Weed Between the Lines
Common sense over nonsense in the weed wars
I watched Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s CNN Weed 3 special last week. It’s another in his series about medical marijuana, and for the first time he is calling for national legalization. He also provides more fascinating evidence of how politics have stopped any meaningful study...
Breaking down ‘The Munchies’
How does science explain the appetite-stimulating side effects of cannabis use?
Medical cannabis heads toward the tipping point
Weed, the CNN documentary anchored by Dr. Sanjay Gupta that aired last summer, highlighted the case of Charlotte Figi, a Colorado girl whose epileptic seizures were calmed by use of a special strain of cannabis high in cannabidiol, or CBD, a cannabinoid associated ...
After a year, it appears that legalization might just work
It’s hard to believe that it’s been one full year since retail cannabis shops opened, and two full years that cannabis has been legal in Colorado. So much has happened, but the best news of all is that, all things considered, the experiment seems to be working...
Recession resiliant
With speculation of a recession on the horizon, many question how cannabis would fare in a serious downturn
Risky Business, Part II: Credit cards no longer accepted
"I get asked five times a week by people who want to run Visa and Mastercard through Jane,” says David Ellerstein, CEO of Jane, a...
High anxiety: The state of a highly regulated industry
Working in the weed industry sounds awesome, in theory. Maybe you could be the next marijuana millionaire. Or at least get lots of free samples...
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...
The entourage illusion?
The "entourage effect" has been a popular theory in cannabis for decades, but some researchers are not convinced
Finally, some cannabis research worth waiting for
The state’s Public Health Department is recommending more than $7 million in grant money for eight studies centered on research into both the safety of cannabis and the possibilities for its use as a treatment for symptoms of various ailments and diseases...
The momentum behind medical marijuana
As the apothecary movement of dispensaries proves the market and merit of medical marijuana, the industry and its consumers find themselves in a grey area. The federal government promises to keep their nose out of state affairs, especially when it comes to the ...
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 ...
