Meg Nanna Last week—right before Washington, DC, turned into a circus—the federal government allocated a total of $3 million in the form of nine research grants, to determine if CBD has effects on pain. NBC reported that the grants were made through National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. A second round of grants is […]
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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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Vapocalypse 2019: WTF IS GOING ON?
This has been a scary time for people who vape, and for the companies that make vaping products and equipment. Every day provides more information about what’s happened, and the potential reasons behind this increasingly deadly health crisis. We still don’t have all the answers, but we know more than we did. Here’s an update. […]
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The SAFE Act, a Cannabis Banking Bill, Is Losing Support from Progressives
HighGradeRoots/Getty Images This year has generated increasing hope that a long-overdue bill for addressing the lack of banking options for cannabis businesses would finally be passed, thus alleviating the hassle, expense, and dangers that come with operating as an all-cash businesses. That solution manifested as the Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act, AKA the SAFE […]
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The Smoke Trap Helps You Keep Your Puff Puff on the DL
Remember blowing through a dryer sheet in a paper towel? This is better.
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What’s the Best Way to Store Weed Long-Term?
An Italian study examined light exposure and storage temperature.
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Vapocalypse 2019: Illicit Cartridge Edition
HighGradeRoots/Getty Images We still don’t have all the answers about the recent rash of vaping-related hospitalizations and deaths, but among the information recently emerging is that some of these cases are related to illicit THC cartridges, AKA products from the black market. Such markets thrive in states that do not have a regulated cannabis program, […]
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The DEA Insists on Making Cannabis Research as Difficult as Possible
BOONCHAI WEDMAKAWAND/GETTY IMAGES Go ahead and mock my Reynolds-Wrap-hat mentality, but I think there may be a government agency working against the interests of legitimate cannabis research. Is it a conspiracy? Ha ha, no, it’s just the Drug Enforcement Administration, doing what they do best: getting in the way and slowing things down like three […]
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Vapocalypse 2019: JUST WTF IS GOING ON?
6okean/Getty Images (An updated edition of this report can be found here.) This has been a scary time for people who vape, and for the companies that make vaping products and equipment. Although I reported on the situation a couple of weeks ago, every day since has provided more information about what’s happened, and the […]
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Five Great Cannabis Products Made by Locals
Corporations suck, and so does corporate cannabis. Buy and get high locally with these stellar Oregon brands. 7 Points Oregon Cannabis The first time I heard of a “veganic growing” method, I thought was being punked for an episode of Portlandia. But the choice to forgo all animal products, such as manure or bone/blood meal, […]
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What Weed Oversupply?
Reports that Oregon has a six-year surplus of weed may have been overblown.
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Massachusetts Mayor Busted in “Bribes for Buds” Indictment
Worawee Meepian/Getty Images Any cannabis business owner will tell you that among the challenges in establishing and running a business are the numerous opportunities for learning intense patience and developing a buddha-like nature when dealing with city governments. Now, to their credit, cannabis is just as new to governments as it is to the private […]
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Blowing Clouds: Researchers Announce a Breathalyzer for Bud
A breathalyzer machine for alcohol. Could one for cannabis be on the way? AlexLMX/Getty Images Both cannabis prohibitionists and supporters agree that operating a motor vehicle after consuming cannabis is not a good idea. The “effects of cannabis versus alcohol” argument aside—in which some researchers believe cannabis is safer than alcohol when driving—no one is […]