Weed Between the Lines
This is your brain on drugs
Some recent research out of Ontario, Canada, may have sussed out why marijuana produces such a pleasant experience for some while creating negative sensations...
Boulder backs off on ‘lab rat’ campaign
I reported last week that the Boulder Valley School District, which I wouldn’t call a pro-cannabis organization, announced after careful consideration that it wouldn’t support Gov. John Hickenlooper’s “Don’t Be a Lab Rat” campaign to scare teenagers into not using ...
After a year, it appears that legalization might just work
It’s hard to believe that it’s been one full year since retail cannabis shops opened, and two full years that cannabis has been legal in Colorado. So much has happened, but the best news of all is that, all things considered, the experiment seems to be working...
Out of prison, into the biz
When Coss Marte first got into New York City’s cannabis industry in the ’90s he was just 11 years old. But he was a...
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...
A historic Congressional cannabis vote … or not?
The Rohrabacher-Farr amendment to the 2015 Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Bill (HR 4660) passed Friday in the U.S. House of Representatives. It would prohibit the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) or the Department of Justice from using taxpayer ...
A rose by any other name…
Would weed by any other scent still work like weed? What if the weed had no scent indeed?
Perhaps the days of the doob tube...
Let ’em get high, let ’em get stoned
In his line-in-the-sand 1966 album Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan sang “everyone must get stoned” on the track “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35.”...
From smokeout to teach-in: harnessing the rebel spirit of 4/20
April 20 is a legendary day in University of Colorado history, when in the past, upwards of 10,000 people would descend on Norlin Quad...
A warrior lost
We are lucky to live in Colorado.
Sure the mountains and recreation are great but that’s not what I’m talking about.
We are lucky...
Cannabis for canines
Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder affecting humans, and in recent years, CBD has become a popular treatment option for it. In...
Heading for a showdown on cannabis and banking?
Almost within minutes of the official announcement, headlines last Friday proclaimed that the Department of Justice and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, in separate issuances, had finally given banks a green ...
