Stories By Chris Roberts
-
Joint Opinions
What Cannabis Legalization Opponents Have Right
May 20, 2019Amid the distortions and tired lies, legalization foes are speaking one truth: commercial cannabis isn’t working...
-
Legal
The Pot Panopticon: Tracking & Tracing CA Cannabis Is a Mess
May 16, 2019Figuring out how to figure out where every scrap of product in a multi-billion-dollar market is...
-
Medical
Texas May Finally Be Serious About Medical Cannabis, But There’s a Problem
May 15, 2019An expansion of the Lone Star State’s limited medical marijuana bill is heading to the state’s...
-
Legal
Report: Unlicensed LA Dispensaries Are Selling Dangerous Knock-Offs
May 14, 2019Off-market cannabis stores without state licenses are selling fake versions of branded vape cartridges — laden...
-
Cultivation
Oregon’s Solution for Cannabis Over-Supply: Quit Growing It
May 13, 2019State’s six-year cannabis supply and resulting price crash is triggering government intervention into the market.
-
Economics
The Cannabis Industry Has Lots of Jobs, But Few Are High-Paying
May 6, 2019Cannabis legalization means the new pot jobs look like the rest of America, where opportunity is...
-
Edibles
Study: Everyone Prefers Low-Dose Cannabis Edibles — Even Mice
May 3, 2019Researchers conducting a study on THC and desire found that mice shied away from the maximum-strength...
-
Medical
Study Finds Paternally Passed-Down ‘Stoner Gene’ in Rats with Human Implications
May 2, 2019Research found rats exposed to cannabis passed on traits to their offspring — and they weren’t...
-
Economics
PayPal Wants To Help You Buy Marijuana (& Bank)
May 1, 2019The online payments platform has officially joined a lobbying effort in support of federal banking reform.
-
Joint Opinions
San Francisco’s Great 420 Lie: Marijuana-Laced Fentanyl
April 30, 2019Why did police and an elected official celebrate 420 by spreading fake news about fentanyl-laced cannabis?
-
Economics
Dr. Bronner’s CEO Launches Cannabis Brand
April 26, 2019David Bronner, leader of famous soap company, lends name to Brother David, a new California-based recreational...
-
Edibles
Why American Chefs Are So Obsessed With Putting CBD in Everything
April 22, 2019Mainstream chefs are dying to use America’s new favorite cannabinoid in every dish that crosses their...
-
Legal
Colorado Needs You to Use Cannabis and Drive — For Science
April 19, 2019Arbitrary alcohol-like THC limits don’t indicate intoxication. What does? You have the answer.
-
In History
When New York City Led On Marijuana Reform
April 17, 2019Cities are the laboratories of democracy. Cities host 420 rallies, cities decriminalize cannabis and once upon...
-
Medical
Cannabis & Cancer: Fake News Is Winning, and That’s a Problem
April 10, 2019Online searches for cancer cures are leading desperate people to be deceived by fake news about...
-
Economics
Meet the Psychedelic English Countess Marketing Cannabis to Europe
April 9, 2019To expand its footprint overseas, Canopy Growth Corp is turning to lifted gentry with a hole...
-
Economics
Billion-Dollar Cannabis? Inside the Marijuana Industry’s Biggest Deal to Date
April 8, 2019The Chicago-based Cresco Labs bought California company Origin House, both relatively new outfits, in a stock...
-
Legal
How Michigan Plans to Breathalyze for Marijuana DUIs… It Won’t
April 3, 2019Roadside sobriety tests, rather than THC detection, recommended for newest legal state after two-year review.
-
Edibles
Despite Breathless Reporting, There Is No Marijuana Edibles Death Spiral
April 2, 2019Irresponsible journalism and deliberate manipulation of data shine a light on a crisis that doesn’t exist.
-
Economics
The DEA Must Be Joking About Their Plan to Burn All the Weed in the U.S.
April 1, 2019The federal drug-control agency has a hilarious numbers problem.
