Weed Between the Lines
Common sense over nonsense in the weed wars
I watched Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s CNN Weed 3 special last week. It’s another in his series about medical marijuana, and for the first time he is calling for national legalization. He also provides more fascinating evidence of how politics have stopped any meaningful study...
Recipe for success: Cooking up a legal cannabis market
Colorado and Washington were the first states in the country, and the world for that matter, to legalize cannabis for adult use, almost simultaneously...
Fighting the dark side of cannabis
When John Nores became a fish and game warden in California, he anticipated spending his working days catching poachers, checking fishing licenses, and investigating...
Decade of dank
This November marks 10 years since Colorado voted to legalize cannabis. And it’s been a wild ride.
The Schedule I narcotic went from a prohibited...
Back from the Dead
There is an undeniable connection between the Grateful Dead and marijuana — the music serving as the soundtrack for the hippie generation and the...
You can’t hide from the turning of the tide
When Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that there were too many people in federal prison, outlined Justice Department plans to stop charging low-level and nonviolent drug offenders (ie. cannabis users) with crimes that carry mandatory minimums and ...
The myth of super pot
It’s not your grandfather’s pot,” I keep hearing. Every time I attend a forum or turn on the TV or the Internet, there’s somebody saying that today’s marijuana is fearfully strong and therefore much more dangerous than it used to be. “Studies reveal that marijuana ...
FBI learns that the best and brightest aren’t always the straightest
He’s tried to back off from his comment a bit, but FBI Director James Comey rather candidly admitted recently that his organization, tasked with hiring hackers to fight cybercrime, is having a hard time finding good employees who don’t use cannabis...
Cabins, campfires and cannabis
Summer camping has it all. There’s nothing like escaping daily life to experience the freedom of the mountains. Leave your worries and trendy food...
Boulder brings its A-game to ‘High Times’ 2019 Colorado Cannabis Cup
After a permitting brouhaha two years ago, High Times returned to Colorado on Nov. 21 to celebrate the Centennial State’s best cannabis growers and...
Laying down the law
On May 9, Gov. Jared Polis signed into law SB23-290, the Natural Medicine Regulation and Legalization bill, providing specifics on how Colorado will enable...
Ken Buck is always wrong about pot
When it comes to marijuana (and most other subjects, but I digress), Ken Buck is always wrong.
Back in 2012, he was wrong about what...
