Here’s a phrase I never expected to utter: “A good thing came out of Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act.” And yet… If you don’t recall that measure, it allows anti-gay bigots to refuse service to gays and lesbians (because, you know, Jesus was all about the hate, separation, and judgment.) Somehow, the First Church of […]
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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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Recreational Cannabis from Medical Dispensaries This Year? It Could Happen
Alex Chiu One of the most vexing questions since Measure 91 passed in November 2014 is the time frame for recreational consumers of cannabis to be able to purchase their newly legal cannabis. The date that’s been batted around most often for recreational pot shops to open has been sometime in late 2016—a long way […]
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Cannabuzz: The Week in Cannabis
Cannabis Confusion in the Capital
Cannabis confusion in the capital.
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Closing Time: You Don’t Have to Go Home, but You Can’t… Buy… Here
Vinnie Neuberg In another chapter of “Washington State Screws with Medical Marijuana Patients,” Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has announced he wants to shut down half of the city’s Medical Marijuana (MMJ) dispensaries. As reported on thesmokingbud.com, all cannabis businesses must now purchase a special new business license, and favor will be given to those MMJ […]
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Cannabuzz: The Devil Knows His Own
This column has historically explored the numerous benefits that cannabis can provide. I’ve shared my own experiences using it, and, apart from a couple missteps in dosing [“Holiday Party Meltdown,” Cannabuzz, Dec 10, 2014], I have a great relationship with the plant. But have I ever regretted smoking or being with someone who was smoking? […]
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Cannabuzz: The Week in Cannabis
The Devil Knows His Own
Sometimes, the Devil knows his own.
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Cannabuzz: Fifty Shades of Green
Today’s column is about cannabis and copulation. Really? Yep. Now, my mother reads this (hi Mom!), so let’s try and be adults. So… ahem… how do these two things go together? For many people, stress can be a prime killer of bang-bang sexy times. And as we all know, smoking or vaping some sweet green […]
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Today in Pot News: WTF, WA?
image via dol.wa.gov Hey, recreational dispensaries! Remember to ask to look at one of these! Not hard. On Wednesday morning, the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board revealed that they had just completed “compliance checks” to make recreational dispensaries were only selling to canna-consumers aged 21 and over. These checks, the first ones performed, were […]
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Cannabuzz: The Week in Cannabis
Fifty Shades of Green
Fifty shades of green: Do cannabis and sex mix?
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Cannabuzz: D.A.R.E. to Be Stupid
So, I knew a guy who smoked a joint this one time, and it gave him an erection that lasted, like, 26 hours, and then his penis exploded, and then he died. I also knew this girl who ate a pot cookie, and it made her pregnant, and then she tried to eat a wheelbarrow […]
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Cannabuzz: Pain, Pills, Pot, and Progress
We have it good in Oregon with Measure 91, but the rest of the US still has a ways to go. Plant prohibitionists remain fond of screaming about the dangers of cannabis, and the feds still have it listed as a Schedule I drug, defined by the following characteristics: • The drug or other substance […]