Weed Between the Lines
A progressive wish-list
The cannabis world was abuzz last week after Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Corey Booker (D-N.J.) proposed a new cannabis reform...
Colorado pot legalization is almost upon us
In just five days from the publication date of this column, if you are over 21 years of age, have a driver’s license and are able to find a retail store open, you will be able to purchase marijuana for recreational use in Colorado...
Pot use among seniors keeps going up
The number of seniors who are using marijuana just keeps going up — in fact, the number nearly doubled between 2015 and 2018, according...
Crunching numbers in the cannabis debate
When it comes to statistics, both sides of the cannabis issue have plenty to show off...
First weed, now mushrooms
Just when everyone was starting to chill out now that weed is legal and the laws surrounding it are becoming more progressive, some Coloradans...
Is Denver ready to allow limited public cannabis consumption?
A recent survey from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment found that 13.6 percent of Coloradans admitted to using marijuana in the last month, about twice the 7.4 percent of Americans who acknowledge using cannabis on national surveys...
Fungus amongus
Lion’s mane mushroom has been used in Eastern medicine since antiquity. An edible member of the tooth fungus group, it has been revered in...
Climbing the learning curve
If there is one argument that opponents of legal cannabis like to fall back on, it’s that “there’s not enough research to know the effects.”
And...
Front of the medical middle
New report gives Colorado C+ on access to medical cannabis
Are we finally ‘Hemp Bound’ here in the United States?
There has been encouraging news on the hemp front. Rep. Jared Polis and a few bipartisan representatives got a provision passed into the FARM bill last year that allows colleges, universities and state departments of agriculture to grow test plots of hemp for ...
Long-awaited legislation legitimizes marijuana industry
When Colorado legalized marijuana for adult use, it punched a hole in the wall of prohibition. Since then, the rest of the wall has...
Forget Big Tobacco; Big Marijuana wants to be part of the...
There has been a persistent rumor, dating back to the 1960s and 1970s, that cigarette companies have been plotting to take over the marijuana industry, were it ever legalized. It’s still around and probably holds on because it doesn’t seem that unreasonable — if they...
