Ryan Alexander-Tanner Got your legal cannabis now? Good. Roll one up or fire up the vaporizer as we look at what’s going on outside our state. • South Dakota is opening a canna resort—and while I have been vaping, that’s not a typo. That liberal bastion of progressive activism, South Dakota, has plans to open […]
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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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Oregon Hemp Convention This Weekend: Last of the Big Weed Conventions… for Now
If you’re like me—and Jah help you if that’s the case—you may have what people who play doctors on TV call “Cannabis Event Fatigue.” This condition develops when you’ve spent nearly every weekend this summer inside a chain-hotel ballroom, attending conferences, seminars, expos and gatherings, all revolving around weed. Some were atrociously overpriced for the […]
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Cannabuzz: The Week in Cannabis
Pot News from Around the Country
Oregon’s got legal weed. So what’s going on in the rest of the country?
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Pot-litical Fact Checking
The Pot Discussion from the Republican Debate
Let’s fact-check the pot discussion from the Republican Presidential Debate.
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Cannabuzz: The Week in Cannabis
Growing Veganically
Growing your own? Consider veganic.
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Cannabuzz: The Week in Cannabis
Minorities and Marijuana
The Minority Cannabis Business Association encourages diversity in our emerging weed economy.
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Cannabuzz: Cannabis Cup and Tokers Bowl
Ryan Alexander-Tanner Since legalization took effect on July 1, Oregon has been host to numerous events where you can buy a ticket, and, in return, smoke weed. This fall promises even more, with the Dope magazine cup, the Tannins and Terpenes event, and—potentially—the High Times Cannabis Cup, although they’ve changed the date and location a […]
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Cannabuzz: The Week in Cannabis
Cannabis Cup and Tokers Bowl
The Cannabis Cup is coming. Anyone remember the Tokers Bowl?
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Cannabuzz: Women Grow
Indulge me for a moment and take this easy, quick quiz: Read the statements below, and tell me what’s missing. • “Brah, this weed is dank-o-rama.”• “Hey man, you gotta try this sick ice hash.”• “Dude, those dabs got me sooooo high.” Pencils down, please. If you answered “any female pronouns,” you are correct. They […]
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Cannabuzz: The Week in Marijuana
Women Grow
Women Grow fosters female leadership in the cannabis industry.