Weed Between the Lines
Shifting perspectives
As cannabis legalization spreads across the country, addiction has become the rallying cry for opposition. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) claim...
Boulder profits from first year of legal cannabis
The Colorado Department of Revenue released a comprehensive report on its first year of retail cannabis operations. It’s probably not as compelling as the latest cat video, but it’s pretty fascinating if you’re interested in seeing how legal marijuana actually fared ...
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...
Entering a new era of international drug policy
NEW YORK — The United Nations General Assembly Special Session on drugs (UNGASS) convenes this week to debate and accept a resolution reforming the...
Actualizing the impossible
Colloquially known as the “businessman’s trip,” N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is known for its lunch-break-size: a 15-minute duration that launches consumers into vivid alien worlds. Some...
Swapping poppies for chronic
More than 51 million people in the U.S. suffered from chronic pain in 2021, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC). In some...
Boom gone bust?
On Oct. 6, President Biden ordered the Attorney General to “expeditiously” review the scheduling of cannabis, and promised to pardon all prior offenses of...
Do you drive high?
What has been the impact of legal cannabis on traffic safety? Is it common knowledge that driving while stoned is illegal? And do marijuana...
Can traditional tourism survive marijuana legalization?
OK. You’re a tourist flying into Colorado to hit the slopes, hike the trails, ride bikes, spend some money on the Pearl Street Mall and maybe buy some of the newly legal cannabis you’ve been reading about. You find a retail store, listen to a salesperson explain the ...
Hanging up the K-9 harness
Cannabis legalization has made many drug dogs “obsolete,” bringing about early retirement for K-9 police officers everywhere
Good news: We’re number 49!
The good news is that the ACLU is out with its latest study of racial disparities in marijuana arrests, and Colorado ranks 49th lowest...
Partaking in public
Colorado has a lot of cannabis dispensaries. As of 2018 there were just over 14 dispensaries for every 100,000 residents, according to Verilife. There...
