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Dear Dan: I’m a female in my late 20s. I broke up with a toxic ex about a year ago and I’ve been walking...

ARIES March 21-April 19: In 1994, Aries pop diva Mariah Carey collaborated with an associate to write the song “All I Want For Christmas Is...

What country has the highest per-capita number of marijuana users? According to a recent story in U.S. News & World Report, that honor belongs to...

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Sometimes, I give you suggestions that may, if you carry them out, jostle your routines and fluster your allies. But...

Dear Dan: I’ve been faithfully reading your column in the Chicago Reader for years, and now I’m reaching out to you about my own...

After reading about all these horrible experiences visitors are having with edibles, I decided to find out what all the fuss was about. Everybody’s heard about Maureen Dowd’s eight hours of hotel terror by now, but even ace cannabis correspondent Jacob Sullum had a ...

A few weeks ago, just as the first leaves were starting to change, I got an invitation to the backyard of an Airbnb for a...

When Colorado legalized marijuana for adult use, it punched a hole in the wall of prohibition. Since then, the rest of the wall has...

Two weeks ago, a longtime reader challenged me to create a new sexual neologism. (Quickly for the pedants: You’re right! It is redundant to...

ARIES March 21-April 19: In the coming weeks, I urge you to flee from stale and rigid certainty. Rebel against dogmatic attitudes and arrogant opinions....

ARIES (March 21-April 19): History tells us that Albert Einstein was a brilliant genius. After his death, the brain of the pioneer physicist was...

ARIES March 21-April 19: According to my assessment of the astrological omens, your duty right now is to be a brave observer and fair-minded intermediary...