Melissa Rachel Black In this week’s paper, we explored the likelihood Oregon will legalize marijuana later this year—or at least take steps to ensure it happens next year. That looks good, largely because of an initiative that’s attracted more than a quarter-million from the country’s pot advocates and the attention of state legislators in Salem. […]
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The Oregon Legislature May Talk Pot Legalization Next Month
Sounds like Oregon legislators may take a crack at marijuana legalization before voters have the chance to decide on a ballot measure in November. That’s the case, at least, according to State Rep. Jennifer Williamson. The Portland representative told officials gathered at this morning’s Local Public Safety Coordinating Council meeting she expects legislators could consider […]
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“I Think That ‘Stoner’ Is Going to be the New Look”: Today in Terrifying Stylist Quotes
At least you won’t be able to say I didn’t warn you. LA stylist Lisa Katnic is behind recent infamy in the form of the Miley Cyrus/Robin Thicke VMA performance, as well as Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” video, and she has an interview in New York Magazine‘s “The Cut” today, in which she defends the VMA […]
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People Are Going to Grow Pot
Let people grow pot on farms—safely and legally—and they’ll grow pot on farms. Ban growing pot on farms and people will grow it unsafely and illegally: Six days after the Rim fire broke out in the middle of the Northern California forest, Twain Harte Fire and Rescue Chief Todd McNeal told a community meeting the […]
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Holder Moves Against Mandatory Minimums
As mentioned in Good Morning News: With federal prisons running 40 percent above capacity, and the United States now home to 25 percent of all prisoners held in the entire world, Attorney General Eric Holder is announcing today that something needs to change: In a major shift in criminal justice policy, the Obama administration will […]
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta Is Sorry He Was Anti-Pot
The chief medical correspondent for CNN has used his influence for years to argue that marijuana is bad, bad, bad and it should be illegal, illegal, illegal. Dr. Sanjay Gupta even wrote this piece for Time a few years back called “Why I would vote no on pot.” Basically, marijuana was so unhealthy, he argued, […]
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Ingest the New Gaytheist Video, Starring Ian Karmel
Gaytheist‘s first music video is here! And it’s a punch in the gut. Directed by Whitey McConnaughy and co-starring Portland As Fuck columnist Ian Karmel as a rightfully suspicious convenience store clerk, it’s not for the faint of heart OR stomach. (I guess, considering the track’s lyrics, this might officially qualify as NSFW, or at […]
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New Die Antwoord Video: Yo-Landi’s Ass Edition
The latest Die Antwoord music video dropped today, for “Cookie Jumper,” in case you missed your daily WTF. This honestly seems like the most normal thing they’ve ever done. Yo-Landi infantilizing herself is kind of business as usual, and I only counted three cats in this entire video, which hurts their overall average of animal […]
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Today in Marijuana-Infused Bacon
And this is exactly the kind of thing that happens when you legalize marijuana! In this ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE report from Seattle’s KOMO 4 reporter Lindsay Cohen, butcher William Von Schneidau has invented marijuana-infused bacon… and here’s how he did it: He took the leftovers from a medical marijuana grower, had it fed to pigs, and […]
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Seen Today in PDX
Did someone lose their dope? It’s in this tin seen on SW Ash & 3rd. (AND NO, I DIDN’T SMOKE IT.)
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Text Prank Yer Mom!
If you haven’t watched comedian Nathan Fielder’s verrrrry funny Comedy Central show Nathan For You… watch it! It’s verrrry funny. And now Nathan’s being even more funny by asking his Twitter followers to play the following prank on their parents: Experiment: text your parents “got 2 grams for $40” then right after “Sorry ignore that […]
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Turning Over A New Leaf? Snoop Dogg Reincarnated
Burnt out on the rap scene that made him rich and famous, Snoop Dogg—as you might recall—recently made a pilgrimage to Jamaica. His intention was to submit himself to a professional and spiritual overhaul, as well as record a Diplo-produced reggae record. You might think of a spiritual journey as a somewhat private affair, but […]