Have you purchased your tickets for WEED THE PEOPLE, yet? Dear lord, you should hurry up! You DON’T want to miss out on what will be hands-down the most interesting, fun, and LIBERATING event of the year! Check out the deets: WEED THE PEOPLE! Come join us as we celebrate the end of Cannabis Prohibition […]
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Cannabuzz: The Week in Cannabis
Don’t Kill My Vibe, Budtender
The angriest budtender I’ve ever met was wrong about Oregon’s cannabis supply.
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Cannabuzz: Mark Your Calendar for Weed the People!
What do y’all have planned on Friday, July 3? Would you like to come to a party celebrating the legalization of cannabis? If you are 21 or over, please continue reading. The Portland Mercury, the CO2 Company, and Oregon’s Cannabis Concierge (full disclosure: my new company) are throwing an event called Weed the People on […]
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You Can Help to Expunge Non-Violent Pot Crimes. Tonight!
morgaine faye By the way, if you think it’s completely nonsensical that people could be smoking and growing and giving friends legal weed next month, but still suffer for doing some of the same stuff in the past, maybe stop by the Bus Project this evening. The organization’s teamed up with New Approach Oregon, and […]
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Cannabuzz: The Week in Cannabis
Weed the People: Mark Your Calendar!
Mark your calendar for Weed the People!
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Celebrate Your Cannabis Independence with… WEED THE PEOPLE!
Fellow Portlandians! The Mercury, Oregon’s Cannabis Concierge, and the CO2 Company are thrilled to present… WEED THE PEOPLE: A CANNABIS LEGALIZATION CELEBRATION, coming at you on July 3, 2015—two days after recreational pot is finally legalized in Oregon! And what better way to celebrate this momentous occasion than with a huge party and COMPLIMENTARY CANNABIS […]
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Cannabuzz: Confusion in the Capital
This week, I’m going to fail you as a cannabis columnist. This is not to say I have accepted a god that frowns upon using a plant that said deity itself created. Nor does it mean the title of this column has changed to “Cokebuzz, the Week in Cocaine News!” (“As part of our 25-part […]
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Nearer My Bud to Thee
Here’s a phrase I never expected to utter: “A good thing came out of Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act.” And yet… If you don’t recall that measure, it allows anti-gay bigots to refuse service to gays and lesbians (because, you know, Jesus was all about the hate, separation, and judgment.) Somehow, the First Church of […]
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Recreational Cannabis from Medical Dispensaries This Year? It Could Happen
Alex Chiu One of the most vexing questions since Measure 91 passed in November 2014 is the time frame for recreational consumers of cannabis to be able to purchase their newly legal cannabis. The date that’s been batted around most often for recreational pot shops to open has been sometime in late 2016—a long way […]
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Cannabuzz: The Week in Cannabis
Cannabis Confusion in the Capital
Cannabis confusion in the capital.
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Closing Time: You Don’t Have to Go Home, but You Can’t… Buy… Here
Vinnie Neuberg In another chapter of “Washington State Screws with Medical Marijuana Patients,” Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has announced he wants to shut down half of the city’s Medical Marijuana (MMJ) dispensaries. As reported on thesmokingbud.com, all cannabis businesses must now purchase a special new business license, and favor will be given to those MMJ […]
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Cannabuzz: The Devil Knows His Own
This column has historically explored the numerous benefits that cannabis can provide. I’ve shared my own experiences using it, and, apart from a couple missteps in dosing [“Holiday Party Meltdown,” Cannabuzz, Dec 10, 2014], I have a great relationship with the plant. But have I ever regretted smoking or being with someone who was smoking? […]