The medical marijuana industry is booming, and not just in Oregon. Israel has been a driving force in the field, where scientists have been researching and advancing the product using state-of-the-art technologies. While the medicinal properties of the drug are potentially vast, for some patients, using a unique strain tailored to their disease could be…
When cannabis became recreationally legal in Oregon, Portland ceramic artist Ariel Zimman decided to create a spin-off from her ceramic home décor business, Relm Studios, to create aesthetically focused ceramic smoking wares. After Bernie Sanders won the Democratic primary in New Hampshire (her parents Robert and Marilyn Zimman live in Portsmouth, NH), Ariel wanted to…
“Most Americans entertain a fantasy that we can walk away from the travails of the Middle East and that those travails won’t pursue us here at home. I would argue that the last few years have shown that, as appealing as that might be in theory, in reality the Middle East doesn’t leave us alone,”…
