERS of this column—and Jah bless all six of you—know that when I’m not sitting in my estate in the West Hills dictating this column to a bank of interns, I have a business that works in several arenas of the cannabis industry, with a focus on event production. Seventeen-year-old me is beyond […]
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Cannabuzz: All Tomorrow’s Weed Parties
Two Government Agencies Are Making Cannabis Events Difficult
Two government agencies are making cannabis events difficult.
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Dude, Where’s My Dispensary License?
WHEN THE Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) was tasked with handling Oregon’s adult use cannabis program—AKA the recreational weed sales that we have come to know and love—the news didn’t send massive throngs out dancing in the streets. To say that Oregonians have a complex relationship with the OLCC is an understatement. Among the agency’s […]
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Cannabuzz: Dude, Where’s My License?
The OLCC Is Dragging Its Feet on Recreational Licenses, and the Clock Is Ticking
The OLCC is dragging its feet on issuing recreational licenses, and the clock is ticking.
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Say It with Me—Weed Isn’t Heroin
Not long ago, I wrote about the slight, slim chance that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) would reschedule cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule II [Cannabuzz, July 6]. You remember what Schedule I is—it’s the list of drugs defined as having “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.” Along with cannabis, […]
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Cannabuzz: Say It with Me—Weed Isn’t Heroin
A Plea for Descheduling Cannabis
A plea for descheduling cannabis altogether.
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Free the Weed, and Drop the Charges
If at some point in the past you were charged with, and convicted of, a crime relating to cannabis in Oregon, two things: 1) That sucks and 2) There may be help to get those charges removed from your record—for free. The Portland-based Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA) and Marley Naturals have teamed up for […]