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The Truth About “Cannabis Deaths” in Oklahoma: The Numbers Don’t Add Up So Who Benefits?

October 18, 2025October 18, 2025 Herbage 696 Views Alcohol vs Cannabis, cannabis awareness, cannabis community, Cannabis Data, Cannabis Facts, Cannabis Journalism, Cannabis Legalization, Cannabis News, cannabis reform, cannabis safety, Drug Policy, End The Stigma, Herbage Magazine, James Bridges, Oklahoma Cannabis, Oklahoma News, Oklahoma Policy, Public Health, Reefer Madness, THC Truth

Oklahoma recorded 179 alcohol-related deaths last year — and zero from cannabis. Yet “cannabis-related” still makes headlines. The truth? The state doesn’t even track THC impairment, and the data that does exist tells a very different story. James Bridges digs into the missing math, the media spin, and the profits behind the fear.

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Happiness Has Nothing to Do With Gold

October 7, 2025 Herbage 543 Views cannabis lifestyle, family, happiness, Herbage Magazine, James Bridges, life lessons, love, mental health, philosophy

Money buys distractions, not happiness. True peace comes when you give yourself authentically to the people you love.

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Burn The Lies

October 5, 2025October 5, 2025 James Bridges 971 Views cannabis advocacy, cannabis medicine, cannabis reform, Cannabis Saves Lives, Herbage Magazine, Oklahoma Cannabis, Reefer Madness, RSO

I went all in on cannabis. RSO, flower, edibles—the whole arsenal. I rebuilt my diet, rebuilt my head, rebuilt my body. The same plant that the government spent decades demonizing turned out to be the only remedy that worked.

Cannabis didn’t kill me. It saved my life.

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Hidden Gems: Ice Cream Man by Well Rooted Genetics

October 1, 2025 Herbage 1036 Views Ice Cream Man strain review Well Rooted Genetics Oklahoma Beyond the Pines Shawnee dispensary Oklahoma cannabis review sticky weed Oklahoma cannabis connoisseur review Herbage Magazine strain review

In a market drowning in mediocrity, I stumbled into Beyond the Pines and found salvation. Ice Cream Man. Sticky as sin. Terps that hit like a gas-soaked berry patch on fire. Proof that real weed still exists.

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Dry Standards – The Death of the Cure

September 27, 2025 Herbage 1176 Views Cannabis Industry Oklahoma Cannabis Cannabis Regulation Cannabis Quality Overregulation Medical Marijuana Black Market Cannabis Cannabis Culture Federal Rescheduling Craft Growers

Oklahoma cannabis has gone from craft celebration to bone-dry corporate mids. Overregulation, price-chasing, and federal rescheduling pressure are killing the cure and pushing true smokers back to the black market.

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Oklahoma’s Ballot Battles: What SQ 836 Means for SQ 837 and Cannabis Reform

September 16, 2025 Herbage 2027 Views ballot measures, Cannabis Legalization, cannabis reform, Herbage Magazine, Oklahoma politics, Oklahoma Supreme Court, open primaries, SB 1027, State Question 836, State Question 837

Oklahoma’s Supreme Court just cleared State Question 836 to begin signature gathering and paused new restrictions on citizen-led petitions. Here’s why that matters, and what it means for SQ 837, the cannabis legalization measure.

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Patients for Safe Access of Oklahoma: Fighting for Clean Cannabis in the Sooner State

September 12, 2025 Herbage 2244 Views cannabis advocacy, cannabis safety, cannabis testing, lab results, medical marijuana, Oklahoma Cannabis, patients rights, safe access, sq788

A grassroots patient group is raising the bar for medical cannabis in Oklahoma. With over 200 products independently tested, Patients for Safe Access of Oklahoma is fighting for transparency, accountability, and safer medicine for patients statewide.