Weed Between the Lines
Booker’s Bill: Using social media to spark conversation
Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey has a plan to do what no politician has done before: reverse decades of failed drug policy that...
A warrior lost
We are lucky to live in Colorado.
Sure the mountains and recreation are great but that’s not what I’m talking about.
We are lucky...
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 ...
On the pot issue, candidates should be listening to their constituents
Marijuana is all the rage these days. Everybody is saying it’s going to be a major campaign issue in 2016, as citizens in many states contemplate initiatives and begin to collect signatures to legalize medical and/or recreational cannabis...
Colorado district attorney evolves on marijuana laws
When he started his tenure as district attorney of the 20th Judicial District of Colorado in 2009, Stan Garnett had not given marijuana a lot of thought...
Your tax dollars at work
Almost a year ago, voters across Colorado weighed in on Proposition BB, deciding whether or not to allow the state to keep the excess...
Creating a national cannabis brand might be harder than you think
I ran across several stories about Bethenny Frankel, a reality show personality, who, after apparently being spotted coming out of an Aspen dispensary and tweeting her delight at the experience, is rumored to be wanting to cash in on the cannabis business. Frankel ...
Dunafon an alternative to Hickenlooper/Beauprez
I grew up in a family with Democratic blood, and I’ve voted on that side of the fence more often than not. Though I’ve been registered as an independent for the last decade or so, I voted for John Hickenlooper as governor of Colorado four years ago.Hickenlooper’s ...
What you read about cannabis isn’t always the truth
You remember Keith Kilbey? Well, perhaps not by name, but you probably do remember him. He’s the young man who plowed into two police cars blocking an Adams County exit ramp in January and was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs. Guy was so stoned on ...
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...
A cannabis ad campaign designed to educate, not frighten
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd took some serious shit earlier this year for a piece she wrote about her scary experience in a Denver hotel room after an overdose of cannabis edibles. She was mocked for being stupid, for not reading the packaging, for not ...
The federal catch-22 of cannabis and banking
One vivid memory from my first visit to a retail cannabis shop on Jan. 1 was looking over at the cash register just as an employee handed an enormous wad of bills to a manager, who quickly whisked it off into another room...
