Weed Between the Lines
Clearing the path
Cannabis’ status as a Schedule 1 substance makes conducting scientific research on its medicinal qualities challenging. Obtaining the licenses to study cannabis in a...
‘Dude, I think this whole town is high’
It was great to hear that Boulder City Council decided at its Nov. 6 meeting to relook at some of the rules created to regulate the cannabis industry. Overall, council and staff did an admirable job under enormous time constraints after last year’s floods, but as we ...
Rumblings of change
A leaked letter between a top official from the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) and Anne Milgram, head of the Drug Enforcement...
Kosher cannabis
Hi, it’s me, your token East Coast Ashkenazi Jew friend. My name doesn’t reflect how Jewish I am, but if you ever met my...
Unraveling cannabinoids, together
Cannabis has over 120 known cannabinoids—but the only ones we know much of anything about are the two most abundant: THC and CBD (and...
The natural way to grow
Plants can talk, according to Cassandra Maffey; if they’re growing in the right kind of soil. By excreting specific carbohydrate sugars from their roots,...
One toke over the bubble machine: Lawrence Welk scores!
Finding out that contemporary Nashville musicians are including cannabis in their songwriting got me to thinking about how cannabis made its way into popular songs and culture...
Pot by the numbers: 50 ways to look at marijuana
1. 5,187,582 - Population of Colorado in 2012...
Tall hemp attracts more bees
It’s 2020, and I want you to take a moment to imagine a world where Donald Trump isn’t president, health care is universal and...
Feds crack down on bunk CBD claims
If there’s any product or substance that has benefitted from the ongoing relaxation of cannabis laws across the county — outside of medical and...
Running on CBD
Before daybreak on Saturday mornings, as most of Boulder sleeps, Flavie Dokken laces up her running shoes and prepares for her routine five-hour morning...
Hope you’re ready for the next episode
When it comes to the revolutionary, there is always the question of what comes next — a slippery slope to doomsville or the first...