Weed Between the Lines
‘Gazette’ cannabis package serves up purple haze
The Gazette in Colorado Springs last week published a package about cannabis legalization in the state under the banner “Clearing the Haze...
Savor summer one last time this Labor Day weekend
It pains me to say this, but summer is coming to an end. All the college students are back in town, pumpkin spice lattes...
Boulder readies itself for adult retail cannabis
In its last official gathering on Nov. 12, the late Boulder City Council approved a set of regulations and rules governing the sale of retail cannabis to adults inside the city of Boulder. If good legislation is the kind where nobody comes away completely happy, then...
Looking good on paper
Legalizing marijuana is not a one-size-fits-all process for states.
Some cautious states are choosing to only legalize medicinally, while their neighbors leap at the opportunity...
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...
The penguin at the tip of the iceberg, part II
Some days I am hopeful and some days I am not,” says Rob Jungmann, hemp activist and owner of Portland-based hemp clothing company, Jungmaven....
Kosher cannabis
Hi, it’s me, your token East Coast Ashkenazi Jew friend. My name doesn’t reflect how Jewish I am, but if you ever met my...
Probably better not
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes unfollowing all of my friends on Instagram when they stop posting photos of their old, fun...
There’s something in the water
Spoiler alert: There was never any tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in the Hugo water supply. Rather, this is a story of false positives, of fear overtaking...
The federal catch-22 of cannabis and banking
One vivid memory from my first visit to a retail cannabis shop on Jan. 1 was looking over at the cash register just as an employee handed an enormous wad of bills to a manager, who quickly whisked it off into another room...
Schedule 1: Same as it ever was, same as it ever...
“The criminal law is too harsh a tool to apply to personal possession even in the effort to discourage use. It implies an overwhelming indictment of the behavior which we believe is not appropriate. The actual and potential harm of use of the drug is not great enough...
Speeding edibles up
The cannabis market is saturated with edibles: chocolate bars, tinctures, brownies, butter, cookies, tablets, dissolvable powders, gummies, lollipops — any and every conceivable confection....
