Weed Between the Lines
Lessons from prohibition about treating marijuana like alcohol
On Dec. 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified and alcohol prohibition in America came to an end.
Although...
How one congressman could stop DC decriminalization
We should get some indication of how the new Republican Congress feels about cannabis when it convenes in January. The District of Columbia intends to offer Initiative 71, its recent law decriminalizing marijuana possession, to the new Congress as soon as it is ...
The penguin at the tip of the iceberg
We moved from Phoenix to Washington when I was 15 years old where I watched the trees of Washington get lawn-mowed by the logging...
Street Legal
Drunk driving wasn’t illegal in all 50 states until 1988. The National Minimum Drinking Age Act not only set the age of consumption to...
Closing the loop
CDPHE pilot proves breweries’ carbon dioxide emissions can be used to grow cannabis—now businesses need to get on board
The myth of the psychedelic cannabinoid
One of the latest THC-derived molecules to make recent headlines is THC-O acetate (THC-O).
It’s a complicated chemical process to make the compound, but the...
Why not use common sense with edibles?
After reading about all these horrible experiences visitors are having with edibles, I decided to find out what all the fuss was about. Everybody’s heard about Maureen Dowd’s eight hours of hotel terror by now, but even ace cannabis correspondent Jacob Sullum had a ...
Green incentives for the green industry
Every morning as Boulder County wakes up, so do many of the county’s cannabis grows. Between the hours of 8 and 9 a.m., grow...
Breaking down ‘The Munchies’
How does science explain the appetite-stimulating side effects of cannabis use?
Faster than the speed of fat
In 2021, cannabis edible company Ripple got curious about the absorption rate of its products, and how that compared to the competition. The folks at...
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...
Not your grandma’s cookbook
If you were to see Robyn Grigg Lawrence’s new cookbook lying out on your grandma’s kitchen table, you probably wouldn’t think twice. The book’s glossy cover shows a plate of pesto pasta garnished with lovely green leafs. Pick up the book and thumb through it and you ...