Judge Rules For SOS Kate Brown, Against Marijuana Petitioner

News A Marion County Circuit Court judge ruled late Tuesday afternoon that Secretary of State Kate Brown acted appropriately in rejecting thousands of signatures that Bob Wolfe, the chief petitioner of IP-24, a marijuana legalization measure submitted earlier this year.Brown's elections division rejected signature sheets because of duplicate signatures; illegible signatures and signatures from people not ...   More

 

Wednesday, September 5, 2012 NIGEL JAQUISS

Driving After the Influence

If Washington legalizes dope, driving there could become risky for tokers.

News Oregon medical marijuana patients might have reason to worry if the state of Washington’s dope legalization initiative passes in November—that is, if they ever plan on driving in Washington.    More

 

Wednesday, September 5, 2012 MATTHEW KORFHAGE

Mari-Wanna?

Oregon and two other states are huffing and puffing toward legalizing weed. But don’t buy that bong just yet.

Cover Story Harking back to the days when everything that mattered in politics was decided in smoke-filled rooms, the Western states...   More

 

Wednesday, August 29, 2012 MATTHEW KORFHAGE

Spice World

Synthetic marijuana is more illegal than the real stuff—and easier to buy.

News A decade ago, synthetic marijuana hit shelves at skate and head shops with two big advantages over real grass: It was legal and it wouldn’t show up in drug tests. A decade later, fake pot could    More

 

Wednesday, July 4, 2012 ALEX TOMCHAK SCOTT

DOJ Investigating Signature Gathering By Campaign Contributor To Incoming AG Ellen Rosenblum

News Earlier this week, WW reported that former Oregon Court of Appeals Judge Ellen Rosenblum, who will be sworn in as Oregon's first female attorney general on June 29, enters office facing potential conflicts of interest because of the large campaign contributions she accepted from marijuana interests. It turns out those conflicts will bubble to the surface immediately.WW has learned that the Oregon Department ...   More

 

Thursday, June 28, 2012 NIGEL JAQUISS

Cash Crop

Oregonians seek fun and fortune in the marijuana fields of Mendocino County.

News Big Head Buck’s story is a familiar one in this economy: A 27-year-old special-education teacher for Portland Public Schools, Buck—who declined to give his real name and provided his own alias   More

 

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 AP KRYZA

Budget Bud

Why Oregon has America’s cheapest weed.

News In Oregon, we have high precipitation, high unemployment and very high standards for coffee. But the cost of getting high? That’s low. The price of marijuana is lower in Oregon than in any o   More

 

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 JONATHAN FROCHTZWAJG

Weed All About It

Will 2012 be the year Oregon finally adopts a reasonable marijuana policy?

Cover Story Oregonians love marijuana. Take a walk along Southeast Clinton Street some summer evening and you’ll get contact confirmation.  The most recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health, from    More

 

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 BEN WATERHOUSE

Easy-Baked

Cutting-edge cooking with cannabis.

Food Reviews & Stories THC can be absorbed into the blood in many ways, and people figured out how to eat it pretty early on. Consequently, there are heaps of literature out there on how to ingest dope, and most of th   More

 

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 JEFF MCCARTHY

VIDEO: From West Point To Pot Smuggler, A Third-Party Congressional Candidate's Adventure

News The major party candidates to replace Oregon's former First Congressional District Rep. David Wu—Democrat Suzanne Bonamici and Republican Rob Cornilles—have captured most of the media attention and donor support. But WW also took the time last week to interview the third-party candidates in the race who will also appear on the ballot for the Jan. 31 special election: Progressive Party candidate ...   More

 

Monday, January 9, 2012 COREY PEIN