AltWeeklies Wire
The Year in Weednew

Uncle Sam made a historic posture change, Colorado and Washington wrote their pot industry rules, the California Crackdown rolled on, dabs exploded, and the strain Girl Scout Cookies sold out.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
12-27-2013 |
Drugs
The Making of a 'Molly' Dealernew

The story of how some random kid managed to become a successful drug dealer in Athens, Ohio.
The Athens NEWS |
Evan Peter Smith |
12-05-2013 |
Drugs
Marijuana, Monsanto, and Younew

Is medical marijuana genetically modified (GMO)?
Providence Phoenix |
Valerie Vande Panne |
11-13-2013 |
Drugs
A Frenemy with Weednew

Why can't marijuana decriminalization and legalization advocates get along?
Washington City Paper |
Will Sommer |
10-24-2013 |
Drugs
Not if, but when, marijuana becomes legal in Pennsylvanianew

William Penn founded Pennsylvania as a hemp farming state. When the commonwealth comes around to ending THC prohibition, this and several other industries could save the state.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
10-07-2013 |
Drugs
Marijuana Makes the Leap to Big Businessnew

Now that marijuana is making the leap from social taboo to business opportunity, California needs to decide if it wants to get in the game or just get in the way.
Let the Pot Prisoners Go!new

If they legalize pot, will they let all the people in prison for pot out of jail? Incredibly, it's not that simple.
Providence Phoenix |
Valerie Vande Panne |
09-10-2013 |
Drugs
Is 'Pot' a Pejorative?new

Do terms like terms like "pot" and "weed" devalue the seriousness of marijuana as medication?
Providence Phoenix |
Valerie Vande Panne |
08-09-2013 |
Drugs
Who's Ready To Cash In On Recreational Cannabis?new

So few for so many.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bryce Crawford |
07-31-2013 |
Drugs
Tags: Amendment 64
On Pesticides and Potnew

Should there be concern about medical marijuana that has been treated with pesticides?
Providence Phoenix |
Valerie Vande Panne |
07-12-2013 |
Drugs
Jimmy Carter's Wrong on Marijuananew

Effort to legalize marijuana isn't just about people getting high - it's about fixing an unfair system
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Gwynedd Stuart |
05-30-2013 |
Drugs
Overdose Nationnew

As the opiate epidemic continues to ravage Northeast Ohio, a small group of folks try to distribute medicine that will stop the deaths.
Cleveland Scene |
Vince Grzegorek |
05-24-2013 |
Drugs
Ann Arbor Didn't Go to Potnew

As local municipalities and states decriminalize and legalize marijuana, the city of Ann Arbor, Mich., should serve as a model of how things can go right.
Metro Times |
Larry Gabriel |
05-22-2013 |
Drugs
Treated to Deathnew

Big Pharma's troubling history of pushing drugs on foster kids, and how a Texas girl may have died from it.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
04-10-2013 |
Drugs
Tags: pharmaceuticals, medications
Gettin' Cleannew

This is the creeping terror that haunts every recovering dope addict. We are a silent minority. And we are a growing minority. But, as with any minority, we have been misperceived, stereotyped, underrepresented and grotesquely vilified, often by ourselves.
Eugene Weekly |
Richard Kidd |
03-29-2013 |
Drugs