Weed Between the Lines
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...
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,...
Out with the old: Rethinking marijuana as a gateway drug
For generations of Americans, marijuana’s description as a gateway drug was embedded into drug prevention education lessons. The federally endorsed D.A.R.E. program that ran...
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...
An imperfect victory
Mexico might legalize cannabis before the end of October. And, if that happens, it would make the United States the only nation in North...
‘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....
Seven rings to rule them all
I’m no scientist, but it seems like studying cannabis is kind of like studying the depths of the ocean: the deeper you go the...
Banking on it
The Safe and Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act has a long history on Capitol Hill. First introduced to the House in 2017 as...
Ask a pot lawyer
Local attorney Lenny Frieling talks about being a drug crime defense attorney in 2022
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....
From Russia, with hash
With Brittney Griner’s Russian detainment, the U.S. finally has a meaningful reason to pass cannabis reform—but it won’t
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...
