Weed Between the Lines
The kids are [mostly] alright
While our president has zero understanding of the effects of marijuana (“It does cause an IQ problem.”), or the how the marijuana industry works...
Council needs to clarify the ‘incidental advertising’ issue
What a long, strange trip it’s become, even though it’s just been a little more than a month...
Canada take one: Weed is legal there so I’m moving
It’s a time-honored tradition that whenever some political drama is going down, thousands of Americans will literally threaten to move to Canada, a country...
Mythbusting
At the end of his life, the great mythologist and storyteller Joseph Campbell said, “Go on, live your life, it’s a good life —...
Attorneys general to Congress: Let banks work with marijuana businesses
A coalition of 38 state and U.S. territorial attorneys general, led by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, sent a letter to Congress on May...
The Obama drug war budget and the definition of insanity
The words were encouraging, especially coming from the surgeon general of the United States. “We have some preliminary data showing that for certain medical conditions and symptoms that marijuana can be helpful. So I think we have to use that data to drive policy ...
Cannabis should not be a controlled substance
As more state legislatures vote to allow medical marijuana use and research, and public approval in the United States for ending the federal ban on cannabis continues to rise, there is still much official opposition. And perhaps the most entrenched opponents are ...
Boulder marijuana sales tax revenues on the rise
The City of Boulder released its latest sales and use tax revenue report in July. It compares tax revenues from January to May of 2014 to the same period this year. The numbers show that Boulder is booming. Total sales tax revenue is up an impressive 6 percent from ...
Homeowners’ green incentive
Property values soar in states that have legalized weed compared to those that haven’t—and in more ways than expected
How the original war on drugs went down in Boulder
The uncertainty of the legal landscape of marijuana is dizzying. Especially lately, as the war-on-drugs rhetoric ramps up in Washington under the guidance of...
The sound of hemp
Hemp is truly a super-plant: It can be turned into CBD to treat a spectrum of health ailments; it can be turned into textiles...
Changing hearts and minds
As a burgeoning industry in the U.S., cannabis has a unique opportunity to correct some of the inherent problems that have emerged in the...
