Weed Between the Lines
The recreational holdout
Activists in Colorado Springs are still fighting cannabis prohibition 10 years after Colorado ended it—and gaining momentum
Rules for hiking high
Colorado summers are the best. Even just saying you live here during this time of year is a low-key humblebrag. There’s a million things...
People are just people
It’s a sunny afternoon and I’m walking around Boulder trying to find someone experiencing homelessness to talk to about marijuana. Since writing about Gov....
After Effects
One of the most common arguments supporting drug-testing policies is the idea of the cannabis “hangover”: sluggishness, grogginess, confusion and disorientation that supposedly follow...
Reintroducing SAFE
In 2016, Travis Mason was working as a security guard at Green Heart when two armed men walked through the dispensary’s door. The robbery...
A warrior lost
We are lucky to live in Colorado.
Sure the mountains and recreation are great but that’s not what I’m talking about.
We are lucky...
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...
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...
Boulder’s Daniel McQueen is set to launch for alien worlds
“Listen, there’s a hell of a good universe next door. Let’s go.” — E.E. Cummings
Short, bald and with a beer in hand, Dr. Andrew...
Heading into uncharted territory
Last week Colorado became the first U.S. state to adopt a set of rules that allows marijuana to be regulated like alcohol for adults. Legislators, task force members and all involved are to be congratulated for doing it in accordance with Amendment 64’s spirit and ...
CU study finds government source of marijuana “irrelevant”
After a slew of states voted to legalize recreational or medical marijuana earlier this month, more people than ever have access to legal cannabis....
The Supreme Court stays out of it
On Monday, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear the case brought by Nebraska and Oklahoma against Colorado over its marijuana legalization law....


















