Weed Between the Lines
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...
Deconstructing stereotypes with David Schmader
I was taught that the two things that I love the most, homosexuality and weed, were completely evil,” says David Schmader, speaker, essayist and author...
Bizarro World
In November, InSys Therapeutics, an Arizona-based pharmaceutical company, donated $500,000 to the successful campaign to defeat a marijuana legalization initiative in their home state....
Under the influence
HB 1325, which determines driving impairment through a blood-level THC test, was passed by the Colorado legislature on May 7. The bill says anyone caught driving with more than five nanograms of THC per milliliter of blood is considered impaired, with the caveat that...
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...
A mind-altering substance
A few weeks ago I went to the U.N.’s Special Session on drugs where I saw, for the first time, just how important Colorado’s legalization...
‘An environmental crime’
The illegal grow operations John Nores with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) Marijuana Enforcement Team would break up were all different....
A Holy high
When is a sin no longer a sin? Apparently when it becomes a profitable investment.
The Church of England, the biggest religious organization in Beatles...
A double-edged sword
Cannabis is often anecdotally associated with creativity. Artists, musicians, writers, and many other creative types often use it, and claim that it helps them...
Boulder marijuana sales tax revenues on the rise
The City of Boulder released its latest sales and use tax revenue report in July. It compares tax revenues from January to May of 2014 to the same period this year. The numbers show that Boulder is booming. Total sales tax revenue is up an impressive 6 percent from ...
Back from the Dead
There is an undeniable connection between the Grateful Dead and marijuana — the music serving as the soundtrack for the hippie generation and the...
Special K education
Therapy clinics offering treatment with ketamine, a dissociative drug used in medical settings for more than 50 years, have started opening up across the...
