While four US states and the District of Columbia have begun treating marijuana as a legal commercial and personal crop, other nations in the Western Hemisphere are feeling the pull toward marijuana law reform. The South American country of Uruguay lead the way with its legalization plan, followed by Jamaica’s […]

Senator Elizabeth Warren says it is time for the federal government to study marijuana, and she doesn’t stand alone. On Monday, a group of U.S. Senators led by Elizabeth Warren released an open letter to federal officials asking them to work together to facilitate research on marijuana’s effects. “Federal agencies […]

Last month, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota legalized the sale and use of marijuana on tribal land. Now the tribe is poised to convert a bowling alley into a marijuana cultivation and processing facility with an adults-only onsite lounge for cannabis consumption. Marijuana is strictly illegal […]

If your dog dies suddenly, your horse goes blind, your 1-month-old baby vomits for 24 hours straight, and you develop a chronic cough, runny nose, sore throat, nausea, diarrhea, and bleeding from the lungs, then, according to Oregon State Senator Jeff Kruse, it’s evidence that you’re just succumbing to the […]

The 4th Oregon Medical Marijuana Business Conference (OMMBC) kicks off in Portland at the downtown Hilton, September 12th to the 13th. The OMMBC has sold out in previous years in both Ashland and Eugene and heads to Portland for the first time. I am proud to help organize the OMMBC as it always […]

Louisiana made some progress towards marijuana reform last month, when Republican Governor Bobby Jindal signed two bills: one which provides access to medical marijuana to qualified patients, and another which reduces criminal penalties for certain marijuana offenses. According to The Times-Picayune, these new laws “represent more progress on reforming marijuana […]

Presidential candidate Barack Obama was a skilled orator that could bring grown men to tears. His hope and change speeches and “Yes We Can” rhetoric inspired millions who thought that we would be electing a progressive president who would tackle the serious issues of the day. In retrospect, it appeared […]

If you had the money, time, and desire, you could go to some sort of cannabis friendly event almost every day of the year. This is my attempt at keeping an up to date list of most of the major (more than 500 people, or some sort of culturally cool […]

Weed and seeds! More strain talk with Master Grower Bushido! We discuss how to identify a strain, how to get the seeds out, and how to stabilize a phenotype. And some other stuff. Enjoy.

On Monday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law making it possible for medical marijuana patients to receive organ transplants. This law, called the Medical Cannabis Organ Transplant Act, protects patients from discrimination as they go through the process of receiving an organ transplant. The law’s enactment makes […]

On Wednesday, lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives voted against an amendment that would have rescheduled marijuana and facilitated much-needed research on the plant’s medical values. The amendment aimed to remove restrictions on marijuana research by placing the plant and its derivatives in a new schedule, Schedule 1-R, which […]

When we were drafting the Measure 91 legalization measure, we had the benefit of following in the footsteps of Colorado and Washington and also building upon the foundation of Oregon’s already progressive marijuana laws. I am very proud of what we managed to accomplish with Measure 91, particularly of the […]

Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have consistently led in freeing cannabis from its current idiotic persecution. Proving again that Oregon leads, both Beaver State senators were joined by both Colorado senators and Kentucky republican Senator Rand Paul in addressing dismal marijuana industry banking problems. The Marijuana Business Access […]

Portland International Airport (PDX), has long been recognized as a great airport by travellers. PDX prohibits retailers from inflating prices at the airport, including Portland’s famous food carts that are now doing business at the airport. The airport has such a cult following in Portland, that the airport’s carpet is […]

I was tagged on Facebook by some of the Washington Medical Marijuana Drama Queens I wrote about last column. The post contained a video of King County Sheriff Urquhart and reps from the state Liquor Control Board having a press conference to discuss how the unlicensed, unregulated dispensaries in the […]