
Oregon Marijuana and the “Local Option” — May You Live in Interesting Times
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Last Tuesday, I wrote about Oregon’s “Local Option”, which allows cities and counties to legislate against marijuana related activities under certain circumstances and to certain extents. There are two key factors governing whether and how
Songs To Smoke To: Lana Del Rey “Get High By The Beach”
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnxpHIl5Ynw?feature=oembed&w=1200&h=675] “High By the Beach” is the second single off Lana Del Rey’s upcoming album, Homecoming, the follow up to last years Ultraviolence. All I wanna do is get high by the beachGet high by the

Trippy Links: Robbie Maddison Rides Waves In Teahupo’o
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDi9uFcD7XI?feature=oembed&w=1200&h=675] Whether a person is high, or sober, you can’t tell me that the human race hasn’t come up with crazy ways to cure their boredom. When I’m high, some of the ways I cure boredom

Cannabis tourism industry gets creative
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017With the sun rising and roosters crowing, Josh Miller rolls out of a bed tucked in a greenhouse full of lush marijuana plants and lights up a joint. That’s how the Seattle attorney starts his

GreenHead to host first post-prohibition celebration today
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Vancouver pot shop GreenHead Cannabis is hosting its first post-Prohibition-themed festival this afternoon. The store, located in an old gas station building at 2815 St. Johns Boulevard in the Rose Village neighborhood, was designed with

Big things are happening for Farmer Tom
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017It’s a big weekend for Tom Lauerman, one of Clark County’s most fascinating and prominent marijuana advocates. Not only is Farmer Tom the subject of a Sunday Business section centerpiece on marijuana tourism (stay tuned

Washington Medical Marijuana: Evictions And Unlawful Detainers
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017A number of Washington cities and counties are moving to shutter medical marijuana dispensaries (“access points”) and collective gardens as the July 1, 2016 drop dead date set forth in Senate Bill 5052 approaches. So far, King County,

New Vansterdam bridges cultural gap between cannabis and beer
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Something Vancouver has never quite seen before happened last weekend at Esther Short Park. While several thousand people headed downtown Friday, Saturday and Sunday to try dozens of microbrews at the annual Vancouver Brewfest, one