There’s little “good news” while in the middle of a pandemic. With the national death rate topping more than 200,000 and positive coronavirus cases reaching 7 million, it’s pretty easy to slip into a state of hopelessness and depression. However there are things we can do to power through this hellscape and hopefully emerge wiser […]
Cannabis Guide 2020
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Cannabis Guide 2020: What Products Are Best For Quarantine
Unless you’re 102, this is probably your first pandemic. The challenges we face in the COVID crisis are both psychological and physiological and we’re addressing them with myriad tools (including Pelotons, power napping, and pie). And more than ever, those tools include cannabis and CBD. But different products produce different outcomes: The search for a […]
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Cannabis Guide 2020: Get High, Get Shit Done
More than ever, folks are adapting to the telecommuting life that I’ve enjoyed for the last few years. But while working from home is amazing for a lot of reasons, it’s also sometimes impossible to 1) actually work and 2) want to work when the nagging presence of TV, animals, offspring, chores, and an entire […]
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Cannabis Guide 2020: How a Death Doula Helps People Pass to the Other Side (with an Assist from Cannabis)
While some of us are just now relaxing into the warm embrace of stretchy waistbands, Raina Casey’s been sporting tomboy chic sweat suits since well before the pandemic. It’s no wonder she opts for comfort when her life’s work is dedicated to, well, death. Casey is an end-of-life doula—a profession that evokes a mix of […]
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Cannabis Guide 2020: Green Muse’s Top Five Cannabis Edibles
Truth: 2020 has been a banner year for Things That Make Me Want to Smoke Weed. For related reasons, it’s also been a remarkably bad year for lungs. At first, it was the highly contagious, deadly airborne virus. Then came the tear gas, enveloping us in clouds of noxious, cancer-causing chemicals. Then came the wildfires, […]
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Cannabis Guide 2020: Screw Going Out—Get Your Cannabis Delivered!
Among the many gifts 2020 has bestowed upon us, “the fear of others” and “the fear of the outside world” are the gifts that just kept on giving. While Amazon and DoorDash have helped replace dealing with real humans, neither handle cannabis—and unless you’re growing your own, how are you gonna stay high and housebound? […]
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Cannabis Guide 2020: Why Weed and Alcohol Don’t Mix
We’ve all been there. You’re drinking at home, hiding out from coronavirus while listening to 69 Love Songs and sniffing your ex’s old undershirts. You’re adequately sauced, but not so drunk that you can’t remember all the words to “I Don’t Want to Get Over You.” Then you decide that what this moment really needs […]
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Herbs for Justice: How Portland Protesters Use Cannabis to Cope
The air at the ongoing Portland protests—which have continued for more than 100 days in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police—is often filled with burning, peppery smoke from tear gas, or fragrant sage from activists. But a wide variety of attendees also use cannabis—smoked, vaped, imbibed, or otherwise—to maintain their cool […]