Stories By Angela Bacca
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Joint Opinions
The DEA Should Deschedule Cannabis, Not Move it to Schedule II
August 14, 2018The debate around the medical value of cannabis often perpetuates a few crucial lies: that our...
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Cultivation
A New York Company Wants to Use Molecular DNA Tags to Track Legal Cannabis
July 24, 2018Applied DNA Sciences wants to differentiate between state-compliant and illicit market cannabis by spraying DNA tracking...
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Politics
Lompoc, California: The ‘Free Market’ Cannabis Plan to Reshape a Small Town’s Economy
May 24, 2018Lompoc is one of the only cities in California proposing no caps on cannabis licenses and...
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Joint Opinions
Does Marijuana Legalization Cause Homelessness?
May 1, 2018Anti-cannabis activists such as Kevin Sabet have recently spread the idea that legal cannabis encourages the...
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Joint Opinions
The Future of Cannabis: Where We Are Heading vs. Where We Should Go
April 6, 2018Three major factors are in play for the future of cannabis: technological and scientific advancements, the...
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Joint Opinions
Why Not Regulate Marijuana Like Guns?
March 15, 2018Prohibiting safe access to cannabis does not save lives, but gun regulation might.
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Cannabis
Why Washington Patients Are Fighting to Grow Recreational Marijuana At Home
February 1, 2018As Washington's medical marijuana program dwindles down, medical marijuana patients are fighting for the right to...
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Joint Opinions
Why Jeff Sessions is Going After Legal Marijuana
January 4, 2018Rescinding the Cole Memo is part of a long-term game plan.
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In The Magazine
Corporate Cannabis: Canada Set to Legalize
December 6, 2017Jodie Emery, one of Canada’s most prominent marijuana activists, braces for a massive corporate takeover.
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Joint Opinions
Industry Wars: Inside MJBizCon 2017
November 29, 2017A cannabis businesswoman and journalist weighs in on the forces competing for control of the cannabis...
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Cannabis
Oregon Patients Are Getting Lost in the Legalization Hustle
October 30, 2017Medical marijuana patients in Oregon are losing out to legalization.
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Economics
Return of the Industrial Hemp Industry
May 20, 2017Shaping the new hemp economy in America.
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Concentrates
Dab Drought: Oregon’s Legalization is Killing Concentrates
March 5, 2017Oregon's medical cannabis patients — especially those with serious illnesses — have come to rely on...
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In The Magazine
The Problems with Legalization
September 26, 2016No one should have ever gone to jail for marijuana. The actual safety profile of the...
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Current Events
Steep Hill Labs: Pioneers in Medical Cannabis Testing
March 9, 2016As an industry, cannabis lab testing is relatively new, but has long been an essential and...
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Politics
Utah Medical Cannabis Bill Passes Out of Senate, Onto House
February 25, 2016In a 17-12 vote, SB 73, Utah’s whole-plant medical cannabis bill was advanced in third reading...
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Medical
Amid Mormon Church Opposition A Third Medical Cannabis Bill Proposed In Utah
February 11, 2016“It would be immoral to back down,” Sen. Mark Madsen told KUTV in Salt Lake City...
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Medical
Terpenes: The Future of Cannabis is Medicine and Household Cleaning
February 9, 2016Terpenes aren’t just responsible for the distinctive smells of different cannabis strains; each identified terpene in...
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Grow
Growing Happy Girls
February 8, 2016As Oregon moves into legalization, many in the local research community are pushing to make the...
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Politics
Utah Passes Two Medical Cannabis Bills Out of Committee, Onto Senate
February 4, 2016Both Utah’s SB 73, the whole-plant medical cannabis bill, and SB 89, a continuation of the...