If you were planning to head to the Emerald City for the High Times US Cannabis Cup, the Seattle PI has some bad news: It’s been canceled. Although High Times has held the event in the Seattle area for the past three years, the implementation of I-502 (Washington’s recreational cannabis program) is making this year’s […]
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: The Week in Cannabis
Pain, Pills, Pot, and Progress
Pain, pills, pot, and progress.
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Cannabuzz: The M Word
What do you call your herb? Pot? Weed? Bud? The chronic? Sticky icky? Or maybe you use the most common everyday term: marijuana. After all, our state has the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program, not the Oregon Medical Dank-Kind-Nugs Program. But there’s a growing movement to phase out the word “marijuana” and replace it with “cannabis.” […]
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Baristas and Bumps: The Drugs We Do, by Profession
A new study from treatment4addiction.com (did Prince name them? Was “2many8balls4U.org” taken?) examines drug use by profession. According to the report, Americans sure like them some druggies while on the clock, costing $120 billion in lost productivity as recently as 2007 due to drug use in the workplace. You Microbrew Bores don’t escape blame either, […]
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Cannabuzz: The Week in Cannabis
The M Word
Maybe we shouldn’t be using the word “marijuana” anymore.
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Cannabuzz: Uncle Sam Wants to Hook You Up
TRUE OR FALSE? The federal government grows cannabis, and it wants to sell you some. True. But before you go asking for some OG Uncle Sam at your local dispensary, hang tight. It won’t be worth your time. Last month, the good people at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (or NIDA, if you’re nasty) […]
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Cannabuzz: The Week in Cannabis
Uncle Sam Wants to Hook You Up
Uncle Sam totally wants to hook you up with some killer weed.
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Happy 420! WTF is 420?
Today is April 20th, aka 4/20, aka the Highest of Holy Days for cannabis enthusiasts. Numerous OMMP dispensaries will be running specials all day long, so if you have your card, check out the offerings via such awesome apps as Leafly. It’s also a great day to remind people why we choose this day to […]
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Game of Stones (I Mean, a Game for Stoners)
Illustration: Vinnie Neuberg HEY, BUZZY! Yeah, you with the apple pipe. Get yourself real high on some chronic pot weed, and enjoy this game designed just for you canna-heads out there. It’s fun and easy to play, so turn off that rerun of Adventure Time and call your friends! Hilarity ensues once the action starts, […]
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Midnight Strain to Georgia
Today in Atlanta, Georgia Republican Governor Nathan Deal signed a medical marijuana bill into law that allows individuals to posses up to 20 ounces of cannabis oil to treat eight medical conditions, including late stage cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, Lou Gehrig’s disease, and seizure disorders. This is AWESOME, except it’s really not. Patients will need a […]
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A Recipe for a Premium High
Forget the most expensivest shit, here’s a recipe for a premium high.