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Newspaper Pot Ad Flap
A Nov. 27 notice mailed out by the U.S. Postal Service warns that if a “mailpiece” contains ads for marijuana it is “nonmailable.” This has some Oregon newspapers that accept l... Read More
Marijuana rules?
Thanksgiving is a time for reflection. Hopeful, bloviated thankfulness is in the air. As a Democrat, for example, I am incredibly grateful to the Republican Presidential Debate Club for designing that... Read More
Waiting to Inhale
Well, Oregon, we’ve come a long way. As of July 1, recreational marijuana use is legal for adults. Prohibition ends at last. Reefer madness, at least for now, has found its antidote, and it turns ou... Read More
Dirty Medicine
Five years ago a friend handed Will Thysell a piece of “shatter.” The glossy golden marijuana extract immediately intrigued him. “I just had never seen anything like it,” Thysell says. “The ... Read More
No Brainer
Let’s face it: Marijuana use among teenagers is not a rarity in Lane County. According to Lane County Public Health, 18 percent of Lane County high school juniors surveyed in 2014 had used pot in th... Read More
Legal Weed 101
“Legalize it …” Peter Tosh sang in 1976 and, nearly 40 years later, Oregon did. Thanks to the passing of Measure 91, all you covert recreational puffers can, as of July 1, take a deep breath and... Read More
Smoke the Rainbow
Used to be pot was just pot. Two dimes to the neighborhood hesher back in the day bought you a generic baggie of the giggle weed — that crispy, brown-green shake you’d smoke all afternoon without ... Read More
Growing Pains
We are first and foremost a nation of consumers, and marijuana — which begins its fitful journey into recreational legality in Oregon on July 1 — might be the ultimate consumer product. Like opium... Read More