Weed Between the Lines
A historic Congressional cannabis vote … or not?
The Rohrabacher-Farr amendment to the 2015 Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Bill (HR 4660) passed Friday in the U.S. House of Representatives. It would prohibit the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) or the Department of Justice from using taxpayer ...
The penguin at the tip of the iceberg, part II
Some days I am hopeful and some days I am not,” says Rob Jungmann, hemp activist and owner of Portland-based hemp clothing company, Jungmaven....
The perfect storm
The announcement that Trump plans to nominate Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions to Attorney General startled many with a stake in marijuana and drug law...
Terrapin Station opens a new era in Boulder commerce
It might not have been as big a moment as the day retail sales began in Denver on Jan. 1. There were no national media gawking or television cameras rolling last Friday at 8:30 a.m. About 50 or 60 people, some from the Amendment 64 movement, a city councilman, one ...
To legalize or not to legalize, that is the question
A record number of states will vote on marijuana initiatives this November. In five states — California, Arizona, Nevada, Massachusetts and Maine — voters will...
Boulder readies itself for adult retail cannabis
In its last official gathering on Nov. 12, the late Boulder City Council approved a set of regulations and rules governing the sale of retail cannabis to adults inside the city of Boulder. If good legislation is the kind where nobody comes away completely happy, then...
Make the green go green
People rip on Boulder County residents because we’ve somehow mastered the art of being bougie while pretending it’s just our humble attempt to save...
Opioids, cannabis, scientists and money, lots of it
The numbers are compelling. As Americans seek more relief from pain and companies come up with ever-stronger drugs to ease discomfort, so do mortality rates rise for the growing number of patients who use opioid pain relievers. The Centers for Disease Control and ...
It’s not your grandfather’s marijuana any more
Assuming some of those 148 stores that were granted state licenses have been able to jump through all the other legislative hoops and actually have their doors open, and the state has been able to get its vaunted “seed-tosale” tracking system up and running (still ...
Nugs and nuptials
We’re about halfway through wedding season, which is arguably the most arduous part of being 27, right after trying to justify why you don’t...
Hemp and the woolly mammoth’s hair piece
It’s no secret that hemp is one of the most misunderstood plants in history. For centuries, it has been used by all kinds of people for all kinds of things — clothing to car construction, bioplastics to building supplies, food to fuel...
Criminal
As soon as the wheels touched the tarmac at St. Louis’s Lambert airport, everyone on the plane scrambled for their phones, eager to find...
