Oregon

Bunny Wailer Got Me Busted

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Reggae singer Bunny Wailer is on stage

The countdown to cannabis legalization has begun. Soon many of us will be able to grow plants at home. We'll be able to leave our house carrying up to one ounce, and have eight ounces at home. It's still hard to wrap my head around these freedoms. I've spent three weekends in

The High Holy Daze: Making Cannabis Edibles As Holiday Gifts

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A sugar with an airv=brushed image of Chrrist's bloody face

Recently The Portland Mercury, which is where the "Cannabuzz" columns began and ran for nearly six years, asked if I would like to contribute to their annual "Holiday Food and Drink Guide". They wanted my hot take on single malt scotches for the guide, until I reminded them I write about

Greater Goods Presents “Good Things Market Pop-up” Next Weekend

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Good Things Market Pop Up Event August 14 and 15

Today is National CBD Day, and if you know what's good for you, you got me a card to celebrate this highest of high holy days, and maybe a nice CBD related gift as well. (Hint: Chocolate.) Wait...what? Insofar as I got mail delivered today, and my bank is open, National CBD

Cannabis During COVID-19: Is It An “Essential” service?

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When COVID-19 began to spread and businesses started shutting down, the question arose if dispensaries were going to be considered an "essential service". For the well being of myself and those within strangling distance of me, yes, it's a super essential service, and it behoves us all to keep that

The “Cannabis During COVID-19” Chronicles

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I last wrote about the virus on March 9, 2020. Six days later, the newspapers carrying my column lost 90% of their revenue, and I lost 100% of my syndicated column. At that time, Governor Kate Brown declared a statewide State of Emergency the night before, and the scope of

Drive By Truckers frontmen “quarantine shows” are perfect stoned soundtracks

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The Drive By Truckers have achieved a storied, decades long career filled with both critical and commercial success, and aside from some personnel changes in the early years, the constant throughout has been the magic of The Dimmer Twins - co-frontmen Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley. After playing together for some

Welcome To Cannabuzz Columnist

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Hey everyone! Thanks for stopping by. I'm excited to be transitioning from newspapers to this platform. (You can read more about the history of Cannabuzz in the "About" section of the site.) I'll continue to offer wide ranging coverage of Cannabis and CBD, although there won't be much about events, or new

Four Oregon Craft Cannabis Brands Who Set The Bar

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Marijuanna

There are thousands of growers, edible makers, and concentrate processors in Oregon. And although I partake of a great deal of cannabis in many forms, despite my best efforts, I haven’t tried everything, and new products drop all the time. So while this is not a comprehensive list of the majesty

Cannabis Chefs Cooking Competition Coming To Portland

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Cookies!

Do you like food? I know that’s a loaded question, and I don’t mean to intrude... but do you? Cool, me too. Common ground found! Now, do you also enjoy cannabis? Get out, so do I! Final question: Have you ever tried food after consuming cannabis, and/or food prepared with

Oregonians Produce Record Amounts of Cannabis in 2019

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A new report by the Oregon Liquor Control Commision (OLCC) gives us a clearer answer to the question "how many cannabis growers are there and how much cannabis did the state produce in 2019?" (Albeit with data limited to licensed recreational growers, and not your “four plants” or however many your

OLCC Hits Cura With Record $110,000 Fine

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In news from the “Department of Dubious Achievements,” local cannabis powerhouse Cura Partners, which promotes itself as the “largest cannabis oil company in Oregon and California” now lays claim to another “largest”—the largest ever fine in OLCC history, be it cannabis or alcohol. This was well covered by Pete Danko at

Ripped City Organizing Dispensary Toy Drive Across Oregon

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For many people, the holidays don’t officially kick off until Thanksgiving (AKA “Native Peoples Regret Not Building a Wall Day”), and for others it’s the following day, Black Friday. Many of us will be taking advantage of deep discounts at local dispensaries for Black Friday—especially with some stores knocking 50 percent

Donate Toys While Buying Cannabis at Jayne

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As they do every year, the holidays are rapidly bearing down on us like a runaway train—which makes it pretty difficult to pinpoint ways to share, care, and demonstrate goodwill toward others. Now I’m not advocating going door-to-door singing carols, because it’s cold, and if those guys showed up at my

Portland’s Shadowbox Farms Was Robbed of Cannabis, Carts

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Stealing isn't cool. It never has been, and never will be. Be it a candy bar or an election, you shouldn't take things that don't rightfully belong to you. Of course, dear reader, this is something you already know, nor do you need the admonishment that you should not purchase

MindRite Dispensary Collecting For Oregon Food Bank

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Don't start crying or having a panic attack, but the holidays are upon us. Next week is already "Dress Up Sexy, or Slutty, for a Profession That Is Traditionally Neither Day," and then, it's time to gird yourself for the Big Three. The holiday season drives a sizable uptick in cannabis use,