EMAIL: localsmokemedia@gmail.com
My name is Roo Grostein. I used to produce and host a cannabis show here in the Rogue Valley called, "Local Smoke Radio" on KSKQ 89.5fm Ashland & 94.1 FM Medford. But now I have a new focus: I am on a mission to gather up Southern Oregon's cannabis history--before it is lost forever . . .
If you have local cannabis history to tell (or if you know somebody who does), I want to hear from you.
✅Categories:
(a) Pre-medical days (Before 1998)
(b) Medical Days (1998-2015)
(c) Recreational (2015-present)
👉Examples of topics/stories:
(1) GENETICS: How and when did strains or varieties get to Southern Oregon? What strains were bred here and when? Where did they come from? Who brought them? What were the most popular strains in Southern Oregon?
(2) GROWS: Where were they located? (At first and later as legality relaxed the rules; guerilla grows, etc). Old, unique or innovative techniques. Craziest grows pulled off? Lessons learned.
(3) THE COMMUNITY: Original players in S. Oregon scene. Who was growing the first plants in S. Oregon? What did the rest of the community think of them? What else did these people do within the community? What has changed for better? Worse? Who are the big players now? What does the rest of the community think of cannabis industry?
(4) LAW ENFORCEMENT: Big battles? Big players on either side? Biggest busts. Smallest busts. Biggest sentence.
(5) HEMP: My how the landscape has changed...Acres year over year. Effects on farmland. Hemp as a cover for THC? Boom and bust (2019 our hell year).
(6) POLITICS/ADMINISTRATIVE: Who was against cannabis in beginning? How about now? Has legality, interacting with the cannabis community at the municipal level (and addition of cannabis tax money) changed the perception of the community?
IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN TELLING THE HISTORY OF CANNABIS IN SOUTHERN OREGON, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT.
-Roo Grostein
localsmokemedia@gmail.com
If you have local cannabis history to tell (or if you know somebody who does), I want to hear from you.
✅Categories:
(a) Pre-medical days (Before 1998)
(b) Medical Days (1998-2015)
(c) Recreational (2015-present)
👉Examples of topics/stories:
(1) GENETICS: How and when did strains or varieties get to Southern Oregon? What strains were bred here and when? Where did they come from? Who brought them? What were the most popular strains in Southern Oregon?
(2) GROWS: Where were they located? (At first and later as legality relaxed the rules; guerilla grows, etc). Old, unique or innovative techniques. Craziest grows pulled off? Lessons learned.
(3) THE COMMUNITY: Original players in S. Oregon scene. Who was growing the first plants in S. Oregon? What did the rest of the community think of them? What else did these people do within the community? What has changed for better? Worse? Who are the big players now? What does the rest of the community think of cannabis industry?
(4) LAW ENFORCEMENT: Big battles? Big players on either side? Biggest busts. Smallest busts. Biggest sentence.
(5) HEMP: My how the landscape has changed...Acres year over year. Effects on farmland. Hemp as a cover for THC? Boom and bust (2019 our hell year).
(6) POLITICS/ADMINISTRATIVE: Who was against cannabis in beginning? How about now? Has legality, interacting with the cannabis community at the municipal level (and addition of cannabis tax money) changed the perception of the community?
IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN TELLING THE HISTORY OF CANNABIS IN SOUTHERN OREGON, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT.
-Roo Grostein
localsmokemedia@gmail.com
