Stories By Chris Roberts
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Medical
Physician Retracts Claim That Marijuana Is a Gateway Drug
October 10, 2018Dr. Nadia Alam, a physician who heads the Ontario Medical Association, an influential doctor’s organization in...
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Economics
Does Marijuana Legalization Hurt Property Values?
October 9, 2018In New Jersey, the anti-marijuana set is claiming that a cannabis cultivation center will cause real-estate...
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Legal
Legalization Foe Claims Medical Marijuana Leads to Fentanyl
October 1, 2018Reports of fentanyl-laced marijuana have largely been debunked, but the head of one of Amerca's most...
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Economics
SEC: Elon Musk’s Tesla IPO Was a Marijuana Joke
September 29, 2018Silicon Valley founder at risk of losing company over cannabis crack feds say was made for...
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Politics
‘Urban-Rural Divide’ in the U.S. Figures Strongly in Marijuana Legalization
September 19, 2018With some notable exceptions, marijuana legalization is limited to cities and still a great notion out...
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CBD
CBD Is Psychoactive — And That’s OK
September 12, 2018Perhaps the biggest lie put forth by people in the cannabis industry is that CBD is...
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Edibles
Why Lawmakers Keep Trying to Ban Edibles
September 10, 2018In states where many lawmakers are skeptical of marijuana legalization but are forced to write cannabis...
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Politics
Utah’s Medical Marijuana Opposition Keeps Pushing False Advertisements
September 8, 2018A Salt Lake City radio station pulled an ad after a flood of complaints over misleading...
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Economics
In Denver, Marijuana Money Is Going Towards Fixing Homelessness
September 5, 2018The Colorado city has raised the local tax on cannabis to 5.5 percent and funds will...
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Medical
Pregnancy & Marijuana: Who Should You Believe?
September 4, 2018American pediatricians and obstetricians tell mothers they shouldn't smoke weed, but the medical literature suggests there...
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Cultivation
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Seed Scientists of Spain
September 3, 2018Sweet Seeds, one of the biggest and most popular seed banks in Spain, has grown from...
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Medical
In Illinois, Marijuana Is an Official Painkiller
August 30, 2018Massive expansion, easing of restrictions in Illinois’s medical marijuana law under bill signed by Gov. Bruce...
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Economics
U.S. Banks’ Marijuana Problem
August 27, 2018A Bank of America manager was fired and a Florida politician’s account was closed over links...
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Joint Opinions
It’s Time to Tone Down the CBD Hype
August 24, 2018Cannabidiol (CBD) has proven medical benefits. That doesn’t mean that CBD coffee is going to cure...
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Joint Opinions
‘Marijuana Addiction’ Is Among the Least of America’s Problems
August 22, 2018It’s real, but it’s not spectacular and pretending otherwise reeks of a bad-faith effort to repeal...
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Politics
Is California’s Marijuana Legalization Actually Bad?
August 20, 2018Spoiler: No, but it needs some serious improvement. Even the LA Times thinks so.
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Legal
Studies: Cell Phones Much More Dangerous Than Marijuana
August 18, 2018Lots of Canadians apparently drive after using cannabis. Lots of Canadians are not dying or getting...
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Medical
After 20 Years of Medical Marijuana, California Still Bans the Medicine in Schools
August 16, 2018A 5-year old just became the first Californian to be allowed medical cannabis on campus thanks...
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Economics
Canadian Marijuana Companies Gamble on Privately Owned Retail Shops
August 13, 2018Current plans in Ontario call for recreational marijuana to be sold only in government-run shops, but...
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Economics
Report: Colorado, Oregon Marijuana Prices Plummet by 50 Percent
August 10, 2018Good news for consumers, not so much for producers.