Weed Between the Lines
Size matters (and smaller is better)
Oral cannabidiol (CBD) products have their benefits: They deliver more CBD to a user more directly than any other form of consumption. But they...
Could Boulder price itself out of the pot market?
I support taxes on sales of marijuana, but I’m scratching my head a little over the latest proposal before the Boulder City Council to place a 15 percent city excise tax on grow and infusion facilities and a 10 percent city sales tax on marijuana on the November ...
The psychedelic succulent
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, mescaline had a real shot at being accepted as a medicinal and therapeutic substance. The psychedelic molecule...
CBD futures
This summer I turned 31. I’m not saying I’m getting old, only that suddenly my bones started creaking, commercials for over-the-counter (OTC) heartburn medications...
Magic mushrooms coming soon?
Last year, I wrote about how Denver could become the first U.S. city to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms and now it looks like it might...
A sane, sensible approach to public cannabis consumption
One of the conundrums surrounding the implementation of Amendment 64 is that while you can buy marijuana in Colorado, there aren’t many places where you can legally use it in a social setting. Citizens are pretty much limited to their homes or a friend’s house or ...
The entourage illusion?
The "entourage effect" has been a popular theory in cannabis for decades, but some researchers are not convinced
Calming cows
Feeding hemp to cattle is safe for consumers, new research suggests, and it’s actually good for the cows too
Your tax dollars at work
Almost a year ago, voters across Colorado weighed in on Proposition BB, deciding whether or not to allow the state to keep the excess...
Pandemic of the unregulated
In 2019 there was a different pandemic sweeping the nation, wreaking havoc on people’s lungs, putting some in the hospital and others in early...
The cannabis chef
It was New Years Eve 2015. The ball hadn’t dropped yet in New York, but in Colorado it was going down at Chef Jarod “Roilty”...
New schools or a cup of coffee?
In 2013, Colorado voters passed proposition AA, permitting the state to charge a retail marijuana tax as a follow-up to 2012’s Amendment 64, which legalized marijuana in Colorado. The passing of Amendment 64 and the subsequent passing of Proposition AA were enticing ...
