AltWeeklies Wire
Inventing the Toke-Alyzernew

A Colorado company wants to make THC-impairment testing easier.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bryce Crawford |
11-13-2014 |
Drugs
How a Dangerous New Drug Killed a Florida Teennew

Death of a Boca Raton teen launches an investigation into NBOMe, an LSD-like synthetic drug
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Kyle Swenson |
10-07-2014 |
Drugs
Medical Marijuana Refugees Fleeing Texas to Help Their Loved Onesnew

How far would you go to ease the suffering of your child? Would you break the law? Would you leave your home behind? We talk to those parents taking the risks to go to states where medical marijuana is legal to try and help their sick kids.
Houston Press |
Angelica Leicht |
10-02-2014 |
Drugs
Drugs and Deathnew

The city of Worcester is coming to terms with the fact that it's in the midst of a heroin epidemic.
Worcester Magazine |
Walter Bird Jr. |
08-15-2014 |
Drugs
Meet the Marijuana Money Mennew

These eccentric billionaires have the cash that could legalize pot in Oregon.
Willamette Week |
Sami Edge and Rebecca Turley |
07-30-2014 |
Drugs
Pill Mannew

One man's fight to overcome opiate addiction.
Worcester Magazine |
Walter Bird Jr. |
07-18-2014 |
Drugs
Tags: pills, opiate addictions
Locals: The Dark Side of Marijuana Grow Culturenew

Defying the conspiracy of silence and losing one's place in hometown marijuana grow country.
North Coast Journal |
Linda Stansberry |
07-07-2014 |
Drugs
Marijuana Grow-Lights Cause Problems for Ham-Radio Operatorsnew

It's not the U.S. Department of Justice that could create a problem for pot growers: It's the Federal Communications Commission.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bryce Crawford |
06-27-2014 |
Drugs
Edible Medical Cannabis Doesn’t Always Prove Potentnew

In the seven years since medical cannabis became legal in New Mexico, our test appears to be the first and only spot check to determine whether edibles sold to people suffering debilitating medical symptoms contain the amounts of THC claimed.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Peter St. Cyr |
06-04-2014 |
Drugs
Tags: Edible Marijuana, Edible Pot
Could Legalization of Marijuana Be in Texas's Future?new

Opinions are changing, and legalization - at least for medical purposes - could be coming to even the most unlikely of states, including Texas.
Houston Press |
Angelica Leicht |
05-21-2014 |
Drugs
What's Inside an Ounce of Marijuana?new

A proposed Colorado law will establish an equivalence between an ounce of bud and concentrated marijuana products from keef to edibles. There's just one little thing: HB 1361 does not state what will be equivalent to an ounce of marijuana buds.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Griffin Swartzell |
04-30-2014 |
Drugs
Tags: HB 1361
Countering the Providence Journal’s Anti-Pot Editorialnew

The sky didn’t fall when Colorado legalized pot, just like it didn’t fall for the thousands of years people used marijuana before prohibition.
Providence Phoenix |
Valerie Vande Panne |
03-17-2014 |
Drugs
Tags: Marijuana
The Grass Menagerienew

Marijuana use is largely kept in the dark in Louisiana, but lawmakers will consider a number of pot reform laws this year.
I Don't Smoke Pot ... but I Want It Legalizednew

I grew up believing the U.S. was the most free country in the world. But today, tens of thousands of Americans are behind bars for non-violent marijuana offenses.
Providence Phoenix |
Valerie Vande Panne |
01-09-2014 |
Drugs
Buying Legal Weed in Colorado with an Out-of-State IDnew

Can it be done? If so, exactly how much can one buy? Is this real life?
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Desiree Kane |
01-02-2014 |
Drugs