Weed Between the Lines
The great indoors
Claims abound about the energy consumption of the legal marijuana industry. The most recent wave comes from a 2016 report from New Frontier, “Illuminating...
Colorado readies retail regulations while feds dither
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...
Growing the voter base
Wana Brands and the League of Women Voters have teamed up to register voters
Crunching numbers in the cannabis debate
When it comes to statistics, both sides of the cannabis issue have plenty to show off...
1,000 galaxies
Close your eyes,” Daniel McQueen urges a crowd of more than 500 people at the Boulder Theater at the second annual Psychedelic Shine conference....
A call to action
In the aftermath of the killing of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile and five Dallas police officers the nation is reeling to make sense of...
Jonathan Singer an unlikely cannabis advocate
Jonathan Singer is as improbable a cannabis advocate as you’ll ever find. The representative for House District 11 never has been a user and certainly never intended to become a leading voice on behalf of cannabis legalization in Colorado...
National news finally taking cannabis legalization seriously
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 ...
Budgeting innovation
Governor Jared Polis appeared on the cannabis podcast Weed Wonks on Nov. 2 outlining the scope of his 2024-2025 budget proposals and sharing his...
Attorneys general to Congress: Let banks work with marijuana businesses
A coalition of 38 state and U.S. territorial attorneys general, led by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, sent a letter to Congress on May...
Emergency rule keeps cannabis magazines on the shelves
Probably the strangest paragraph in Colorado’s first attempt to regulate marijuana was the one that stipulated that “magazines whose primary focus is marijuana or marijuana businesses are only sold in retail marijuana stores or behind the counter in establishments ...
Cannabis Cup encapsulates the marijuana culture clash
There was plenty of weed at the Cannabis Cup celebration last weekend in Denver. Billed as the biggest marijuana party in the world, the Cup is a three-day psychedelic mash-up of counter culture, high technology and entrepreneurship, equal parts Woodstock, SXSW, ...
