October 13, 2021
Uncle Ike’s focuses on harm reduction with free fentanyl test strips Courtesy of Uncle Ike’s Car Wash starting today, free fentanyl test strips will be available at Uncle Ike’s Bottle Shop – 1400 23rd Ave – and in the vestibule between the entrance to the pot shop and Angel’s Shoe…
June 19, 2020
Uncle Ike’s believes in equity and a fair criminal justice system. In June, Ike’s hosted a charitable fundraising campaign for the Northwest Community Bail Fund. NCBF is a nonprofit organization advocating for bail reform and working to minimize the harm of the cash bail system by paying bail for people…
November 7, 2017
Laboratory tests are great for determining the percentages of THC and other cannabinoids in your weed. They’re also wonderfully useful in discovering contaminants like mold and pesticides. But the singular fixation upon test numbers exhibited by some consumers — and by some growers and processors — hasn’t necessarily resulted in…
August 16, 2017
Uncle Ike’s is helping many in our local community to thrive by addressing issues paramount to the social, educational, and health concerns of the LGBTQ community. Our employees felt that it was important to look no further than down the street to our neighbor, Entre Hermanos in supporting their mission. We are…
May 25, 2017
The world is a big place. However, it can get a lot smaller if you love cannabis and want to live somewhere that allows you to enjoy the plant. While some U.S. states have legalized marijuana, there are entire countries where it is legal, or at the very least decriminalized…
April 25, 2017
Organic cannabis. Two good things combined are even better! There’s just one thing: The U.S. federal government seems stuck in the 20th Century, because it still doesn’t recognize marijuana as a legitimate agricultural crop. That means that cannabis can’t legally be called “organic” — no matter how pure and environmentally…
March 1, 2017
Premium cannabis infused edibles like those from Honu are a joy to the senses. The Chocolate Turtles and PB Pretzel Bites I tried are tied for #1, because both are absolutely delicious. “Honu” is Hawaiian for “turtle.” According to legend, the Honu represent longevity, peace, good luck, humility and “the…
September 2, 2016
Talk about bad news/good news scenarios. The week before I was scheduled to review some CBD products, I broke my toe, thus providing a perfectly painful chance to try out the soothing pain-relieving effects of cannabidiol-infused topicals and mints. What I also found was that the CBD hype currently swirling…
April 4, 2016
David Schmader is a bona fide marijuana user (I’ve smoked with him more than once) and his book Weed: The User’s Guide is short, breezy and hilarious … because he gets it. Schmader was an editor at the Stranger – Seattle’s notoriously pot-friendly Pulitzer Prize winning alt-weekly – and his…