“The best laid schemes of Mice and Men oft go awry,
And leave us nothing but grief and pain,
For promised joy!”
So said Scotland’s most celebrated poet, Robert Burns, in a passage popularized for American audiences by John Steinbeck in his...
Once upon a time, states where weed is legal were a rarity – an exception to the rule of federal prohibition.
A lot has changed.
Around half of the states in the US have brought decades of pot criminalization to an...
If you're a stoner and you've never heard the name Merrick Garland, you could be forgiven. He's a federal judge, he sits on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and there aren't many people...
Colorado stoners will no longer be able to get their hands on gummy bears laced with THC - not legally, anyway.
Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a new law in June that bans cannabis gummies in the shape of people, animals,...
As marijuana legalization continues to spread slowly across the USA, national organizations have had to grapple with the realities of the situation. In particular, in states where cannabis is legal and could be consumed for medical purposes and under...
Humans are pattern-making machines, which is why change can be scary. It’s why things like cognitive biases are so hard to shake. And it’s why fears around legalization of cannabis dredged up the usual fear tactics. Some...
Las Vegas has succeeded over the years in proving to the rest of the United States that it is possible to legalize, safely regulate, and profit from certain ‘vices’ that are often frowned upon by most of...
A former cop in California admitted taking at least $14,000 in bribes from drug traffickers in exchange for various services that would not look out of place in the movie Training Day.
Rudolph Petersen (an admittedly much less cool name...
Most people might not think about illegal growing operations in states where cannabis is legal. In California, which has had some form of legal weed for decades, law enforcement routinely arrests illegal commercial growing operators and seizes their apparatus....
Enjoying the outdoors is a welcome relief for anyone who gets exhausted by hectic, noisy urban life. Going to a national park is both relaxing and often inspiring, like visiting El Capitan or the Grand Canyon, or...
