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Cannabis


Michael Mohr Grew Up Watching Movies in His Cousin's Basement With Seth Rogen...
Now They Run a Thriving Cannabis Brand Inside the creative minds behind Houseplant, a weed-focused lifestyle brand aiming to class-up...
Mar 13, 20243 min read
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How to Be a Responsible Cannabis-Consuming Traveler
I wrote this for Conde Nast Traveler back in April. This is part of a collection of stories on the intersection of weed and travel,...
Jul 23, 20226 min read
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Canndor: the world's first cannabis herbarium
Two California women—Eleanor Kuntz and Kerin Law—have created the world's first archive of preserved cannabis specimens. I wrote about...
Jan 6, 20212 min read
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Flower Power
The American cannabis boom goes far beyond the vast ranks of stoners who can finally roll their joints legally. Hannah Wallace looks at...
Jan 23, 20203 min read
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High Drama: A Cannabis Biotech Company Roils Small Growers
Back in July, I reported on the Phylos Bioscience saga for Wired . When Mowgli Holmes and his childhood friend Nishan Karassik founded...
Nov 4, 20195 min read
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Women in Weed
It seems to me that many of the most creative cannabis ventures in my home town of Portland are run by women. I was pleased, then, to be...
Jun 15, 20194 min read
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Destination: Denver
I wrote an insider's guide to Denver's start-up scene for the March/April issue of Inc.  See here for the online version . Many are...
Apr 15, 20194 min read
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The Green Rush
Turns out, there's lots of money to be made by servicing the companies that are growing and selling legal weed. I wrote this piece for...
Nov 26, 20182 min read
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In the Weeds: my dalliance with legal marijuana for Vogue
Now that cannabis is legal recreationally in Oregon, I thought I'd give it a try for my occasional insomnia. Here's what happened, in the December issue of Vogue.  Along the way, I dig into the science and find out how terpenes influence your high (more than indica vs. sativa), which conditions cannabis actually helps, and why it can cause anxiety, paranoia, and even hallucinations in some people but not others. You can download the article here or read the uncut version, be
Nov 29, 20169 min read
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Oregon's Super-High Standards for Marijuana Edibles
If you’ve wandered into a cannabis dispensary any time since last October, when the advent of recreational sales made those visits...
May 25, 20161 min read
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Clean Weed: Inside an Organic Marijuana Farm
{This story was published on Civil Eats on July 27th.} Sofresh Farms , in Canby, Oregon, is not what I expect. When I finally find it, on...
Aug 3, 20156 min read
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