Category archives: Cannabis

The city Gertrude Stein famously dismissed as “no there, there” sees legal marijuana as an opening to address a host of inequities.

Marijuana remains a private vice in the city where anything goes.

In 1970, the federal government declared marijuana more dangerous than cocaine, meth, oxycodone and fentanyl. It’s never changed its mind.

Marijuana is well known as an intoxicant but only now is it vast medical potential coming to light.

Our neighbors to the north and south see the war on drugs as a failure and legal cannabis as an opportunity.

The bipartisan group wants states and scientific research to determine the future of medicinal cannabis.

If drops in prescription drug use seen in states with legalized marijuana were duplicated the nationwide, Big Pharma would feel the pain.

State lawmakers are finalizing legislation to bring both medical and adult-recreational marijuana into the regulatory mainstream.

The tourism industry sure hopes so but Alaska shows how difficult is the transition from illegal to legal, even with voter approval.

As legalization gains momentum more women are using marijuana and more are entering the cannabis industry.