Weed Between the Lines
CBD futures
This summer I turned 31. I’m not saying I’m getting old, only that suddenly my bones started creaking, commercials for over-the-counter (OTC) heartburn medications...
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 ...
Dankward dog
When a person takes psychoactive drugs, the experience is heavily influenced by their surroundings and frame of mind. Sage advice often repeated to first-time...
Finally, some cannabis research worth waiting for
The state’s Public Health Department is recommending more than $7 million in grant money for eight studies centered on research into both the safety of cannabis and the possibilities for its use as a treatment for symptoms of various ailments and diseases...
The Supreme Court stays out of it
On Monday, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear the case brought by Nebraska and Oklahoma against Colorado over its marijuana legalization law....
Smelly business
Cannabis grow ops might stink like pollution, but state research suggests we’re just smelling things
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...
Weed for PTSD
I think most women would agree that this has been a difficult but necessary year for the ongoing debate around consent and toxic male behavior....
From paraphernalia to high art
There has long existed a divide between high art and craft. Devoid of utility, art is free to speak on its own terms, as...
CBD for strawberries
When Haley Inselberg came across research that showed CBD has antimicrobial effects against MRSA (an antibacterial-resistant “superbug”), the gears inside her head started turning....
CBS slaps down Weedmaps’ Times Square ad
More good news about the end of cannabis prohibition. A new PEW poll indicates that 75 percent of voters say legalization is a foregone conclusion. Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer, who along with Rep. Jared Polis has been pushing legislation for cannabis ...
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...
