Cannabis Corner
Senator Gardner and the art of the deal
Far out.
Colorado Republican Senator Cory Gardner struck a mighty blow for marijuana legalization and states’ rights recently. If things play out like Gardner thinks...
The great Boulder County ganja price war
Wow! It’s a flashback!
It reminds me what it was like when I was growing up in Denver in the ’50s.
Back then, gasoline price wars...
Legalization 2020: Let the people decide (the lawmakers are too chicken)
With the exception of Vermont, every state that has legalized recreational marijuana has done so by a vote of the people. What’s more, in...
The hills are alive with the songs of ganja
"Legalize it, and I’ll advertise it,” Reggae artist Peter Tosh sang in 1976.
Tosh isn’t around to do ganja commercials — he was murdered in...
America goes to pot, discovers states’ rights
The American people don’t think much of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to repeal the Cole Memorandum and give U.S. Attorneys discretion to enforce...
Marijuana and the thinking teenager
The anti-marijuana-legalization movement has made the claim that legalization will lead to an eruption in teenage marijuana use a central part of its narrative.
But...
Pot-themed golf tourneys becoming the new normal
The words “marijuana” and “golf” have rarely appeared together in the same sentence since the invention of English, but the times they are a-changing.
Last...
Nixon went to China. Will Trump go to pot?
Will Donald Trump go to pot? Stranger things have happened.
I’ve been wondering about this for some time now. Will Trump de-schedule marijuana under the...
Protecting cannabis farmers
From wildly unpredictable weather patterns to unwanted cross-pollination, there’s a lot to worry about when you’re an outdoor cannabis farmer.
So Colorado built a safety...
Tales from the depths of the purple lagoon
The end of the year is that magical time when the piles of marijuana stories in my office turn over like a lake experiencing...
An ‘ethical pharmaceutical’ from a less-than-ethical company
WTF?!
GW Pharmaceuticals, the U.K.-based company that recently got the first marijuana-based medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration, has announced its price: $32,500...
Gallup: 70% say smoking pot isn’t immoral (86% say drinking isn’t...
Seventy percent of Americans agree: Smoking marijuana does not make you an immoral person. Only 28% think smoking pot is morally unacceptable.
That’s according to...
