Stories By Chris Roberts
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Current Events
Is The Marijuana Dispensary Break-in Wave Payback for “Defund the Police?”
January 20, 2022A rash of unsolved break-ins and robberies at cannabis businesses in California is leading some industry...
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Culture
Budtenders Are Holding Back Cannabis—but It’s Not Their Fault
January 11, 2022Terrible pay, high turnover, and no training standards: the person selling you your weed deserves better.
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In The Magazine
Freakshow! Weed Gets Weird
December 23, 2021Mutant marijuana finds a commercial seed release.
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Culture
New York City: The New Cannabis Industry HQ
December 15, 2021Legalization in the Empire State means a tsunami of opportunities and a game-changing, tectonic shift in...
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Economics
OKC Connection: Where Does America’s Illegal Cannabis Come From?
December 13, 2021For years a West Coast thing, drug agents now claim underground marijuana production has shifted to...
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Medical
Do You Know What’s in Your “Legal” CBD or THC Vape?
December 3, 2021Solvents, synthetic cannabinoids, and GHB? Study finds numerous unlabeled additives in “legal” hemp-derived CBD vaporizer cartridges...
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Economics
3 Years Of Legal Marijuana in Canada: Pros, Cons & What The US Can Learn
November 15, 2021Canada legalized cannabis in Oct. 2018 to make money, improve public health, and help people harmed...
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Legal
Federal Charges for Flying with Cannabis? LAX’s ‘Scare Signs’ a New Low
October 26, 2021Ominous warnings of arrest on a federal offense are greeting passengers who dare fly through Los...
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Economics
Unhappy Croptober: Sungrown Prices Crash to Historic Lows
October 12, 2021$150 a pound for sun-grown cannabis? That’s 2021 for you.
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Science
‘3x Stronger’ Than THC? The Latest Cannabinoid THC-O Arrives
October 8, 2021The “latest” hemp-derived cannabinoid to hit the 50-state legal market is supposedly three times stronger than...
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Politics
Gavin Newsom Gave the Cannabis Industry Its Mask-Off Moment
September 30, 2021Upset with the governor, some cannabis industry players supported the September recall. After its failure, they’re...
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Medical
Are Delta-8 THC Products Actually Dangerous?
September 20, 2021Delta-8 THC products may contain contaminants as well as unknown cannabis isomers that could pose health...
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Medical
Does Cannabis Cause Psychosis: Coincidence or Causation
September 8, 2021Links between cannabis use and mental-health problems like psychosis appear in scientific literature and media, but...
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Legal
Last Call at Barcelona’s Cannabis Social Clubs?
August 12, 2021A recent court ruling means an uncertain future for Barcelona’s legendary cannabis social clubs, who fear...
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Industry Events
CHAMPS Las Vegas 2021: Delta-8 and the DEA Raid Rumor
August 3, 2021A recent Nevada ban on Delta-8 THC makes Las Vegas a less friendly host for cannabis...
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Concentrates
Lawmakers Want to Impose THC Limits
August 2, 2021Potency limits are being proposed in cannabis markets across the country — and represent possibly the...
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Culture
How Frenchy Cannoli Saved the Emerald Triangle
July 27, 2021The cannabis industry pioneer and hashishin won the hearts of all he met while bringing awareness...
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Legal
How Native Tribal Cannabis Can Beat States to Legalization
July 18, 2021South Dakota's Flandreau Santee Sioux could be the first Native tribe to seize a foothold in...
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Legal
What You Should Know About the Cannabis Patent
July 7, 2021The cannabis patent issued in 1999 to researchers working for the National Institutes of Health makes...
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Strains
Gassy Strains Revive with East Coast Legalization
June 24, 2021Strains heavy on fuel notes – NYC Sour Diesel, Chem Dog, and their progeny – powered...