Your Cart
Let’s Chat

Tap to call or text

+1-813-765-3265

 

Blog

Are Bongs Right For You?

Sponsored Post: This post has been sponsored by Herb Tools and it’s part 1 of 2 on bong education. Bongs have been around for hundreds of years, so what is it about them that makes your smoking experience go from meh to great? There are many reasons why bongs are so popular and the preferred choice when getting high, let’s go over why.
People choose bongs as their preferred smoking method because of the cool and unique hit you get when you smoke from them. It’s a different smoking experience when you compare it to what you would normally feel when you smoke a joint or from a pipe.
How Do Bongs Make a Hit So Clean? The biggest reason is that the smoke is filtered through water. The benefits of this and why someone would be more inclined to use them is that your hit will be cooler and a lot less harsh, making coughing much less likely to happen (providing you didn’t take a monster hit on your first try!). Since the water in a bong is a lot cooler, it’s healthier than inhaling hot smoke..

Judge: Sticky’s Pot Shop must stop selling marijuana

Sticky’s Pot Shop in Hazel Dell must stop selling marijuana.
Superior Court Judge Daniel Stahnke ruled Tuesday that John Larson, owner of a recreational marijuana store on 9411 N.E. Highway 99, must close after violating county code. Larson opened the shop in unincorporated Clark County in violation of the county’s ban on recreational pot sales late last year.
A manager at the store declined to comment, instead directing The Columbian to Larson. He was not immediately available for comment. The store was, however, open for business, she said.
The ruling affirms the decision by a Clark County Hearing Examiner, who found Larson gave the county false information about what he planned to sell in order to obtain a building permit, and that he violated the county moratorium.
The decision revokes Larson’s building permit. The judge ruled that the store must stop selling marijuana and marijuana-infused products – such as oils or edibles – immediately. Larson must also pay a $1,500 fee imme..

Man admits shooting to protect marijuana grow

PASCO – A 24-year-old Pasco man has admitted he was protecting a backyard marijuana grow when he fired at a 16-year-old boy who reached over the fence to steal some plants.
Pedro Orta-Zuniga pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. He faces at least five years in prison.
Police were called to a local hospital Oct. 1 when a boy arrived with a gunshot wound in the arm.
The teen told officers he and a friend spotted marijuana plants in a Pasco yard and wanted to steal it. When the teen reached over the fence, a man on the other side fired multiple shots.
Officers went to the home and found Orta-Zuniga hiding amid the growing area. They also found a rifle, a pistol and bullet holes in the fence.
Orta-Zuniga said he slept in the yard with the guns to protect about 15 marijuana plants from thieves.

Police: Tigard man burned while trying to make hash oil

PORTLAND — Authorities say a man has been badly burned in a hash oil explosion at his Tigard apartment.
The man, who has not been identified, was taken to a Portland hospital after the incident. An update on his condition was not known Monday.
Police had responded to his apartment Saturday night to find a window blown out and glass scattered around the parking lot.
The victim, who had been alone at the time of the explosion, came out of the apartment with visible burns to his body, neck and face.
Police say he had been trying to create hash oil, a process that involves the extraction of marijuana and use of flammables.
The incident remains under investigation.

Pasco man admits firing guns to protect marijuana grow

PASCO — A 24-year-old Pasco man has admitted he was protecting a backyard marijuana grow when he fired at a 16-year-old boy who reached over the fence to steal some plants.
Pedro Orta-Zuniga pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. He faces at least five years in prison.
The Tri-City Herald says (http://goo.gl/5JEH7K ) police were called to a local hospital Oct. 1 where the boy was treated for gunshot wound in the arm.
The teen told officers he and a friend spotted marijuana plants in a Pasco yard and wanted to steal it. When the teen reached over the fence, a man on the other side fired multiple shots.
Officers went to the home and found Orta-Zuniga hiding amid the growing area. They also found a rifle, a pistol and bullet holes in the fence.
Orta-Zuniga admitted slept in the yard with the guns to protect about 15 marijuana plants from thieves.

3 years into experiment, future of hemp is hazy

PUEBLO, Colo. — Three years into the nation’s hemp experiment, a 20-acre farm in southern Colorado exemplifies the crop’s hazy potential.
Hemp could be enormously profitable, but right now there are just as many questions as answers for Will and Ally Cabaniss, two Florida natives who moved to southern Colorado to embark on the hemp business.
“Every day brings something new and different,” said Will Cabaniss, holding up a red plastic cup containing a hemp seedling awaiting planting. “Right now we’re just building data for the industry, seeing what works and what doesn’t.”
Authorized for research and experimental growth in the 2014 Farm Bill, hemp is being grown this year on only about 6,900 acres nationwide, according to industry tallies based on state reports.
The crop is still too new to be tracked by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which has no recent estimate of market prices or commercial uses for marijuana’s nonintoxicating cousin.
The Cabaniss farm is typical of many nas..

Oregon buzz: Pot plants at state fair in a 1st for the US

SALEM, Ore. — Nine living marijuana plants will be displayed at the Oregon State Fair in a first of its kind event for the United States starting next Friday.
The exhibit of the non-flowering, immature plants brings pot cultivation more into the agricultural mainstream less than two years after Oregon voters legalized recreational marijuana. The Oregon Cannabis Business Council, which organized the exhibit, says it’s the first time live cannabis will be shown at a state fair anywhere in the U.S.
The group last year had an informational booth about marijuana at the fair and there were no complaints — a key factor in allowing them to go one step further and offer live plants for viewing this year, said Dan Cox, spokesman for the Oregon State Fair.
The specimens were selected by judges at a competition last weekend who chose three winners each in the sativa, indica and hybrid categories.
The entire exhibit will be housed in a translucent tent and extra security will be on hand to chec..

High court sides with employee fired for smoking pot at work

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s top court has ruled that a state worker fired for smoking marijuana on the job in 2012 was penalized too harshly and should get his job back.
The Supreme Court justices said Friday that a lower court judge was wrong to overturn the decision of an arbitrator. The arbitrator had ordered University of Connecticut Health Center maintenance worker Gregory Linhoff suspended without pay for six months and subjected to random drug testing for one year. Officials fired Linhoff after the judge’s ruling.
State officials said allowing Linhoff to return to work would violate public policy against drug use in the workplace and send a bad message to other workers.
The Supreme Court said Linhoff deserved to be disciplined, but state policy doesn’t require firing him.

U.S. government won’t reclassify marijuana, allows research

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will keep marijuana on the list of the most dangerous drugs, despite growing popular support for legalization, but will allow more research into its possible medical benefits, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced Thursday.
The DEA said the agency opted not to reclassify marijuana after a lengthy review and consultation with the Health and Human Services Department, which said marijuana “has a high potential for abuse” and “no accepted medical use.”
“We are tethered to science and bound by statute,” DEA spokesman Rusty Payne said Thursday.
The decision to keep marijuana in the same class of drugs as heroin and peyote comes amid growing national support for the legalization of marijuana. More than half the states have legalized the drug for either medicinal or recreational use.
The DEA said it plans to make it easier for researchers to study marijuana’s possible medical benefits by expanding the number of entities that can legally grow m..

Enchanted Forest Gathering Recap

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NorCal’s Enchanted Forest Gathering 2016 Delivers
Big Production Value in an Intimate Setting
Laytonville, CA – A magical weekend came to a close on the captivating grounds of historic Black Oak Ranch in Mendocino County as the 6th annualEnchanted Forest Gathering wrapped another wondrous festival experience within the lush embrace of the majestic oak forest and refreshing Tenmile Creek. Attracting attendees from all walks of life; millennials, bass heads, yogis, families, dancers and everyone in between, Enchanted Forest Gathering has cemented its spot as Northern California’s premier boutique music, movement, and conscious living camping festival. The event garnered national attention and participant adoration for several of its defining characteristics; being an alcohol-free event, enabling guests a safe container for all forms of expression (including #FreeTheNipple) as well as hosting an on-site medical cannabis dispensary — all while taking place in an in..

Oregon Cannabis Growers Fair

This weekend is the inaugural Oregon Cannabis Growers Fair, the 2 day event will feature:
First-Ever Live Plant Competition, 100+ Growers, 100+ Exhibits, OLCC Regulatory Updates, and Grower Energy Savings Tips from Energy Trust of Oregon, and Noted Horticulturist and “Guru of Ganja” Ed Rosenthal.
The event will take place August 13-14, at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem, get your tickets here!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OREGON CANNABIS GROWERS’ FAIR TO SELL DO-IT-YOURSELF GROW KITS FOR AMATEUR GROWERS, JIMI HENDRIX-BRANDED CANNABIS CANDY
Savant Plant Technologies to Provide Grow Kits and Advise for DIYers; Purple Haze Properties to Launch Infused Candies Named After Legendary Guitarist’s Best-Known Songs
Salem, OR – August 10, 2016 – The inaugural Oregon Cannabis Growers’ Fair, which is the first-ever exposition and competition for cannabis growers, will feature do-it-yourself grow kits and a cannabis candy collection inspired by and named after legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix’..

Product Review: Dr. Dabber Boost eRig

While the demand for concentrates grows, so does the demand for more ways to consume them. I’m lucky enough to test out some of these products.
The Boost eRig from Dr. Dabber is a battery powered, portable dab rig that takes your dabbing experience to another level by ease of use and portability.
Whether you purchase the Boost or any other portable eRig, I can’t tell you enough how they’re the perfect starter pieces for people new to dabs. Not only is the frightening torch being absent a godsend, but since the nails are smaller than the ones on bigger rigs you can start off small, working your way up the tolerance and skill ladder.
Those so comfortable with dabbing that they travel with rig and torch in tow, can find solace in the Boost’s portability. The entire kit comes in a small case that you can literally take anywhere. With a few clicks of the power button your Boost is ready to use. Need a charge? Plug your Boost into any USB outlet to give it some juice.
I’ve only used one ..

First-ever marijuana fair opens in Oregon

SALEM, Ore. — People flocked to Oregon’s first-ever marijuana growers’ fair on Saturday, where a competition for best pot plants will be held with the winning entries to be displayed at the Oregon State Fair.
The inaugural two-day event being held in an exhibition hall on the Oregon State Fairgrounds underscores how the once-illicit marijuana industry is starting to go mainstream in Oregon, one of four states to have legalized recreational marijuana use, along with Washington, D.C.
Donald Morse, a pot grower who conceived the Oregon Cannabis Growers’ Fair, said attendance was strong, less than two hours after the doors opened Saturday morning. Segments of the industry, from seed providers all the way to a company offering mechanized bud trimmers, were among more than 80 exhibitors at the fair that ends Sunday.
Reggae music thumped from Savant Plant Technologies’ display on Friday as owner James Knox, 38, of Corvallis, set up his do-it-yourself grow package, including peat and micro..

“Know Your Cannabis” Workshop

Looking to learn moe about your cannabis? Join herbalist Rebecca White and learn about strains, dosing, and more.
This came across my email and thought I’d share it with you guys.
JOIN US FOR “KNOW YOUR CANNABIS” WORKSHOP Do you know when to use a topical vs. tincture? Or how to choose strains and determine the right dosage? Join us at our next Know Your Cannabis workshop to get answers to questions like these and learn about the many different consumption methods available, from edibles to sprays.
The Aug. 23 workshop is full, but you can still register for the Sept. 27 workshop (10–11 a.m.) at the Hollywood Senior Center with herbalist Rebecca White, RN, facilitated by Green Box co-founder Adrian Brown.
Space is limited, so register today by calling the senior center at 503-288-8303!
The post “Know Your Cannabis” Workshop appeared first on Mrs. Nice Guy.

NW Cannabis Club Job Fair This September

Tired of your boring old job and looking for something new and fresh in the cannabis industry? The NW Cannabis Club will be hosting a job fair this coming September for those of you looking. Businesses will be onsite looking for receptionists, budtenders, customer service associates as well as people with sales experience.
As with any job interview you’ll want to have a professional demeanor and be sure to have your cover letter and resumes with you as hiring managers will be in attendance.
WHERE: NW Cannabis Club (MAP)
WHEN: September 7th 2pm – 6pm EVENT PAGE VIA FACEBOOK The post NW Cannabis Club Job Fair This September appeared first on Mrs. Nice Guy.

Oregon man finds portable toilet filled with pot

ROGUE RIVER, Ore. — Police in the southern Oregon community of Rogue River say a man walking through a park discovered a portable toilet filled with marijuana plants.
The agency posted a photo on social media Wednesday, saying it’s the largest seizure of pot the department has ever made.
Marijuana grows are common in southern Oregon, which has some of the nation’s best conditions for outdoor cultivation.
Chief Ken Lewis said Thursday police still don’t know how the pot got there. He said it could be anything from a pick up point to a disgruntled citizen making a statement about all the marijuana grows.
Lewis said a public works employee checked the toilet three hours before the discovery was made and it was empty. People playing tennis on a nearby court saw nothing suspicious.

Gallup: 33 million American adults use marijuana

A new Gallup poll out Monday finds that percent of American adults who say they currently smoke marijuana has nearly doubled over the past three years.
In 2013, only 7 percent of adults said they were marijuana smokers. When Gallup asked again in July of this year, 13 percent admitted to current marijuana use. That works out to more than 33 million adult marijuana users in the U.S. If America’s marijuana users resided in one state, it would be bigger than Texas and second only to California in population.
There are currently about 40 million cigarette smokers in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Given that cigarette use is in decline, marijuana use could become more prevalent than cigarette use in just a few years’ time.
There are likely several factors driving these numbers. Since 2013, recreational marijuana markets opened in Colorado and Washington, and several other states voted to legalize marijuana in the fall 2014. It’s likely that adults ..

What needs to change to maximize marijuana’s benefits in Washington?

One billion dollars.
If current trends keep up, that will be the value of marijuana retail and producer/processor sales in Washington state on a yearly basis. With few exceptions, state marijuana sales have risen every month since the first recreational stores opened two years ago, bringing millions in state taxes and thousands of jobs.
That’s the good news.
“The picture thus far is a curate’s egg — good in parts,” writes University of Washington professor emeritus Roger Roffman. “No policy change of this magnitude will go precisely according to plan.”
So what still needs fixing?
The Washington State Institute for Public Policy won’t release its first Legislature-mandated report until September 2017, since it wrote last year that “not enough time has passed … to draw any cause-and-effect conclusions.”
Next year’s study will look at substance use, health, traffic safety, criminal justice, education and workplace safety and productivity. Until then: “Effects of the law will not be ..

Product Review: Exxus Twist Concentrate Vape Pen

About a month ago Got Vape reached out to me for a review on their Exxus Twist Concentrate Vape Pen and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity!
Got Vape is an online shop where they sell numerous digital, handheld and desktop vaporizers including parts and accessories if you need replacements or are into modding your pieces. When my package from Got Vape was received I was quite surprised to notice that they also hooked me up with a concentrate container and dab tool, so this will be an unofficial kit review on the objects they sent
Wulf Tech Scoob Dab Tool $7.99 – The scoop dab tool is the size of a pen and has dual tips that vary in size giving you optimal control over how much you load, the smaller size works well with loading vape pens making it easier for you to load in tighter spaces. I definitely prefer the bigger tool over the smaller loading tools that come in other vape kits and portable dab sets. It’s very easy to use and durable as fuck! The dab tool is made with medical/food..

South Dakota charges 2 men trying to help launch pot resort

FLANDREAU, S.D. — Two consultants who worked with a Native American tribe on its plans to open the nation’s first marijuana resort in rural South Dakota have been charged with drug offenses, the state’s attorney general announced Wednesday.
The charges come eight months after the Flandreau Santee Sioux destroyed their crop amid fears of a federal raid, abandoning an ambitious scheme to develop “an adult playground” that they estimated could net as much as $2 million a month in profits. Tribal leaders this week said they don’t plan to revisit the proposal, and instead will use their greenhouse to grow vegetables, including tomatoes. The tribe declined immediate comment on the charges against the consultants.
Attorney General Marty Jackley, who warned against the tribe’s proposal from the start, said that a range of marijuana possession charges had been brought against two top officials of Monarch America, the Colorado-based company hired to work with the tribe on the resort idea.
Eri..

Strain Review: Platinum Girl Scout Cookies From Ten Four Farms

When it comes to dank weed in the Pacific Northwest word of mouth usually travels fast. It only took one reliable source to tell me that Ten Four Farms’ Platinum Girl Scout Cookies was straight fire in order for me to swoop it up.
Platinum Girl Scout Cookies, a hybrid, is what you get when strains OG Kush and Durban Poison knock botanical boots. Ten Four Farms did a fabulous job with PGS, bright orange pistils were woven into chunky purple and green nugs. PGS is darker in color, but drenched in trichomes that give it a platinum glow. Expect a sweet scent that’s mixed with a pungent, earthy mustiness that left a fresh taste on my lips.
One day before work I decided to smoke a small bowl for a quicky wake n bake sesh, I walked into work smelling like sweet chronic and about 2 minutes later I started to feel warm and fuzzy. I’m not typically a morning person, so on the bad days I need something to give me that extra push and PSG was great at melting away the bad feelings, suddenly I was..

Stoney Activities: Coloring + Cannabis

By now most of you have heard of “Adult Coloring Books” and how it’s a trend that’s been rapidly rising. According to Gizmodo sales from these coloring books have risen from 1 million in 2014, to 12 million in 2015. This trend is so popular that colored pencil sales went up 26.3 percent in 2015 which was a big increase when you compare the last three years when sales were from 1.3 to 7.2 percent. Retailers are widening their ranges of titles to meet the demand and companies like Crayola are expanding their brand and offering their own line of coloring books and special coloring sets.
I’d seen these coloring books at Target, but sorta scoffed at the idea of coloring, I wasn’t a kid anymore so what’s the point? About a week after that my friend Sue had a couple of these books on her coffee table, after a glowing review I decided that I needed to rekindle my love affair with coloring, so I ordered some books off Amazon and picked up some pencils.
Coloring is fun because it’s a great way..

Court hears appeal by Sticky’s Pot Shop

The owner of a marijuana store operating in violation of a county moratorium argued his shop’s case before a Clark County Superior Court Judge on Monday.
John Larson, who opened Sticky’s Pot Shop at 9411 N.E. Highway 99 in Hazel Dell late last year, has been in the midst of an ongoing legal battle with Clark County to fight to keep his store open.
Larson is appealing a decision by a Clark County hearings examiner who rescinded his commercial building permit, saying Larson was violating the county’s moratorium on recreational marijuana sales and had obtained a license under the pretense of selling trinkets and decorative items.
Before Superior Court Judge Daniel Stahnke, Larson argued that the county’s moratorium, approved in 2014, is in “direct opposition of state statute” allowing marijuana sales. Larson has argued before that the county’s ordinance banning recreational marijuana sales is illegal.
“The county wants to be judge, jury and executioner with no regard to the appellants..

Oregon State Fair to feature marijuana

PORTLAND — A new crop will be featured at the Oregon State Fair this year: marijuana.
The Oregonian/Oregon Live reports that the fair awards prizes for the curviest vegetable or the most misshapen fruit. This year, marijuana plants will also be on display — and will be judged by a panel of growers before the fair.
The Oregon Cannabis Business Council is sponsoring the exhibit. Chairman Don Morse says nine plants will be displayed in a greenhouse and monitored by a security guard.
Only people age 21 and older will be allowed inside.
Fair spokesman Dan Cox says the exhibit is a nod to the newly legal status of cannabis. Morse says, however, that those hoping for a sample will be disappointed.
The fair runs Aug. 26 through Sept. 5.