Cannabis Guide 2022

Although known in my circles as an advocate of vaping over smoking, I’m not an absolutist—always down for a well rolled joint, or an icy bong hit. There’s a staggering array of vaporizing and smoking gear, though price (and quality) points vary. Here are three tested and recommended products for staying elevated while reacquainting yourself […]

As we attempt to sunset this whole global pandemic—which killed millions, devastated economies, and left countless people with underdiagnosed and untreated mental health issues—thingamajig, we’re left to imagine: What if we’d tried to do all of that without cannabis? Oregonians spent their downtime partaking, as COVID converted many non-users to cannabis consumers. Thanks to a […]

It’s T-minus 259 days until Oregonians can legally start tripping, and we’re still deciding how best to manage the production and administration of psychedelic drugs. In 2020, voters passed Measure 109, permitting the use of psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms. In the months since, members of a volunteer advisory board made up of […]

This month, a group of nonprofit organizations began distributing $1.33 million in taxpayer funds to Portland cannabis businesses. The program and its financing, called Cannabis Emergency Relief Fund (CERF), are unconventional, for the beneficiaries—cannabis-related businesses—, for the relative speed with which they moved through City Hall, and for the lack of transparency as to where […]

At first glance, a peek into Hemp Bar’s large windows reveals a typical Portland sight: a sleek bar made from reclaimed wood, kombucha on tap, curated shelves of locally made products. But the dedicated craft CBD cafe is unique among the city’s other watering holes—it’s a project of cannabis and hemp company East Fork Cultivars, […]

Do people identify as stoners anymore? It seems like nowadays everyone in a button up shirt is confiding that they took an edible before the show, or they’re only drinking CBD for “dry” January. In our little bubble, at least, cannabis has been straight-up normalized. State-legal for recreational use since 2015, cannabis’ legalization comes with—pun […]

As of April 1, Oregon cannabis dispensaries are now officially able to sell recreational edibles that contain twice as much THC per package as previously allowed by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA). The change comes after years of pushback from Oregon cannabis retailers, asking the OHA to align the state’s recreational dosage limits with those […]