Vaping might not be so carefree. Mike Force [Originally published in our sister publication, The Stranger.] Officials at the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) announced Wednesday that someone died in July from a โsevere respiratory illnessโ after they vaped cannabis oil that was reportedly bought from a legal pot shop. OHA has not been able to […]
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Big Surprise: The Feds Are Still Not in Any Rush to Legalize Cannabis
JUSTIN SULLIVAN / GETTY Time for yet another entry my long-running series โJust Legalize the Damn Plant Already: Federal Edition.โ Much like The Big Bang Theory was, itโs a terrible series with bad actors that has been going on for far too long. As you may recall, cannabis has been illegal at the federal level […]
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Now That Weed Is Legal, Oregonโs 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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I Forced a Stoned Bot to Read 1,000 Cannabis Press Releases and Write This Column
Uh, maybe get high for this one.
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The Cannabis Science Conference Will Help You Wise Up on Weed
Are you into the science of cannabis? No, for real thoughโdo you bore people with your excitedly long-winded ravings abut weed, using fancy 75-cent words? Are graphs, charts, and PowerPoint presentations about cannabis what makes you happy? Then it’s time to go, get your geek on, go, get your geek onโat the return of next […]
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What to Know About Recent Vaporizer Health Scaresโand Stay Away from Black-Market Cartridges
gawriloff/Getty Images At a party this weekend, I set up a vaporizer station with different kinds of flower. A woman came up and asked if it was safe. โBecause I keep hearing about hundreds of people vaping and ending up in the hospital, and I understand one just died, so Iโm concernedโฆโ Yes, death by […]
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There Are More Women Executives in Cannabis Than in Other Sectors of the Economy, But There’s Still Room for Improvement
The Cannabiz Agency/Getty Images Where do women stand in the labor force, aside from underpaid? According to the US Department of Labor, “Of the 123 million women age 16 years and over in the U.S., 72 million, or 58.6 percent, were labor force participantsโworking or looking for work. Women comprised 47 percent of the total […]
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Florida Cannabis Enforcement Is in Flux, Because Science Is Hard
Meg Nanna The legalization of hemp as a crop has led to some great things. (Yay, hemp!) But nothing is everything all the time, and legal hemp is causing some massive headaches for officials in Florida (much like the type of headaches you get when you smoke hemp). It’s a very special Florida problemโwhich should […]
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Portland’s Cannabis Policy Oversight Team Wants YOU
Do you enjoy bitching and moaning about the things Portland gets wrong with cannabis policy? Ooooooh, me too! Grumbling about ganja and how the city deals with it is a fine way to pass some time, especially when done while burning down a fat one and holding forth with insights like, “The City, man, they […]
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Could Cannabis Kill Cancer Cells? A New Study Looks Promising
BOONCHAI WEDMAKAWAND/GETTY IMAGES Through reports and anecdotal evidence, cannabis has been touted to offer benefits to those dealing with cancer, and to alleviate the side effects of cancer treatment. The reduction of anxiety, nausea, pain, and loss of appetite make cannabis a seeming wonder drug that many caregivers will attest to all day long. A […]
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Colorado Kind: Going Mile High in Denver
A visit to Denver revealed some interesting differences between Colorado’s and Oregon’s cannabis scenes.
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A Utah Official Who Opposed Medical Cannabis Is the State’s Largest Opioid Seller
SageElyse / Getty Images There are reasons why someone could be opposed to a regulated cannabis program: religious beliefs, or concerns it’ll lead to the abuse of far more dangerous substances, or ignorance over pot’s impact and effects. Oh, and childrenโwon’t someone please think of the children! (Just not in a Jeffrey Epstein way.) Those […]