Weed Between the Lines
Defining craft cannabis
Skywalker OG. Sour Diesel. LA Confidential. With dozens of different strains available to choose from, each emitting a different aroma and promising a different...
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 big day for cannabis and democracy
On November 7, 2012, the day after 55 percent of Colorado voters passed the legalization of marijuana, I got a call from my mom.
“I...
Attack of the lobbyists: SAM
Colorado Democrats worked with anti-cannabis lobbying organizations to pass HB 1317, regulating concentrates and limiting patient access to medicine
Smelly business
Cannabis grow ops might stink like pollution, but state research suggests we’re just smelling things
National Moneyball Association
Al Harrington ended his 16-season professional basketball career in 2015. The power forward had played for the Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks, Denver...
The omnibus stowaway
Among the many provisions, amendments, compromises and acts strapped aboard the omnibus spending bill, buried down on page 5,136, is a provision aimed at...
Getting legalization ‘right’
Years ago, when Andrew Freedman was the acting director of cannabis coordination for the state of Colorado, he was having conversations with businesses and...
Size matters (and smaller is better)
Oral cannabidiol (CBD) products have their benefits: They deliver more CBD to a user more directly than any other form of consumption. But they...
It’s not easy being green. Or is it?
Let’s level with each other: There’s a lot of one-time-use plastic involved in the cannabis industry. There. We said it. The elephant has been...
Which brain would you choose?
From a culture standpoint, there is a bit of a mixed message about whether marijuana is OK or not for youth,” says Odette Edbrook,...
