Washington state is in a dither over how to deal with now-legal recreational dope smokers driving around stoned out of their gourds—AS WELL THEY SHOULD BE. So in the name of “journalism”—let’s stop and giggle about that for a moment… giggle. Giggle. Giggle.—Seattle’s KIRO news asked three volunteers to get increasingly and completely baked and […]
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Oh, Right! Almost Forgot! We’re Getting a Fluoride Vote in 2013!
Like we all knew would happen, the Portland City Council yesterday officially moved up a referendum on putting fluoride in the water to May 2013—a full year earlier than fluoride foes had been hoping for when they went out gathering tens of thousands of signatures in hopes of summarily ending the whole affair. It was […]
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“If It Goes High in the Air or Gets You High, You Should Probably Use It in the Evergreen State”
Sarah Mirk This morning, a minute after midnight, non-medicinal, I-just-want-to-smoke-myself-stoopid pot became legal across the Columbia. That kind of pot, of course, is not legal in Portland. But Vancouver is SO CLOSE YOU COULD WALK THERE. AND COME BACK. Naturally, that could be a problem for Portland cops charged with upholding Oregon’s more draconian (by […]
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The Memories Get High, Play Music
Here’s a new video from Into the Woods starring those lovable scamps, the Memories. Here is the plot (it’s complicated, so pay attention): The Memories get stoned and play music in the backyard. The end. “I Know What to Do” is not merely tender declaration of affection; it’s a compelling, investigative look at biology and […]
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Monkeys: Now With 50% More Cocaine
Science is amazing. Last week I read this New York Times article about an exciting new treatment for dementia and brain damage. Let me explain the experiment: 1.) Scientists teach a monkey to play the game of Memory. Apparently they’re pretty good at it.2.) Scientists give the monkey some cocaine so it’ll be less good […]
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Randy Leonard Agrees: Let’s Legalize Pot—But Insists He Doesn’t Smoke It
The pot activists behind Measure 80—AKA the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act—have unveiled a very vocal new supporter, the campaign announced today: Soon-to-retire City Commissioner Randy Leonard. “As a career Portland firefighter, a State Legislator and a Portland City Council member, I have always fought for funding for our first responders and resources for our social […]
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Can the Police Return Your Confiscated Pot?
Nicolle Clemetson Let’s say you’re having a terrible day. Let’s say you have chronic pain, so you have a medical marijuana card and you’re sitting on your sofa eating horchata sorbet and the police knock on your door. They’re looking for your roommate, the loser, there’s been a report of him threatening the neighbors with […]
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Portland Riot Cops Somehow Cast as “Heavies” in Presidential Candidate’s Pro-Pot Ad
A careful viewer shared this with us, saying he noticed something familiar in this campaign ad by New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, running for president this fall as the Libertarian candidate: the Ross Dress for Less in downtown Portland—defended by a phalanx of riot cops, presumably during some kind of Occupy protest. It’s about 1:07 […]
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America’s Thirstiest Pot-Dealing Mom
The unceasing iced coffee-slurping of Mary-Louise Parker on TV’s Weeds, assembled into a supercut. Thank you, Vulture.
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High-Speed Chase Leads Suspect to Finally Admit He Has Swag…
… and wonders aloud (as we all do), “What is drugs?” Also: “Cuff ’em and stuff ’em!” (There is so much joy to be had in this 40 second clip.)
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Barack Obama Smoked a Lot of Pot as a Young Man
BuzzFeed has gone through David Maraniss’s upcoming Obama biography and pulled out the pot-smoking parts. There are quite a few pot-smoking parts: When you were with Barry and his pals, if you exhaled precious pakalolo (Hawaiian slang for marijuana, meaning “numbing tobacco”) instead of absorbing it fully into your lungs, you were assessed a penalty […]
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YOU Be The Detective! (The Case of the Shake ‘n’ Bake)
So the other day I was just settling onto my couch when BLAM—there was a loud explosion and flash of light outside my window. My first thought was “bomb,” my next thought was “car explosion (again),” (I had a car’s engine explode outside my window once, but that was a different apartment—it’s not like in […]