Weed Between the Lines
Embracing the new era of weed moms
It’s a beautiful time of year. The days are getting longer, I can get stoned in a sundress, and Mother’s Day is upon us....
Street Legal
Drunk driving wasn’t illegal in all 50 states until 1988. The National Minimum Drinking Age Act not only set the age of consumption to...
Rate of use for youth stays steady, but arrest rates increase
The public health implications of marijuana policy reform, especially those in Colorado, have been under scrutiny since legalization of cannabis for adult use in...
Clearing the path
Cannabis’ status as a Schedule 1 substance makes conducting scientific research on its medicinal qualities challenging. Obtaining the licenses to study cannabis in a...
Colorado goes legal, ho hum
In terms of actual news value, the first week of legal cannabis sales in Colorado has been a yawner...
The delta-8 gray area
When the federal Farm Bill passed in 2018, it was huge news for the CBD industry. Finally, the regulation of hemp-derived products containing less...
Too high?
By David HilzenrathKFF Health News
Marijuana and other products containing THC, the plant’s main psychoactive ingredient, have grown more potent and more dangerous as legalization...
Spark one for Raphael
The world lost a beacon of cannabis science this month. At 92, Raphael Mechoulam died on Thursday, March 9, leaving behind a legacy of...
CBS slaps down Weedmaps’ Times Square ad
More good news about the end of cannabis prohibition. A new PEW poll indicates that 75 percent of voters say legalization is a foregone conclusion. Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer, who along with Rep. Jared Polis has been pushing legislation for cannabis ...
People are just people
It’s a sunny afternoon and I’m walking around Boulder trying to find someone experiencing homelessness to talk to about marijuana. Since writing about Gov....
Why not base cannabis treatment on science instead of fear?
First things first: Kudos to Club Ned and the city of Nederland for opening the first cannabis club in Boulder County last week. One of the downsides to the current law is that people aren’t allowed to smoke cannabis anywhere in public or smoke anything inside ...
Promises, promises
Election season is upon us. Candidates are campaigning, the company formerly known as Twitter (now X) is bubbling with political activity, and, of course,...
