Cannabis Corner

Finally, Congress gets ranked on its pot votes

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NORML (the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, for those who have developed long-term memory problems) did something really interesting to celebrate...

The long, strange hunt for 420

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The first time I saw the term “420” was in the May, 1991 issue of High Times magazine. That’s when 420 truly went global....

A cautionary tale for ‘unKind’ towns

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If Colorado towns like Longmont that have banned pot shops want to know what the long-term consequences might be, they should consider Boulder’s experience...

The Empire Strikes Back: New England Edition

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If you think this year’s fleet of marijuana legalization initiatives will sail effortlessly and majestically to victory, think again. Unlike 2012, when Colorado and Washington’s...

The Commish blows smoke on pot

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New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton went on a NYC talk radio show last weekend and unburdened himself of some truly daft “thoughts”...

The splif passes to The Invisible Hand

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The Idea Fairy and I had just taken the brownies out of the oven when there was a thunderous pounding on the door that...

Lies, damn lies and Massachusetts DAs

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When marijuana legalization opponents think they might lose at the polls, they try to keep legalization initiatives off the ballot. Their tactics for doing this...

What happens in Vegas may not stay there

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Before the Las Vegas Review-Journal was against legalizing recreational marijuana in Nevada, it was for it. All in, lean in for it. On May 30, 2014,...

Anti-pot Prop 139 missed the Alzheimer’s memo

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There may be a major anti-marijuana initiative on the Colorado Ballot this November. Here’s what you need to know about it, and about a...

Pot-themed golf tourneys becoming the new normal

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The words “marijuana” and “golf” have rarely appeared together in the same sentence since the invention of English, but the times they are a-changing. Last...

Regulate alcohol like marijuana?

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The official name of Amendment 64, the ballot initiative that legalized recreational marijuana in Colorado, was the “Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol”. Amendment 64...

The end of the line for 139

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Well, look who’s dazed and confused now. Less than a month ago, a brave little band of Colorado marijuana recriminalizers and drug war dead-enders announced...