Weed Between the Lines

Changing times

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With the New Year comes my anniversary with Weed Between the Lines. When I first started writing the column two years ago, I approached...

Ken Buck is always wrong about pot

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When it comes to marijuana (and most other subjects, but I digress), Ken Buck is always wrong.  Back in 2012, he was wrong about what...

Using data for progress on pot

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A recent survey of Colorado youth illuminated how many of our state’s middle and high schoolers are consuming cannabis, and how they’re using it. The...

Wait and bake

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There’s just something about being on your feet all day and dealing with insufferable people who lie about having trendy food allergies that makes...

The captain of the ship

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Implementing legalization was like navigating an unknown sea. When Amendment 64 passed in 2012, Colorado voters essentially pushed their state government into uncharted waters...

Swapping poppies for chronic

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More than 51 million people in the U.S. suffered from chronic pain in 2021, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC). In some...

The great indoors

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Claims abound about the energy consumption of the legal marijuana industry. The most recent wave comes from a 2016 report from New Frontier, “Illuminating...

Crunching numbers in the cannabis debate

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When it comes to statistics, both sides of the cannabis issue have plenty to show off...

Boulder profits from first year of legal cannabis

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The Colorado Department of Revenue released a comprehensive report on its first year of retail cannabis operations. It’s probably not as compelling as the latest cat video, but it’s pretty fascinating if you’re interested in seeing how legal marijuana actually fared ...

Five years of Amendment 64

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On Monday, Nov. 6, hundreds of Colorado’s cannabis A-listers (and beyond) filtered into Denver’s Ritz-Carlton hotel. In came cannabis lawyers Brian Vicente and Christian...

Boom times, they are a-changing?

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Despite the fact that 33 states have legalized medical marijuana, and a handful have passed laws allowing for adult recreational use, marijuana is still...

National news finally taking cannabis legalization seriously

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Colorado cannabis was all over mainstream news last weekend. Former Coloradan Harry Smith ran down some of the stories of the first year of legalization on his CNBC Saturday night special, Marijuana Country: The Cannabis Boom. Meanwhile, over at 60 Minutes, Bill ...