Medical marijuana

Northwest Cannabis Classic looking for judges
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017C.R. Roberts with The News Tribune reports that the Northwest Cannabis Classic is seeking out judges to sample flower and edibles during its two-day stop in Tacoma this August. The event is scheduled for Aug. 28

Oregon Marijuana: Pharmacies Will Not Be Playing This Game
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Interesting news blowing out of tiny Tumalo, Oregon last week, where the Oregon Board of Pharmacy placed a pharmacy and its pharmacist under a rare, emergency suspension. The cause? Board findings that the pharmacy manufactured

Oregon Recreational Marijuana: Will Sales Start on October 1?
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Oregon’s House-Senate marijuana committee is on a roll. Nine days after recommending HB 3400 (See Oregon’s New Recreational Marijuana Market for more on that), which is already on its way to the Senate—the same committee

Portland PD Encourages Responsible Cannabis Use with Voodoo Doughnut
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017It’s coming, it’s coming, legal weed is coming to Portland! That’s right! If you’ve been living under a rock, or have been away at some Dooms Day Pepper camp, the consumption and possession of certain

Some thoughts on the recent JAMA cannabis report
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Tuesday was a pretty big day for medical marijuana news. If you missed it, the Journal of the American Medical Association analyzed 79 studies into the medical potential of marijuana. From that, the reviewers concluded that

Study: Medical pot doesn’t send wrong message to youngsters
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017WASHINGTON — Since the 1970s, advocates of an aggressive drug war have maintained that any liberalization of drug laws would “send the wrong message” to kids and increase adolescent drug use. This claim has been

Farmer Tom featured in Culture Magazine
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Farmer Tom Lauerman, one of Southwest Washington’s most interesting cannabis characters, is in the limelight again. Yesterday, Farmer Tom was featured in a Q&A by CULTURE Magazine profiling his life and times with marijuana, both before

Vancouver study shows pot boosts immunity to parasites for hunter-gatherers
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Here’s an interesting lazy Friday afternoon read for you. Researchers at WSU Vancouver have found that marijuana helps hunter-gathers fight parasites in their digestive tracts. Seriously, the more cannabis they smoke, the stronger their immunity

Medible Review: Red Velvet Donut From Wonderland Edibles
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017I have my very first medible review, you guys! When I was at Ascend a few weeks ago they recommended a donut to me, they’re made by a company called Wonderland Edibles. The bakery originally opened
Oregon medical marijuana law update from ICG
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Just got a quick update email from International Conferences Group LLC about proposed changes to Oregon medical marijuana law and thought I’d share it. Cheers! -SueVo: “Without any public testimony, Senate Bill 964 passed through