Growing Pains
A glimpse at the dawning of legal weed in Oregon
Trimming weed at a eugene dispensary. Photos by Todd Cooper. Continue reading
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Hot Topicals
Topical cannabis offers pain relief without the head high
We’ve all rubbed a salve into a sore muscle or joint and breathed a sweet sigh of relief. There are the old standbys, Icy Hot or BenGay. Tiger balm has saved my lower back with its cool, soothing cloud of numbness. Now there’s a new player in the topical pain relief game — topical cannabis. Continue reading
Grandmas Get High in Washington: Come July they can do it in Oregon, too
"I would do it again — as soon as I get this bag of chips open." "What's queefing?" Grandmas, weed and Cards Against Humanity "I don't feel as high as they look to me." Continue reading
Afroman says #YesOn91, #SmokeTheVote
It’s been 13 years since Afroman released “Because I got High,” an ode about life in the slow (and forgetful) lane that could be heard defiantly wafting from many a college dorm room. Continue reading
F*ck it I quit (TV reporter leaves journalism for cannabis)
Charlo Greene of Alaska's KTVA quits on live TV after revealing she was the founder of the AK Cannabis Club (which she reported on earlier in the broadcast) and will be working to legalize mariju Continue reading
Eugene Cannabis TV
Too stoned to read EW's recent marijuana coverage? (Or simply an "inexperienced consumer? Sorry, pot legalization is no laughing matter but there's something about weed that just gives us the giggles). Eugene Cannabis TV, which is sort of the Grateful Dead meets Between Two Ferns, is here to get you updated on the world of weed. Continue reading
The Trailblazer
Taking you down to Emerald City where the grass is green and legal
When David Evans checked his mail on March 22, what he found made him want to shout from the rooftops. “We have it! We have it finally!” Evans recalls thinking, adding, “When it finally arrived in the mail I had this really unusual sensation of having this wonderful secret that only I knew.” Continue reading
Weed on the Street
EW puts Eugene on the spot about pot
With the potential high for another ballot measure this November to legalize recreational cannabis use, EW thought it time to take to the streets to ask the people what they think. What did we learn? In our tiny, unscientific random sampling downtown of Eugeneans actually willing to talk about pot on record, the overwhelming response was in favor of legalization. However, that was pretty much the only thing people agreed on. The devil is in the details and those details still need some major hashing out, but there’s no better time to start hashing than the present. Continue reading
Chron(ic)ology
A highly abridged Oregon-centric history of marijuana
1935 Oregon passes the Uniform State Narcotic Act, criminalizing cannabis 1936 Reefer Madness, cult classic anti-pot propaganda film, premieres 1937 U.S. Congress passes “Marihuana” Tax Act, “effectively criminalizing marijuana” nationwide 1952 The Boggs Act requires mandatory prison sentencing for cannabis possession offenses 1968 The Grateful Dead play first Eugene show at Erb Memorial Union Continue reading
Analyze This
Certified Toxin-Free Medicine on the Horizon
Rodger Voelker Continue reading