Stories By Chris Roberts
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Medical
Why You Should Tell Your Doctor If You Smoke Cannabis
August 13, 2019A new study suggests that you shouldn’t lie to your doctor when they ask if you...
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Medical
After 4-Year Wait, Louisiana Medical Patients Can Get Some Weed
August 8, 2019Advocates worry "most restrictive" rules in the country may not be sustainable.
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Medical
Medical Cannabis in Utah Will Not Impede Federal Funds
August 5, 2019Utah demonstrates that states and institutions can no longer claim they can't legalize marijuana because they'll...
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Politics
Kamala Harris & Joe Biden Are Challenged on Their Drug Records in Debate
August 1, 2019Sorry, Twitter: The California senator wasn’t quite “destroyed,” but she didn’t offer an explanation for why...
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Medical
Study: Morning Cannabis Use Makes You Feel Good
July 28, 2019Wake-and-bakers’ lifestyle choice vindicated with scientific research that shows cannabis can elevate a morning mood.
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Legal
‘World’s Largest Marijuana Company’ Has the Largest Problem With the U.S. Government
July 24, 2019The FDA is scrutinizing Curaleaf for its CBD product claims.
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Medical
Yet Another Study: ‘Synthetic Marijuana’ Is Huge Risk to Teens
July 21, 2019If we know the dangers of Spice, why is it still being sold?
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Medical
Texas Lawmaker Lies about Pot & Veteran Suicides to Block Medical Access
July 18, 201970% of military veterans dead by suicide had THC in their systems, according to Donna Campbell,...
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Concentrates
Got Terps? Cannabis Extracts Lack the Same Compounds as Flower
July 17, 2019A new study says the biggest difference between cannabis flower and cannabis concentrates are what’s lost...
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In The Magazine
The Flowering of the U.K. Underground
July 15, 2019Medical cannabis reform in the United Kingdom is coming too slowly to fulfill demand from consumers...
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Politics
Why Does Marijuana Decriminalization Not Include Concentrates?
July 10, 2019New York State’s recent decriminalization law applies only to cannabis flower. Possessing concentrated cannabis is still...
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Joint Opinions
Cannabis Is the Best Fourth of July Drug
July 4, 2019The Independence Day holiday is the best time to smoke weed.
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Legal
Police Ignore Experts on Pot & Driving (Again)
July 2, 2019Evaluating most impairment goes by blood alcohol content, which doesn’t work for cannabis.
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Economics
Will Puerto Rico Produce the United States Cannabis Supply?
July 2, 2019The island territory is a global drug-manufacturing capital and now big cannabis companies are taking a...
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Politics
Former Heads of State: Drug Classifications Are All Politics, No Science
June 30, 2019As anyone who’s read the Controlled Substances Act can tell you: duh.
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Joint Opinions
The Big Problem With the Latest Opiates & Marijuana Study
June 22, 2019Medical cannabis became legal in the states with the biggest increases in opiate-overdose deaths, but there’s...
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Legal
Guns vs. Marijuana: Will Texas Give Cannabis Users Their Second Amendment Rights?
June 21, 2019The federal government’s longstanding ban on firearms ownership for cannabis patients not popular in Texas, but...
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Politics
Congress Continues to Look at Making Federal Pot Prohibition Unenforceable
June 20, 2019Amendment could stop federal interference with state cannabis laws, but would not address other key issues...
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Economics
How One Tiny CA County Grew 35% of the State’s Cannabis
June 19, 2019Plenty of people in Santa Barbara County aren’t too keen on commercial cannabis.
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Economics
Former Patrón CEO Joins Florida Medical Marijuana Giant
June 18, 2019Ed Brown built Patron into a world-beating booze brand. What will he do for cannabis as...