Weed Between the Lines
Concentrated regulation
After months of contentious debate, close to 30 amendments in the Colorado legislative session, and a veto request letter from over 100 medical marijuana...
A black and white difference
In the U.S., Black and white Americans use cannabis at roughly the same rates, according to a 2013 American Civil Liberties Union Report—and yet,...
A matter of national defense?
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday, September 23 to approve the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2022, by a vote of...
Larry Wilmore’s media theory works for cannabis, too
Last week Larry Wilmore did a skit on The Nightly Show that demonstrated how Fox News can take a falsehood (in the sketch, it’s a poll that shows 58 percent of Americans believe that cop killings are on the rise, when statistics actually show they are falling), give ...
Higher knowledge
The first time Josh Crossney organized the Cannabis Science Conference in Portland, Oregon, was in April of 2016. Without federal legalization, the science behind...
You’d have to be white to think that
In the past week, more than 12,500 people (as of Sept. 4) have signed a petition urging the popular social media app Instagram to...
Risky Business, Part II: Credit cards no longer accepted
"I get asked five times a week by people who want to run Visa and Mastercard through Jane,” says David Ellerstein, CEO of Jane, a...
Hanging up the K-9 harness
Cannabis legalization has made many drug dogs “obsolete,” bringing about early retirement for K-9 police officers everywhere
My cannabis poll is better than yours
Next time you read or watch a news story about a survey or poll, stop reading or turn it off. It doesn’t mean anything. It won’t help you understand anything. You’re better off watching videos of parkouring goats or hawks knocking drones out of the sky...
Creating a national cannabis brand might be harder than you think
I ran across several stories about Bethenny Frankel, a reality show personality, who, after apparently being spotted coming out of an Aspen dispensary and tweeting her delight at the experience, is rumored to be wanting to cash in on the cannabis business. Frankel ...
You say you want a revolution
For journalist and author Don Lattin, the truth used to be simple, or at least it appeared to be. With capital “T” Truth as...
The cannabis war rages on
It’s a nice thought to imagine the end of the cannabis prohibition being a single event. It would be a satisfying final concession from...
