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O, Cannabis! Pro-pot and Proud, Extravaganja in Northampton
Governor Charlie Baker, Mayor Martin J. Walsh of Boston, and House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo, you’re wasting your time with your anti-marijuana legalization effort, the Campaign for a Safe and Healthy...
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O’Cannabis: Snacks ‘n’ Snags – Stoner eats; the march toward marijuana...
The hungry stoner is a crude cliche. Ravenous, bug-eyed, slovenly, and insatiable is how the type is usually portrayed in pop culture. The truly initiated, however, know that while weed can bring on a...
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O, Cannabis: A Heady Vacation, Traveling With Weed
It’s summer! The season in which most Americans seek to do some deep unwinding by hopping in the car, on a plane, or a ship and getting away from it all. There is one thing millions of people aren’t...
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O, Cannabis! It Could be Worse, healthier ways to consume weed
At a concert — years ago — I was dancing in the front row when the familiar aroma of bright piney buds wafted by. It didn’t take long to find the source; a friendly gorilla finger was passing down the...
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O, Cannabis: Worried About Weed? Then Legalize It
A stoner buddy of mine recently shocked me when she said she has no intention of voting on Nov. 8. Weed is already practically legal, she argued, and both the presidential candidates are duds. I...
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Don’t Light Up Yet: Recreational marijuana in Massachusetts is going to roll...
Before you step outside puffing on a celebratory fattie, know that, despite the vote on Tuesday, recreational marijuana isn’t legal in Massachusetts, yet. That’ll happen on Dec. 15, when the ballot...
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O, Cannabis!: Getting the Best Deal on Medical Marijuana
If you get up real close to the New England Treatment Access medical marijuana dispensary in Northampton, you can smell the earthy aroma of cannabis through the brick walls. Established in 2015, NETA’s...
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O, Cannabis! Coming Out – to kids, parents, husbands – as a Weed Enthusiast
I came out as a marijuana enthusiast to my family when I was 16 and fell on my mother. Late at night, I had been out with some friends smoking pot and gossiping. I came home to find my mom still up,...
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O, Cannabis: Can I Give You Some Weed? and Other Important Questions
Recreational marijuana was legalized in Massachusetts on Dec. 15, 2016, but the state is in a legal gray area right now as a system to sell weed is established. The consumption of recreational...
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O, Cannabis! Get Weed Now — No Medical Card Required, if you know where to go
Standing outside a strip mall in Springfield, I pull on the handle of the double-deadbolted door of a storefront with dark windows and a paper green arrow that says “Herbs” hanging under the company...
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O, Cannabis! How to Taste the Nuances of Marijuana Like a Pro
Now that marijuana is legal, the perception of the drug is changing. We’re on the road of cannabis no longer being thought of as some seedy contraband in a sandwich bag tossed through a car window to...
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Growing Your Own Weed In Massachusetts: A How-To Guide
With Memorial Day weekend on the horizon, many people with green thumbs are preparing to put their saplings and seeds into the ground — the beginnings of this season’s garden. It’s usually the same old...
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O Cannabis: Getting Into The Weeds Of Massachusetts’ Pot Bill
We’re no Nevada, but last week Massachusetts took two rippin’ steps toward weed legalization and protection in the state. First the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a business cannot...
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O, Cannabis: Getting Into The Weeds On Massachusetts’ Pot Bill
We’re no Nevada, but last week Massachusetts took two rippin’ steps toward weed legalization and protection in the state. First the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a business cannot...
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O Cannabis! : Puff Or Pass? Best and Worst Rolling Papers for Your Weed
Rolling papers and Rodney Dangerfield have long had a lot in common: they didn’t get no respect. But as marijuana’s cultural cachet has risen, so too have the quality and variety of smoking equipment....
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O Cannabis: A How-To Guide to Harvesting Weed
You can smell fall in the air — and in Massachusetts the aroma is a lot danker than usual. This October will mark the first major outdoor weed harvest since people ages 21 and up were given the green...
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O Cannabis: Hey Pilgrim, How Was Your First Weed Harvest?
The harvest is in and I can’t believe the results. My husband and I didn’t weigh our cannabis haul from our home garden, but we were able to fill a bunch of regular-size salsa jars with marijuana. This...
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O, Cannabis! Get Weed Now — No Medical Card Required, if you know where to go
Standing outside a strip mall in Springfield, I pull on the handle of the double-deadbolted door of a storefront with dark windows and a paper green arrow that says “Herbs” hanging under the company...
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O, Cannabis! How to Taste the Nuances of Marijuana Like a Pro
Now that marijuana is legal, the perception of the drug is changing. We’re on the road of cannabis no longer being thought of as some seedy contraband in a sandwich bag tossed through a car window to...
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O, Cannabis: The Benefits of Topical Weed
To start, an introduction. My name’s Meg, I’m a writer, a farmer, a gardener, a joker, a midnight … I’m the new cannabis columnist. Massachusetts is in the middle of its cannabis revolution and I don’t...
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