Weed Between the Lines
The United States of cannabis
The recent election yielded massive marijuana reform across the country as four states voted to legalize recreational marijuana and four legalized medical marijuana. Alongside...
Looking back, looking forward
The fight to end cannabis prohibition continues to be fought, and won, across the country. Every single year more states hop aboard the legalization...
It’s like Reefer Madness all over again
Denver police suspect a man used cannabis before murdering his wife. A young man leaps off a balcony to his death and authorities say a marijuana edible was a factor. Headlines trumpet studies that say young users are susceptible to brain damage and IQ loss by even ...
From smokeout to teach-in: harnessing the rebel spirit of 4/20
April 20 is a legendary day in University of Colorado history, when in the past, upwards of 10,000 people would descend on Norlin Quad...
Our ancestors got high
Smoking weed is an older pastime than you might think. That’s according to research published June 12 in Science Advances that analyzed archeological findings...
We danced a ghost dance
For any other column, I’d call Gary King by his last name, but we both agreed that’s too formal for our purposes. It’s weird...
Local attorney argues fed laws don’t apply to MMJ
Boulder attorney Andrew Reid of the law firm Springer & Steinberg, on behalf of Nederland area resident Kathleen Chippi and the Patient and Caregiver Rights Litigation Project (PCRLP), has filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief to the Colorado Supreme ...
Ladies of Paradise expand to Denver
They’re impossible to miss, strolling a parade of sequins and smoke rings. Their bright, eccentric outfits are an extension of their personalities; nothing seems...
Boom gone bust?
On Oct. 6, President Biden ordered the Attorney General to “expeditiously” review the scheduling of cannabis, and promised to pardon all prior offenses of...
Sex on drugs
Spanish study suggests cannabis and alcohol users have better sex—despite some previously mixed research
Stone your compulsions
Those who suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), know that it’s far more than just a random impulse to organize pencils or color code...
Lessons from Colorado
New Jersey recently joined the growing ranks of states legalizing cannabis, with Gov. Phil Murphy signing legal recreational marijuana into law on Feb. 22....
