Weed Between the Lines
An imperfect victory
Mexico might legalize cannabis before the end of October. And, if that happens, it would make the United States the only nation in North...
Cannabis in the High Court
Police raided the Pennsylvania home of Justin Rashaad Brown in November 2016. Upon searching his residence, they found cocaine, cash and a firearm. He...
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...
Burning up: A blunt message from an old stoner to new...
With July’s arrival of Oregon’s pot legalization came legitimization. Pot legitimacy this time around came not through the part-time fig leaf called medical marijuana....
Gardner tries, but First Step Act fails to include cannabis provisions
Cannabis is still illegal on a federal level and the people with marijuana charges are still criminals with criminal records. That’s the message the...
Wait and bake
There’s just something about being on your feet all day and dealing with insufferable people who lie about having trendy food allergies that makes...
Colorado readies retail regulations while feds dither
When retail cannabis shops open in Colorado, most likely in 2014, adults will be able to buy it over-the-counter in Nederland, which recently approved an ordinance governing the sales of retail marijuana within its borders. “We passed what we feel is a solid piece of...
Lessons from prohibition about treating marijuana like alcohol
On Dec. 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified and alcohol prohibition in America came to an end.
Although...
Getting over the hump about hemp
Come Senators, Congressmen, please heed the call Don’t stand in the doorway, don’t block up the hall For he who is hurt will be he who has stalled...
Software is the hot thing in cannabis right now
From lowering energy usage to developing point-of-sale systems to connecting grow facilities with dispensaries, software is shaping the quickly evolving cannabis industry — and...
Moving on from marijuana
Remember the summer before ninth grade when you would sit around a circle at camp getting stoned with the other counselors and talk about...
After Effects
One of the most common arguments supporting drug-testing policies is the idea of the cannabis “hangover”: sluggishness, grogginess, confusion and disorientation that supposedly follow...