Cannabis Corner
Finally, Congress gets ranked on its pot votes
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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...
