Weed Between the Lines
Throwing cannabis to the dogs
New York-based veterinarian Stephen Katz has a totally different clientele than you would see in Boulder, or in most suburbs anywhere.
“I mean, it...
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...
Let them eat cannabis
Next month, the country’s first legal cannabis restaurant licensed to serve both weed and food will open in Los Angeles.
Lowell Cafe is opening on...
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 ...
Growing pot
The legal cannabis industry has gone through a lot these last few years — from prohibition into the light; from nascent industry to startup...
Female stoners, unite!
Happy International Women’s Day! We can all agree that lady stoners are having a moment. And rightfully so — we deserve it.
Throughout pop...
Cannabis history is black history
Black history happens every day, so delegating its celebration to the shortest month of the year is pretty symbolic of how much we respect...
Weed can’t kill you, but it can get you very high
Does anyone remember the news story that went viral back in 2007 about a police officer in Detroit who stole weed from suspects, baked...
Colorado passes law allowing doctors to prescribe cannabis in place of...
Colorado got a lot of attention last week by passing a number of laws that are basically just a huge middle finger to Big...
A plant pandemic?
It’s an RNA-based viroid that is extremely contagious—to avoid spreading between individuals it requires careful social distancing and diligent disinfection. It’s wreaking havoc in...
A New Leaf chronicles the demise of prohibition
If A New Leaf: The End of Cannabis Prohibition sometimes reads as if it were being written as history was unfolding, that’s because it was. Journalists Alyson Martin and Nushin Rashidian began working on A New Leaf as the cannabis reform movement was gaining momentum...
New schools or a cup of coffee?
In 2013, Colorado voters passed proposition AA, permitting the state to charge a retail marijuana tax as a follow-up to 2012’s Amendment 64, which legalized marijuana in Colorado. The passing of Amendment 64 and the subsequent passing of Proposition AA were enticing ...
