Weed Between the Lines
‘Pot is fun’ and other thoughts by Allen Ginsberg
With the fall equinox approaching, the second coming of the summer of love is coming to an end. The first summer of love was...
Not your grandma’s cookbook
If you were to see Robyn Grigg Lawrence’s new cookbook lying out on your grandma’s kitchen table, you probably wouldn’t think twice. The book’s glossy cover shows a plate of pesto pasta garnished with lovely green leafs. Pick up the book and thumb through it and you ...
The cannabis debate drifts into the halls of Congress
Last week I wrote about a bill that was then being debated in the Utah state legislature. S.B. 259 would have amended a law passed last year that allowed Utah citizens to use certain strains of CBD-dominate cannabis to treat medical conditions but mandated no legal ...
Can weed help you lose weight?
Summer is right around the corner, which means it’s officially time to get your ass in gear and shed the extra pounds you’ve been...
Methods of consumption
You know how some people prefer to sip craft beer because they’re mostly interested in showing off what they know about hop varieties, while...
Delivering on the promises of cannabis
Cannabis has always made big promises as a medicinal supplement: pain relief, reduced anxiety, increased appetites, better moods, sharper focus, and surer sleep. But...
Don’t blame pot for increases in gonorrhea
Science has gone and done it again: revealed a finding about marijuana that surprises absolutely no one.
Brace yourselves: People who live in states where...
Risky Business, Part 1: Banking in the marijuana industry
For a bank, analyzing the risk of onboarding a cannabis business as a client is complicated. The legal marijuana industry is emerging and comes...
The banshee screams for MORE
Ending the federal prohibition of cannabis has never felt closer than it does now. The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act passed the...
Will CU become the center of the universe for cannabis?
How ironic would it be if the University of Colorado Boulder became the world’s leading university to study cannabis...
High hopes for improved reporting on teen marijuana use
When Rocky Mountain Community Radio reporter Bente Birkeland began tracking legal marijuana’s impacts on Colorado teenagers earlier this year, she discovered key data wasn’t available...
Safe Streets Alliance wants cannabis back with criminals
About the time you think things couldn’t get any crazier in the American crazyquilt approach to cannabis: Last Thursday two lawsuits were filed against the state of Colorado to shut down legal marijuana, alleging that all legal marijuana businesses are illegal under ...
