Prices are dropping, but the informed consumer can navigate good prices from bad products. The cannabis industry is changing, and in many places like my home state of Oregon, the business is going through some corrections. Workers lay offs, businesses closing down, companies reorganizing…the Green Rush is definitely going through…

Half-done legislation can cause more issues than it manages to solve. — It is my firm stance that no one should ever go to jail for simple possession of cannabis, or of any drug. There is nothing inherently wrong about putting something in your own body to craft whatever pursuit of Happiness you want to follow. They are our bodies; for those…

I propose to discover the answer to a very simple question: what constitutes the perfect bowl of cannabis? We can find the answer to this concept by extrapolating backwards from the original state of “a bad time with no weed”, and moving as far away as possible to a “good…

I created a “twax roll”-a cigarette with flower, budder, and diamonds all from the same plant; Purple Punch grown at Oregon’s Green Acers’ Farms. The quest for the perfect joint is a great way to spend a Saturday, and I think I have managed to craft myself a doozy. In…

What makes a “good” marijuana? Common knowledge would have you believe that THC percentage is the best metric to define the quality of cannabis, but not everyone enjoys the heavy-headed weight of a stony marijuana haze. I wanted to know if there was more the story, so I decided to…

Maintaining good health in all things is important, but difficult. A decade ago I managed to put down tobacco for the last time, yet I still smoke as my primary way to use cannabis. I am starting to feel the long term effects on my lungs. I believe in the…

Recreational and medical cannabis sales are increasing, and along with those new sales come new demands. Dispensaries are filled with a variety of heady aromas like lemons, berries, wildflowers, bubble-gum, chocolate, cheese, and cherries, as well as pungent notes of diesel, musk, wood, wax, moss, skunk, and earth. Marijuana retailers…

Have you noticed that people are more likely to speak to strangers at a dog park? I admit, not all the conversations I have had at the various dog parks I have been to have been pleasant, but I have found that in all the places I go where there…

When you use a vaporizer to consume cannabis, that is only half of the story. There are many reasons for cannabis smokers to invest in dry-herb vaporizers; the lower temperatures create less carbon to go into our lungs and blood, and there are distinct changes in the way cannabis tastes…