Weed Between the Lines

Strains of NIDA

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For a very long time “research grade” cannabis could only come from a single source: the National Center for the Development of Natural Products...

Running on CBD

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Before daybreak on Saturday mornings, as most of Boulder sleeps, Flavie Dokken laces up her running shoes and prepares for her routine five-hour morning...

Forget Big Tobacco; Big Marijuana wants to be part of the...

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There has been a persistent rumor, dating back to the 1960s and 1970s, that cigarette companies have been plotting to take over the marijuana industry, were it ever legalized. It’s still around and probably holds on because it doesn’t seem that unreasonable — if they...

Drug policy is a race issue and also a human issue

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When I was a student at the University of Colorado I sat on the steps of Libby Hall with all my white friends with...

Larry Wilmore’s media theory works for cannabis, too

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Last week Larry Wilmore did a skit on The Nightly Show that demonstrated how Fox News can take a falsehood (in the sketch, it’s a poll that shows 58 percent of Americans believe that cop killings are on the rise, when statistics actually show they are falling), give ...

Father-daughter politics

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A long time ago I learned not to talk politics with my Dad. Instead we embraced a long-term and unspoken agreement to keep our...

Taking a tolerance break

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"I can never tell when you’re high. You don’t act any different,” a friend said to me last weekend. We had taken a day...

Deconstructing stereotypes with David Schmader

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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...

It takes a big person to think small

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Idly standing at the end of a row of people mixing hempcrete, a building material made of hemp fiber, cement and clay, I started...

Promises half delivered

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Speaking at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast hosted by the National Action Network, President Joe Biden once again broached the subject of...

Fighting the dark side of cannabis

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When John Nores became a fish and game warden in California, he anticipated spending his working days catching poachers, checking fishing licenses, and investigating...

Female stoners, unite!

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Happy International Women’s Day! We can all agree that lady stoners are having a moment. And rightfully so — we deserve it. Throughout pop...