Weed Between the Lines

Long-awaited legislation legitimizes marijuana industry

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When Colorado legalized marijuana for adult use, it punched a hole in the wall of prohibition. Since then, the rest of the wall has...

Immigrants: Your social media can and will be used against you

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This is a two-part column. This week, a story about a recent increase in marijuana-related deportations and how immigrants in Colorado are unduly affected...

Shaping growth

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The color of light plants grow under makes an enormous difference in their physical properties, which is critical knowledge when you’re growing a specific...

The problem with decriminalization in New York

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The national tide on marijuana legalization is turning, surely, and one of the first steps change-wary states make is to decriminalize use and possession...

Shifting perspectives

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As cannabis legalization spreads across the country, addiction has become the rallying cry for opposition. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) claim...

Buzzed bunnies: The last spurts of ‘Reefer Madness’

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The headlines were everywhere. “DEA Warns of Stoned Rabbits if Utah Passes Medical Marijuana” was over a story in The Washington Post. A search for “cannabis bunnies Utah” yielded page after page of rewrites of that same tale with variant headlines about small ...

An existential remedy 

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A cancer diagnosis is a heavy reality, no matter what type or which stage. More than a quarter of patients surveyed by the American...

Colorado readies retail regulations while feds dither

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When retail cannabis shops open in Colorado, most likely in 2014, adults will be able to buy it over-the-counter in Nederland, which recently approved an ordinance governing the sales of retail marijuana within its borders. “We passed what we feel is a solid piece of...

Entering a new era of international drug policy

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NEW YORK — The United Nations General Assembly Special Session on drugs (UNGASS) convenes this week to debate and accept a resolution reforming the...

The kids are [mostly] alright

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While our president has zero understanding of the effects of marijuana (“It does cause an IQ problem.”), or the how the marijuana industry works...

For whom the bowl tolls

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A close brush with a drug cop on the far side of the Earth almost ends in a third-world prison

Pot: A bridge between generations

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In the past, I went to great lengths to hide my cannabis habit from my parents. After smoking, I had a ritual of using...