Op-ed: Coats v. Dish decision is a call for real change, says NORML founder
Op-ed: In the wake of the Coats v. Dish decision, NORML founder Keith Stroup says it’s time to enact appropriate job protections for those who legally use pot.
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G13 (marijuana review)
The subject of much lore and pop culture fascination (‘American Beauty,’ anyone?), this sample of G13 from a Denver-based caregiver has a Zen-like effect.
Praying for Texas marijuana: Boots on the ground in pot’s biggest battlefield
It’s been a mammoth month for Texas marijuana. “In a business where it’s slow to do anything,” one state legislator told us, “we’ve gone light years in the last few months.” But will any of the Lone Star State’s cannabis legislation pan out in 2015? Cannabist columnist Neal Pollack reports from Austin.
Cannabist Show: He throws big weed parties; She’s a legalization consultant
On this week’s Cannabist Show we talk about the future of legal marijuana and what it might look like with guests Freddie Wyatt and Wanda James.
Here’s anti-legalization group Project SAM’s response to CNN’s ‘Weed 3’
Here’s how leading anti-legalization group Project Sam responded to Sanjay Gupta’s third “Weed” documentary, which debuted Sunday night on CNN.
Here are 15 questions on pot for U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has only talked briefly on marijuana. So what pot questions are being asked via #AskTheSurgeonGeneral? Here are 15 of them.
Sue Sisley: This is why medical pot research needs state cash … for now
Two weeks ago, the Colorado Board of Health awarded grants totaling $8 million to research marijuana’s medical potential. The studies funded by these grants will help evaluate marijuana’s safety and efficacy in treating epilepsy, brain tumors, Parkinson’s disease and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The money is coming from Colorado’s medical marijuana patient fees and new taxes on recreational pot. And while a group of medical marijuana patients announced a lawsuit challenging Colorado’s funding of marijuana research, I — one of those researchers who was awarded $2 million for our PTSD study — am here to tell them why state money is needed for this kind of research in 2014-2015.
Colorado approves $8M in grants for medical marijuana research
Colorado’s Board of Health has approved up to $8 million in grants to pay for eight studies on medical marijuana, the largest-ever state-funded effort to study the medical efficacy of cannabis.
Push for 2016 Arizona legalization could get boost from legislative study
Arizona state Rep. Ethan Orr wants to legalize marijuana. He wants it so badly he plans to continue the fight when he leaves public office in January.
Representing the Marijuana Client: Yes, it’s a legit class at DU’s law school
The University of Denver — founded in 1864 and one of the most prestigious private universities in the U.S. — is going green. Soon students at DU’s Sturm College of Law will have the opportunity to take a class on cannabis law: Representing the Marijuana Client.
House bill would allow VA doctors to recommend medical marijuana
Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., have introduced legislation that would allow Department of Veterans Affairs’ doctors to recommend medical marijuana for some patients.
Nevada reciprocity: Have an MMJ card? You can buy pot in Vegas in 2015
Marijuana activists are already planning the 2016 campaign to regulate and legalize the sale of recreational pot in Nevada, home to Las Vegas, one of the world’s biggest tourism destinations. But some tourists won’t have to wait that long to legally buy weed in Las Vegas thanks to the most liberal reciprocity law in the United States.
Five must-reads celebrating the return of series ‘High Maintenance’
How excited are you about the return of “High Maintenance” to your Vimeo screen? Here are five stories you must read now about the popular web series’ triumphant return for Season 2.
Opinion: Stop the public shaming of parents’ personal cannabis choices
As one group threatens to spy on parents shopping for legal marijuana in an act of public shaming, columnist Jane West asks for some compassion.
Pollack: ‘Don’t let pot just be another yuppie lifestyle accoutrement’
When I saw a couple of snotty rich young ambitious marijuana marketing types in The New York Times yesterday claiming they were “weeding out the stoners” and that they “want to show the world that normal, professional, successful people consume cannabis,” I got pissed, because I am a stoner. And I was especially pissed because I was traveling on business and couldn’t do what I usually do when I get pissed, which is smoke weed. Or vaporize it. Or eat a candy. Regardless, I was an angry pothead. More of writer Neal Pollack’s column for The Cannabist:
Denver clothing company’s gift promo: Free weed with purchase
New Denver clothing company Hemp House has come up with an intriguing promotion, offering free eighths of weed to qualifying customers and spreading the word online.
Opinion: Indian youth entangled in Colorado’s marijuana experiment
I’m on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, a seven-hour drive from Denver. “Our youth are abusing marijuana as never before. The stuff they’re smoking and eating comes to our kids still in its packaging from Denver,” says attorney general for the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Tate Means.
100 questions about weed for sale in Colorado and legal marijuana
There was uncertainty about weed for sale in Colorado. Now that we’re six months in to legal marijuana, here’s what we’ve learned.
Colo. to issue $9 million in grants for research, clinical trials
More than a decade after voters here first said marijuana could be medicine, Colorado is preparing to embark on the largest state-funded effort to study the medical benefits of cannabis.
Cannabist Q&A: medical research; honey oil, background checks
This Q&A handles readers’ questions on cannabis matters. Topics include recent medical research; honey oil health concerns about residual contaminants; and shop application background checks.
Dear Budtender: Remember to take your time and care for patients
As an industry that often decries “Big Pharma,” we’ve all been turned and burned at a number of dispensaries lately. At the risk of being overly didactic: Have we forgotten the true meaning of marijuana in Colorado?
Free pot for veterans: Colo. group plans giveaway
A Colorado group plans to give free recreational marijuana and pot-growing supplies to United States military veterans. Operation Grow4Vets said it is launching Project Better Medicine to give veterans the “best medical treatment” available.
U.S. government to grow 1,430 pounds of weed for medical research
The U.S. government just increased its annual marijuana order by more than 30 times the original amount, and they’ll soon be growing nearly 1,500 pounds of cannabis at their pot farm in Mississippi.
Our pot critic Jake Browne takes on a few more Q’s from his Reddit AMA
Jake Browne: I’ve been a fan of Reddit for years, so when I looked at their AMA (Ask Me Anything) calendar and saw that Thursday was looking light, I thought I’d give this unconventional interview format a shot. There are always questions coming in after the bell on these AMAs, so I wanted to address the five “best of the rest.”
Cannabist Q&A: Mental health, medical cards, growing
Handling readers’ marijuana questions. In this installment, medical strain recommendations for mental health; using an out-of-state medical card in Colorado and getting started as a grower.
