Stories By Owen Poindexter
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Medical
Coffee With Blue Dream: How Cannabis & Caffeine Interact
April 8, 2021While it might seem counterintuitive, coffee and cannabis can pair wonderfully — but they can also...
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Medical
Let Me Be Blunt: The Cannabis-Tobacco Interaction
October 10, 2020Socially, politically and in countless blunts puff-puff-passed between friends, cannabis and tobacco are inexorably intertwined.
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In The Magazine
Cannabis Territory
September 23, 2019With inspiration from the states, U.S. territories push for legal cannabis.
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Medical
Tripping on the High Road: Cannabis & Psychedelics
May 22, 2019When it comes to the way cannabis plays off more heavy-hitting hallucinogens, we pretty much have...
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Medical
Opioids & Cannabis: Gaining an Upper Hand on Pain
May 7, 2019Opioids deployed in the treatment of chronic pain can wind up causing more harm than they...
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Medical
Why Alcohol & Cannabis Are Best Frenemies
April 11, 2019How booze and bud go hand in hand — and no, not just when you’re double-fisting.
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In The Magazine
Let’s Mess With Texas: The Lone Star State on Pot
March 28, 2019Here’s why 2019 may be the year Texas gets a real medical cannabis program.
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Politics
Can a Canna-Basic Income Work in Maryland?
March 20, 2019In Maryland, one state representative has an idea to leverage cannabis revenue to kickstart a major...
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Films
Provocative Pot Use Meets the Absurd in ‘The Beach Bum’
February 19, 2019An upcoming film from Harmony Korine has the potential to enter into the marijuana comedy canon.
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Economics
Thank You For Toking: How Cannabis Taxes Help Colorado’s Schools
February 1, 2019Cannabis tax revenue means all Coloradans, particularly school children, are benefiting from legalization.
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Legal
Pardons Coming for Hundreds of Thousands of Canadians
October 18, 2018Anyone with a low-level marijuana offense can only apply for a pardon after a clean, 5-year...
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In The Magazine
Louisiana Leads Reform Efforts in the Deep South
August 7, 2018The Bayou State doesn’t have the most permissive medical marijuana program, but its lawmakers continue to...
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In The Magazine
How Vermont Became the First State to Legalize Cannabis Through the Legislature
June 19, 2018Lawmakers divulge how they fought against the political odds to legalize cannabis possession, use and cultivation...
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Edibles
The Strange Patchwork of Edibles Regulations
April 30, 2018“Just say no” to canna-custard pie — but only in some states.
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In The Magazine
Case Study: Colorado 5 Years After Legalization
April 2, 2018The data from the country’s first recreational state paints a positive picture.
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Cannabis
Can Medical Cannabis Survive in Oregon?
December 19, 2017Over 90 percent of the state’s medical dispensaries vanished in just one year.
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Cannabis
Mexico Legalizes Medical Cannabis
June 21, 2017Mexico legalizes medical cannabis, but for now needy patients will only be offered products with less...
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Cannabis
Prince of Pot Travels the World After Prison Release
February 15, 2017Marc Emery spent four years in a Louisiana prison for selling marijuana seeds. Since his release,...
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Politics
Will Jeff Sessions Try to Reverse Two Decades of Progress?
January 11, 2017On Monday, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to give testimony on...
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Politics
The State of Marijuana After Election Day
November 24, 2016Celebrate marijuana's big wins on Election Day.