danchooalex / Getty images An Oregon ban on sales of all flavored vaping products—both cannabis and nicotine—will go into effect this Tuesday, October 15. The ban will last 180 days, giving state agencies time to conduct research and develop new regulations for vaping products. Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) approved the ban this afternoon, a […]
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Know Your Grower: Protanicals Makes Great Tinctures
Cannabis and other botanicals, plus adjustable THC/CBD ratios, make Protanicals’ tinctures effective and versatile.
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Snoop Dogg Performs Surprise Concert in Tiny Ontario, Oregon; Local Officials Lose their Minds
Snoop Dogg Arnold Turner/Getty Images It was most likely the biggest thing that’s happened for quite a while in the small town of Ontario, Oregon (pop. 11.366) when world-famous rapper/cannabis booster Snoop Dogg showed up for a free surprise concert on Saturday. Located on the Snake River on the Idaho border in Malheur County, Ontario […]
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Researchers Have Developed Lab-Made THC and CBD
Esther Kelleter/Getty Images When you smoke, vape, or eat cannabis, you obtain the cannabinoids THC and CBD from any of the thousands of different strains of cannabis plants. Until now, this was really the only way to get those cannabinoids, and trust me, it worked great. But a recent announcement from a man who knows […]
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A Great New Portable Vaporizer and Auto Grinder from Cloudius9
The Atomic9 Vaporizer. cloudious9.com The Cloudious9 company has released two new products since unveiling their Hydrology9, a portable water filtration vaporizer that still reminds me of a lightsaber base. I reviewed it here a while back, and have been interested to see what Cloudious9 would come up with next. Their first new item is a […]
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The Federal Government Is Spending $3 Million to See If CBD Has Value
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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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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Oregon’s Medical Marijuana Program Is Facing an Existential Crisis
Nobody else in Oregon has the same job as Erich Berkovitz. Berkovitz is the owner of PharmEx, a medical cannabis processing company in Salem. Licensed medical growers and patients bring their plants to PharmEx, where the cannabis is infused into oil concentrates, edibles, suppositories, and other forms that make it possible for patients to take […]
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What’s Up with Cannabis Beverages? Why Haven’t They Caught On?
Cannabis beverages have yet to catch on.
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An Anti-Porn Crusader Has Started a Cannabis Church
Craig Gross is a man on a mission.
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Delta-8-THC Is a Better Hangover Cure Than CBD
Sometimes a syringe full of pot is what the doctor ordered.