Weed Between the Lines
Ladies of Paradise expand to Denver
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...
The psychedelic succulent
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, mescaline had a real shot at being accepted as a medicinal and therapeutic substance. The psychedelic molecule...
Sin tax scholarships
Cannabis is currently recreationally legal in 21 states, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington D.C. Across those states there are...
Coats decision leaves it up to the legislature
The Colorado Supreme Court Monday dealt the final legal blow to a Colorado man’s plea to keep his job after failing a random drug test administered by his employer in 2010...
Get high, get spooky
Halloween is pretty much the best. What’s not to love about a holiday that encourages you to eat excessive amounts of sugar while pretending...
Thailand’s green gold rush
Thailand beats U.S. to end prohibition of cannabis, decriminalize sale and cultivation, and expunge cannabis convictions
‘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....
The Obama drug war budget and the definition of insanity
The words were encouraging, especially coming from the surgeon general of the United States. “We have some preliminary data showing that for certain medical conditions and symptoms that marijuana can be helpful. So I think we have to use that data to drive policy ...
The cannabis industry and the golden rule
Every week in the world of cannabis there are timely happenings — new legislation, new businesses, new dimensions of social justice implications — but...
What you read about cannabis isn’t always the truth
You remember Keith Kilbey? Well, perhaps not by name, but you probably do remember him. He’s the young man who plowed into two police cars blocking an Adams County exit ramp in January and was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs. Guy was so stoned on ...
Solving the solvent problem
Russell Thomas was staring at the floor inside a Denver dispensary. The checkered tiles were wiggling beneath his feet, breathing and squirming with a...
Public consumption takes a giant step in Alaska
On Nov. 20, Alaska’s Marijuana Control Board voted to allow consumption of cannabis at licensed retail dispensaries. Alaska was the fourth state to legalize cannabis, and if signed into law, it would become the first to allow consumption outside of residential homes ...
