A Powerful Desktop Experience That Beat My High Expectations — When I wrote A Guide to Finding a Dry Herb Vaporizer You’ll Love!, I explored the sorts of criteria I evaluate when I think about and recommend vaporizers. I decided I’d also create a series of articles where I applied those criteria to vaporizers that I love. Over the next…

Methods Bad Actor Cannabis Testing Labs Use to Artificially Inflate THC Potency Results for Flower. — I’ve written quite a bit about inconsistencies in THC potency results in the state of Oregon and the overall erosion of trust in cannabis testing because of it. I am working with a far more credentialed researcher to start to get to the bottom of the results that I received…

I’ve found tarot to be a profound tool of meditation and inner connection, so spending time with the deck is one of the more enriching experiences for me. I don’t see it as just drawing a single card, or three, or only Celtic Crosses. Spending time in deeper contemplation of…

As Our Relationship to Cannabis Deepens, We Expect More Information About Its Origins. We’ve Done This Before — With Coffee. Terminology Origins In 2003, Patricia Rothgeb used the term ‘third-wave coffee’ — and either coined the term or brought it from relative obscurity. The concept, inspired by three waves of feminism, articulated…

What I Think About When I Think About Vaporizers — It can be daunting to select a vaporizer to use with cannabis flower, and the wide range of options coupled with marketing lingo can be hard to navigate. I thought it would be helpful to review the criteria I consider when I’m purchasing a vaporizer or recommending one. It’s a…

I Bought Some So You Don’t Have To. — Over the past six months I’ve been working with several labs to try to explore what is going on with THC potency testing in the state of Oregon, and I’ve written a series of articles about it. Yesterday, on Leafly, I saw some flower advertised as 44% THC that was…

A Cult Classic That Pairs Well With cannabis. — The 70’s were a crazy time, and in 1974, Brian De Palma wasn’t famous yet — but Paul Williams sure was, and the two of them teamed up to create The Phantom of Paradise. I don’t want to insult anyone’s intelligence about what a king Paul Williams is, but he…

“Functional” Alcoholism Is the Most Dangerous State I’ve Ever Lived In. — When I was young, I swore off drugs and alcohol because I was told that they had destroyed my family. I was told how drugs were so powerful they made my mom abandon me. Normal stuff like that. Those are, of course, lies — my mother left because my dad…

Reddit shutters some vaporizer communities in possible IPO-related purge. — Reddit used to be a great source of information regarding vaporizers of all stripes. It hosted a number of vibrant communities dedicated to dry herb vaporization and vaping. As of yesterday, many of these communities (called ‘subreddits’) have been shut down and the rest flagged as adult content. Many users…