Weed Between the Lines

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 ...

When Rocky Mountain Community Radio reporter Bente Birkeland began tracking legal marijuana’s impacts on Colorado teenagers earlier this year, she discovered key data wasn’t available...

Al Harrington ended his 16-season professional basketball career in 2015. The power forward had played for the Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks, Denver...

Feeding hemp to cattle is safe for consumers, new research suggests, and it’s actually good for the cows too

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 ...

What does April 20 even mean and why is it associated with cannabis at all?

I was taught that the two things that I love the most, homosexuality and weed, were completely evil,” says David Schmader, speaker, essayist and author...

It’s safe to assume that everyone is stoned on April 20. It might not be true, but thinking that will help you be less...

In terms of actual news value, the first week of legal cannabis sales in Colorado has been a yawner...

Cannabis grow ops might stink like pollution, but state research suggests we’re just smelling things

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...

One of the enduring stories/ myths of any emerging industry is that it offers the opportunity to become an instant millionaire. When it comes to cannabis, that is particularly true, and Colorado has pretty much become ground zero in the marijuana dream department...