Weed Between the Lines
Seeing the light
Since the days of prohibition, the light source of choice for indoor cannabis grows has been high pressure sodium (HPS) light bulbs.
HPS bulbs have...
Colorado goes legal, ho hum
In terms of actual news value, the first week of legal cannabis sales in Colorado has been a yawner...
Cannabis used for federally funded research is ditchweed
In case you were looking for more ways to be embarrassed by the federal government, you can add “growing brick weed” to the list....
Wait and bake
There’s just something about being on your feet all day and dealing with insufferable people who lie about having trendy food allergies that makes...
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 ...
Smelly business
Cannabis grow ops might stink like pollution, but state research suggests we’re just smelling things
Buzzed bunnies: The last spurts of ‘Reefer Madness’
The headlines were everywhere. “DEA Warns of Stoned Rabbits if Utah Passes Medical Marijuana” was over a story in The Washington Post. A search for “cannabis bunnies Utah” yielded page after page of rewrites of that same tale with variant headlines about small ...
The Obama drug war budget and the definition of insanity
The words were encouraging, especially coming from the surgeon general of the United States. “We have some preliminary data showing that for certain medical conditions and symptoms that marijuana can be helpful. So I think we have to use that data to drive policy ...
You’d have to be white to think that
In the past week, more than 12,500 people (as of Sept. 4) have signed a petition urging the popular social media app Instagram to...
Cannabis on the ISS
In 2019, Front Range Biosciences (FRB) teamed up with SpaceCells USA Inc. and BioServe Space Technologies at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU) to...
Finding perspective on the holy day of pot
The day this column hits the stands will be widely celebrated as the high holy day “4/20,” a holiday replete with fabled origin stories,...
Solving the consistency conundrum
Growing consistent cannabis is challenging, even for experienced growers working with high-end equipment. The temperatures, humidity and spectrums of light that the plants are exposed...
