Weed Between the Lines

Trying to grok Congress and cannabis

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It’s impossible to understand the labyrinthine rhyme or reason behind any part of the Goliath spending bill passed by Congress to keep the government running another year. A bill that includes a rider that, for instance, would give Wall Street the same opportunities ...

Don’t let your dog eat your weed

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My favorite thing about being a millennial is that we’re all rejecting typical milestones like getting married, buying a house and having children because...

It’s not your grandfather’s marijuana any more

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Assuming some of those 148 stores that were granted state licenses have been able to jump through all the other legislative hoops and actually have their doors open, and the state has been able to get its vaunted “seed-tosale” tracking system up and running (still ...

A last ditch effort

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In the 1970s and ’80s, Robert J. Riley was a Deadhead, following the Grateful Dead around the country in pursuit of the music and...

How one congressman could stop DC decriminalization

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We should get some indication of how the new Republican Congress feels about cannabis when it convenes in January. The District of Columbia intends to offer Initiative 71, its recent law decriminalizing marijuana possession, to the new Congress as soon as it is ...

Pot use among seniors keeps going up

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The number of seniors who are using marijuana just keeps going up — in fact, the number nearly doubled between 2015 and 2018, according...

Gardner tries, but First Step Act fails to include cannabis provisions

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Cannabis is still illegal on a federal level and the people with marijuana charges are still criminals with criminal records. That’s the message the...

Ladies of Paradise expand to Denver

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They’re impossible to miss, strolling a parade of sequins and smoke rings. Their bright, eccentric outfits are an extension of their personalities; nothing seems...

Cannabis for canines

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Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder affecting humans, and in recent years, CBD has become a popular treatment option for it. In...

Are last week’s medical marijuana busts a sign of weakness or...

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The news was everywhere Nov. 21. Headlines blared that the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal Revenue Service and local law-enforcement agents, some in masks, were very publicly executing search warrants on dispensaries and grows and busting up cannabis ...

Dennis McKenna and his beef with religion

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Dennis McKenna yawns. He’s at the end of his consciousness cycle, he says, and his body, nothing more than a system of intakes and...

Closing the loop

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CDPHE pilot proves breweries’ carbon dioxide emissions can be used to grow cannabis—now businesses need to get on board