Getty Images / FatCamera On May 2, the staff at the CBN Holdings cannabis grow facility in Gresham walked off the job. They’ve been on strike since. Their concerns are serious: Workers have said that CBN Holdings, which markets its products under the brand Cannabis Nation, has been consistently dismissive of their concerns about fire […]
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And the 2022 SPLIFF Winners Are…….
Another dope SPLIFF Film Festival has passed. You came, you smoked, you watched, you voted! Without any further ado, here are this year’s 2022 SPLIFF winners! Trippiest: “Your Marketplace” Funniest: “Cooking at 4:20” Stupidest: “Poop Shoes” Best in Show: “Cactus Touch” Many thanks to ALL our incredible filmmakers, and thank YOU for making the 2022 […]
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Cannabis Topicals for Injuries: Do They Work… OR WHAT?
“Augggh! MY BACK! Luckily this box is full of various cannabis-infused salves.” WARRENGOLDSWAIN / ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS Life is pain. Especially if you’re myself or co-author Suzette Smith, who greet each new day with a crick in our necks, achey feet, and/or endlessly complaining lower backs. And we’re pretty fit individuals, too! So […]
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Advances in Vaping and an Oregon-Made Sectional Bong Make it Even Easier to Blaze the Great Outdoors
Smoke Honest’s Capsule Water Pipe MASON PALMER Although known in my circles as an advocate of vaping over smoking, I’m not an absolutist—always down for a well rolled joint, or an icy bong hit. There’s a staggering array of vaporizing and smoking gear, though price (and quality) points vary. Here are three tested and recommended […]
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CERF Program Provides a Safety Net for the Portland’s Cannabis Industry, but Raises Questions About Transparency
HILLARY KLADKE / GETTY IMAGES This month, a group of nonprofit organizations began distributing $1.33 million in taxpayer funds to Portland cannabis businesses. The program and its financing, called Cannabis Emergency Relief Fund (CERF), are unconventional, for the beneficiaries—cannabis-related businesses—, for the relative speed with which they moved through City Hall, and for the lack […]
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Where Do My Weed Taxes Go? The Fight For a Slice of the Cannabis Tax Pie
ALEKSANDR KHARITONOV / GETTY IMAGES As we attempt to sunset this whole global pandemic—which killed millions, devastated economies, and left countless people with underdiagnosed and untreated mental health issues—thingamajig, we’re left to imagine: What if we’d tried to do all of that without cannabis? Oregonians spent their downtime partaking, as COVID converted many non-users to […]
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Hemp Bar Wants to Destigmatize Cannabis with Craft CBD Cocktails
Hemp Bar MARSHALL AND MADDI STEEVES At first glance, a peek into Hemp Bar’s large windows reveals a typical Portland sight: a sleek bar made from reclaimed wood, kombucha on tap, curated shelves of locally made products. But the dedicated craft CBD cafe is unique among the city’s other watering holes—it’s a project of cannabis […]
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Oregon Has Legalized Psilocybin Therapy—So When Can I Take Magic Mushrooms?
ALEXANDER VOLKOV / ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS It’s T-minus 259 days until Oregonians can legally start tripping, and we’re still deciding how best to manage the production and administration of psychedelic drugs. In 2020, voters passed Measure 109, permitting the use of psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms. In the months since, members […]
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The Mercury‘s Cannabis Guide 2022: Growing Pains… and Pleasures!
Olga Tsareva / Mercury Staff Do people identify as stoners anymore? It seems like nowadays everyone in a button up shirt is confiding that they took an edible before the show, or they’re only drinking CBD for “dry” January. In our little bubble, at least, cannabis has been straight-up normalized. State-legal for recreational use since […]
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Cannabis Topicals for Injuries: Do They Work… OR WHAT?
Life is pain. Especially if you’re myself or co-author Suzette Smith, who greet each new day with a crick in our necks, achey feet, and/or endlessly complaining lower backs. And we’re pretty fit individuals, too! So even though we both exercise on a regular basis, how do our bodies thank us? By plaguing us with […]
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TONIGHT! It’s the SPLIFF FILM FEST—A Festival By and For Stoners!
HELLO WEED LOVERS! Tonight, Saturday April 16, it’s the stone-iest night of the year… the SPLIFF Film Festival—featuring short, hilarious, trippy, and thoughtful mini-movies about cannabis, made by stoners just like YOU! At SPLIFF, you’ll see films that will make you laugh, films that will make you think, and films that will make you ask, […]
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Saturday Night Only! It’s the Weed-Tastic SPLIFF FILM FESTIVAL at Revolution Hall!
HELLO WEED LOVERS! This Saturday (April 16), it’s the stone-iest time of the year… the the SPLIFF Film Festival—featuring short, hilarious, trippy, and thoughtful mini-movies about cannabis, made by stoners just like YOU! At SPLIFF, you’ll see films that will make you laugh, films that will make you think, and films that will make you […]