Weed Between the Lines
Out of prison, into the biz
When Coss Marte first got into New York City’s cannabis industry in the ’90s he was just 11 years old. But he was 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...
I want you! (to vote for me)
As in any industry, cannabis retailers are eager to catch the attention of shoppers, hoping to sway eyes and dollars toward their products and...
Legalization is working
It was around 3 a.m. when Border Patrol agents stopped the black GMC truck just outside of Campo, California. It was a routine ordeal,...
Treating Tourette’s
Boston was 10 years old when he started to exhibit symptoms of Tourette Syndrome. At first, he says he only had little tics. He’d...
Drug policy is a race issue and also a human issue
When I was a student at the University of Colorado I sat on the steps of Libby Hall with all my white friends with...
The new preference
During Colorado’s 2022-23 fiscal year, the state collected more sales tax revenue from cannabis than it did from both cigarettes and alcohol, according to...
Higher propagation
Mother plants are a staple in most commercial cannabis operations. Shoots from a mother plant are cut and their severed ends are dipped in...
Doubling down
On July 29, Boulder’s Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) voted to approve changes to the County codes related to marijuana. Among several additions they...
A last ditch effort
In the 1970s and ’80s, Robert J. Riley was a Deadhead, following the Grateful Dead around the country in pursuit of the music and...
Climbing the learning curve
If there is one argument that opponents of legal cannabis like to fall back on, it’s that “there’s not enough research to know the effects.”
And...
Pandemic of the unregulated
In 2019 there was a different pandemic sweeping the nation, wreaking havoc on people’s lungs, putting some in the hospital and others in early...
