Stories By Chris Roberts
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Economics
Joe Montana’s Big Marijuana Investment Is a Safe Play But Still Significant
January 30, 2019Football hero living a second life as a successful investor demonstrates cannabis’ profit potential is outweighing...
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Politics
Trump’s Surgeon General Is Mostly Good On Marijuana
January 29, 2019Even if Jerome Adams is pushing some questionable data on youth use, so far, Trump’s choice...
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Economics
Why Does Ohio Have the Nation’s Priciest Marijuana?
January 28, 2019High prices occur when you artificially constrict supply. When will states learn?
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Legal
New York Marijuana Legalization Has a Bad Precedent: New York Medical Marijuana
January 26, 2019New York still offers very few ways to secure medical marijuana.
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Legal
The Problem with the Farm Bill
January 19, 2019Police say they’ve made the biggest marijuana bust of all time, but owners say it’s hemp.
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Politics
Federal Shutdown Means Cheap Marijuana for Government Employees
January 18, 2019And there’s nobody around to drug-test you!
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Medical
Study Shows States With Medical Marijuana Have a Higher Birth Rate
January 13, 2019One study has found a correlation between states with legal cannabis and the number of babies...
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Politics
Now That Kamala Harris Wants to Be President, She Really Likes Cannabis Legalization
January 12, 2019Harris wasn’t too fond of legal pot as San Francisco’s district attorney or California’s attorney general....
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Culture
Upscale College Learns to Love Loathed Dive Bar, Thanks to Cannabis Legalization
January 11, 2019What’s better than a pit of a dive bar synonymous with lawlessness and drunkenness? Anything, according...
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Strains
Patented Pot: What Is a Proprietary Marijuana Strain?
January 11, 2019Canadian marijuana companies are busy acquiring strain banks—which doesn’t really mean much, yet.
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Economics
JP Morgan Jumps Onto Marijuana Stock Bandwagon with GW Pharmaceuticals
January 8, 2019Major investment bank backs cannabis-related stock, but don’t get too excited — you probably already knew...
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Legal
Could Oregon Be the First to (Legally) Export Marijuana to Other States?
January 7, 2019One state lawmaker wants to prepare for a future in which federal prohibition doesn’t ban a...
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Culture
How Cannabis Crept Into the Cosmetics Industry, Thanks Mostly to CBD
January 4, 2019Hemp for health is nothing new, but the extent to which the cosmetics industry has embraced...
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Joint Opinions
Marijuana Reforms Left Out of Trump’s Criminal Justice Reform Bill
December 30, 2018The First Step Act does not address cannabis convictions.
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Edibles
Will Medical Marijuana Edibles Ever Be Legal in Florida?
December 27, 2018Depends on whether the state Department of Health decides to write rules legalizing them.
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Economics
Big Pharma Has Big Advantage in Global Marijuana Expansion Game
December 27, 2018In a first, Tilray and Sandoz, a subsidiary of Novartis, will market, develop, and sell cannabis-based...
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Joint Opinions
San Francisco’s ‘Marijuana Awareness’ Campaign Has a Truthiness Problem
December 19, 2018Activists blast the “Truth or Nah” campaign for spreading dishonestly.
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Medical
Why Isn’t Medical Marijuana Available for Mental Illness?
December 18, 2018One out of 6 Americans use pharmaceutical drugs to treat an emotional or mental issue. In...
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Joint Opinions
New York’s Andrew Cuomo Wants Marijuana Legalization for All The Wrong Reasons
December 15, 2018Rather than challenge powerful interests or make risky political decisions, mainstream centrists are embracing marijuana legalization...
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Joint Opinions
The Problem With Marijuana-Use Surveys (& How They’re Misused)
December 13, 2018Do you dab twice a day or use a non-intoxicating CBD balm for pain? Either way,...
