Weed Between the Lines
The missing link
Marijuana is suspended in a strange legal and cultural limbo, somewhere between recreational drug, illegal Schedule I substance and legitimate herbal medicine. It’s a...
A rose by any other name
File this one in the “academics have way too much time on their hands” folder.
My guess is you didn’t wake up this morning wondering...
Breaking down ‘The Munchies’
How does science explain the appetite-stimulating side effects of cannabis use?
One in eight adults consume cannabis
A new Gallup poll released earlier this week finds that self-reported cannabis consumption nearly doubled in the last two years. Thirty-three million people, or 13...
Better living through automation
As the marijuana industry scales up across the globe, technology is rising to meet the occasion.
That’s right, friends: Robots are going to be harvesting...
‘Pot is fun’ and other thoughts by Allen Ginsberg
With the fall equinox approaching, the second coming of the summer of love is coming to an end. The first summer of love was...
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...
Attorneys general to Congress: Let banks work with marijuana businesses
A coalition of 38 state and U.S. territorial attorneys general, led by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, sent a letter to Congress on May...
Back-alley deal
It was summer and it was hot. We sought what respite we could from the sun and also from the occasional passerby in the...
Astrology 6/3
ARIESMarch 21-April 19: “There is ecstasy in paying attention,” writes Aries author Anne Lamott. That’s always true for everyone, but it’s extra true for...
The solventless solution
All cannabis concentrates are not created equal. When you wander into a dispensary and browse their shatter, wax, hash, oil, live rosin, and butter...
DMT: Living in an alien world and we don’t even know...
Dr. Andrew Gallimore was a very strange child, and in lots of ways too. For now let’s keep to his fascination with ghosts. Well,...