Weed Between the Lines
The solventless solution
All cannabis concentrates are not created equal. When you wander into a dispensary and browse their shatter, wax, hash, oil, live rosin, and butter...
Colorado goes legal, ho hum
In terms of actual news value, the first week of legal cannabis sales in Colorado has been a yawner...
‘For internal use only’
Since 2016, rumors have circulated among cannabis tax experts of an undisclosed playbook the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) uses to audit the cannabis industry....
It’s not your grandfather’s marijuana any more
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 ...
USDA organic hemp? Yes. No. Maybe.
Considered dangerous drugs by the federal government, marijuana and industrial hemp are still listed in the Controlled Substances Act as Schedule I drugs. While...
Tip of the psychedelic spear
In November 2022, Colorado took a progressive leap forward when the state passed Proposition 122 to legalize the use of natural psychedelic medicines. Now,...
Country music, mainstream media and pigs on dope
I don’t pay much attention to “trend” stories, but one that currently amuses me is the “new” inclination among country music artists to feature cannabis in their songs. Yes, it appears that some of the current generation of major country-music hitmakers are smoking a...
Finding the right marijuana spokesperson
The first recreational marijuana shops opened in Massachusetts this week, after the state voted to legalize cannabis in 2016.
It’s been a long time...
Are last week’s medical marijuana busts a sign of weakness or...
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 ...
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...
Shifting perspectives
As cannabis legalization spreads across the country, addiction has become the rallying cry for opposition. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) claim...
Windows of impairment and detection
Driving high is illegal, no matter what state you’re in. But proving someone is or isn’t under the influence of cannabis at the time...
