a_namenko | iStock | Getty Images Plus Unless you’ve been living in a remote cave without access to news (in which case I weep tears of bitter jealousy for your life), you’ve heard of the many reported health and performance benefits of a magical elixir known as “Bulletproof Coffee” AKA Butter Coffee. (It sounds better […]
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This CDC Map Shows Why Pot Should Be Legal and Trump Shouldn’t Ban Vapes
6OKEAN / GETTY IMAGES [This article was originally published by our sister paper, The Stranger—eds.] The vape crisis that has been making headlines and scaring stoners since August, sending thousands to the hospital with lung injuries and killing at least 55 people, now appears to be subsiding. New reports of the lung injury have almost […]
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Washington State Weed Robberies Lead to Changes
Dan Cole Officials at the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WLCB) have responded to requests from numerous cannabis businesses to make a change in the way information about the businesses is shared with the public. After several cannabis businesses were recently burglarized, the WLCB has agreed to remove a map on its website showing […]
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Illinois and Michigan Making Midwest Cannabis History
ISTOCK / LUSHIK / OPENRANGESTOCK One midwestern state recently began, and another is about to begin, regulated cannabis sales, and it’s worth looking at what numbers have been racked up for the first, and what’s expected for the other. First up, Michigan—whose state motto makes it sound like they may already be high (“Si quaeris […]
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Dispensaries Are Still Not Selling Cannabis to Children
IAN HOOTON/SPL One of the ongoing arguments by cannabis prohibitionists is that establishment of a regulated cannabis program will result in those under 21 having increased access to cannabis through dispensary sales. “Our children don’t need to be buying weed from these stores” is a common complaint, and the cannabis industry agrees. No, those under […]
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OLCC Bans CBD in Alcoholic Beverages
DMITRY TISHCHENKO / GETTY IMAGES The Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) has announced a ban beginning January 1 to prohibit makers of alcoholic beverages from adding CBD to the drinks. Until recently, the best known line of alcoholic drinks with CBD was arguably beers made and sold by Coalition brewing, which recently shut down their […]
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Legislative Losses for Cannabis This Month
Getty In 2019, optimism was in short supply no matter the subject, save cannabis. Numerous blogs, columns, and discussions revolved around how this was the year things were going to change, with many adding that 2020 would see full scale federal legalization. It’s all happening now, people! Except it didn’t, and likely won’t, at least […]
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The Year in Hemp
2019 was arguably the biggest year for hemp since 1937, when it, along with all forms of cannabis, was first criminalized. The passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, which removed hemp from the Controlled Substances Act has had explosive, though uneven, results. As with cannabis, rules and regulations for hemp vary from state to state. […]
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Know Your Grower: Make & Mary
The sheer range of cannabis products for sale in Oregon can be downright overwhelming. And most of us are unfamiliar with what is available, the quality of the merchandise, and where it came from. What’s more, the mass consolidation of dispensaries and brands can seriously undercut the “buy local” component. Your purchase of Aunty Gertrude’s […]
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The Vape-Related Lung Illness Crisis Appears to Be Subsiding
“Data suggest the outbreak might have peaked in mid-September,” the CDC says. Lester Black Originally published in our sister paper The Stranger. America’s vape crisis may be coming to a close. The vape-inflicted lung injury that has swept the nation since the summer, sending thousands of vape users to the hospital and killing 52 people, […]
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Major League Baseball Now Cool with Players Using Cannabis
smileitsmccheeze / iStock / Getty Images Plus Major League Baseball (MLB)—a sport that I’ve always found far more interesting when high—announced last week they’re changing how they treat their players who use cannabis. It’s a decision designed as part of a harm reduction strategy for other more dangerous, and sometimes fatal, substances. Beginning with spring […]
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Cannabis Beats Over the Counter Sleep Aids
Charles Wollertz / iStock / Getty Images Plus There’s a reason sleep deprivation is used as a form of torture, because after just a few nights of enduring it, many will gladly give up state secrets. About 70 million people in the United States struggle with sleep disorders, the most common being insomnia. (“Can’t insomnia […]