Weed Between the Lines
Cannabis sign language
Since legalization has taken off, we’re starting to change the way we talk about cannabis. There’s a ton of new vocabulary, scientific terms and...
A misleading distinction
When purchasing cannabis, users are faced with a choice: Do they want an indica high or a sativa high? The distinction (as it was...
A new kind of mile-high club opens in Nederland
Amidst all the lunacy over the weekend — Snoop Dogg at Red Rocks on the evening before Easter services, the long lines at the High Times Cannabis Cup, the massive and orderly annual Denver 4/20 celebration and the now annual 4/20 lock-out at CU — another historic ...
The misunderstood molecule
How many people actually know the difference between tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD)?Ask a chemist, a medical professional or, really, any average Coloradan, and...
Solving the solvent problem
Russell Thomas was staring at the floor inside a Denver dispensary. The checkered tiles were wiggling beneath his feet, breathing and squirming with a...
Dankward dog
When a person takes psychoactive drugs, the experience is heavily influenced by their surroundings and frame of mind. Sage advice often repeated to first-time...
Are we finally ‘Hemp Bound’ here in the United States?
There has been encouraging news on the hemp front. Rep. Jared Polis and a few bipartisan representatives got a provision passed into the FARM bill last year that allows colleges, universities and state departments of agriculture to grow test plots of hemp for ...
Finally, some cannabis research worth waiting for
The state’s Public Health Department is recommending more than $7 million in grant money for eight studies centered on research into both the safety of cannabis and the possibilities for its use as a treatment for symptoms of various ailments and diseases...
Is it really this hard to come up with retail cannabis...
The city is now close to passing rules and regulations that will govern the sale of retail cannabis in Boulder. A revised set of staff recommendations returns to City Council this Tuesday, Nov. 12, for a “second” third reading. That follows an often tense “first” ...
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...
Training psychedelic therapists
On Sept. 30, 2024, Colorado’s Natural Medicine Advisory board will make its first recommendations (Weed Between the Lines, “Tip of the psychedelic spear,” Dec....
Students of cannabis
Erin Johnson was enrolled in the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences when she took her first cannabis class. As...
