Cannabis Corner
South Dakota likely to vote on recreational, medical pot initiatives
It looks like one of the most socially conservative states in the country will be voting on not one but two marijuana legalization proposals...
The revenooers’ state-of-the-pot report
Amendment 64, the amendment to the state constitution that legalized recreational marijuana in Colorado, called for marijuana to be regulated “like alcohol.” It’s actually...
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...
The great Boulder County ganja price war
Wow! It’s a flashback!
It reminds me what it was like when I was growing up in Denver in the ’50s.
Back then, gasoline price wars...
Three dot pot shots: ‘Real soon now’ edition
Legal marijuana sales begin in California next Monday (Jan 1, 2018), and they’re gonna’ be huge — Real Soon Now. Cali’s roll-out will be...
In a latter-day miracle, Israel’s election outcome may hinge on pot
Back in December, when Israel declared that it would hold a national election (scheduled for April 9), a political party named Zehut was so...
Arizona marijuana initiative: Past and present GOP governors take different sides
As of this writing, Arizona county officials are still validating signatures on petitions to put a recreational marijuana legalization question on the state’s November...
DAs, including Boulder’s, join the legalization conversation
Last Tuesday’s Daily Camera reported that the National District Attorneys Association (NDAA) had formed a 14-member committee to Advise the Trump administration on marijuana...
Marijuana reform comes to Congress — fast and furious
Marijuana legalization arrived in the U.S. Congress last week — fast and furious.
On June 7, Colorado Republican Sen. Cory Gardner and Massachusetts Democratic Sen....
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...
Backing pot legalization becomes a political plus
This could be great news if it holds up.
Tom Angell at the website Marijuana Moment is reporting that a poll of voters in 60...
Tales from the depths of the purple lagoon
The end of the year is that magical time when the piles of marijuana stories in my office turn over like a lake experiencing...