Stories By Chris Roberts
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Politics
Biggest Block for Big Bud Still Banking: Fed Dread Spurs Purge
April 14, 2017With the Trump administration still alternating between silence and saber rattling on federal cannabis enforcement, next...
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Legal
Uruguay’s Finally Getting (Really Cheap) Cannabis Sales
April 13, 2017Uruguay was the talk of the cannabis world when it legalized in 2013, making it the...
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Culture
Las Vegas Rolls Out the Green Carpet for Cannabis Tourists
April 11, 2017Las Vegas is rolling the dice on weed tourism; the bet? More tourists rolling up Sin...
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Cannabis
Republicans Keep Being Wrong on Opiates and Marijuana
April 10, 2017Republicans couldn't be more wrong when it comes to comparing opioids and medical marijuana.
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Cannabis
Report After Report: Legal Pot Doesn’t Increase Youth Use
April 6, 2017It's the enduring war cry of the prohibitionist: think of the children! But recent reports (along with dozens...
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Legal
GOP Congress is Full of Marijuana Bills
April 5, 2017Several pro-cannabis bills have been introduced in Congress.
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Economics
Why Cannabis Needs a Civil Rights Act
April 4, 2017Why does the cannabis industry need to be forced by government to stick to its social...
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Cannabis
Dabs in Rehab? Welcome to High Sobriety
March 31, 2017Dabs in rehab sounds like an contradiction to some, but an emerging philosophy of harm reduction...
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Cannabis
This Central California Marijuana Dispensary is for Kids (In a Good Way)
March 30, 2017A California dispensary caters to controversial clientele.
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Economics
Canna Carpetbaggers? Ohio Explores Residency Requirements
March 28, 2017When states go legal who gets rich? Some people in Ohio are worried that out-of-state "carpetbaggers"...
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Economics
In Switzerland, Low THC Cannabis Is Big Money
March 27, 2017In Switzerland, strains with low psychoactive effects are all the rage.
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Economics
World’s Largest (Legal) Cannabis Grow Coming to Canada
March 21, 2017Canada's legal marijuana market is still taking shape, but one of the big players early in the...
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Economics
Medical Bud Could Bring Business Back to the Rust Belt
March 20, 2017Since the decline of the once-mighty U.S. steel industry, the American Rust Belt has struggled to find a...
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Current Events
(Yet Another) Report: Fake Weed Is Real Dangerous
March 17, 2017One tragic irony of cannabis prohibition is that the legal substitutes many people turn to are...
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Concentrates
Morocco’s GDP Is 23% Hash-Based: The DEA Has Taken Notice
March 16, 2017After a 20-year absence, the DEA has returned to Morocco and resumed enforcement operations in the...
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Joint Opinions
Trump’s Drug War: Making Promises He Can’t Keep
March 16, 2017Following failed drug policy could be costly for the nation.
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Politics
AG Sessions’ Home State Has ‘Biased’ MJ Law Enforcement
March 13, 2017Arrest data from Attorney General Jeff Session's home state of Alabama — where he served as...
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Legal
The Problem With Drug-Free School Zones
March 10, 2017These zones, located across the U.S., are really “enhanced drug penalty checkpoints."
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Economics
How A Trump Cannabis Crackdown Would Hurt Trump
March 7, 2017With tension building around the conflict between federal and state laws on cannabis and the looming...
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Legal
MI Medical Marijuana Covers Cops’ Overtime on Bud Busts
March 6, 2017In one Michigan county, the revenue windfall from medical cannabis is funding robust enforcement of laws...