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Fast Company
February 2004
Bill Breen |
The Cannabis Conundrum As the founder of a British pharmaceutical company puts it, if it weren't called marijuana there would be an entire biotech business built around this plant. And that's just what's starting to happen (but not for the U.S. drug industry or the American patients these medicines might help).   |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2009
Brian Doherty |
Weed Control: Feds make bad dealers Marijuana research in the United States is dominated by a lone, big-muscled monopolist: the federal government. |
Fast Company
February 2004 |
Pot Proponent Just Says No Medical marijuana's elder statesman is not convinced that the therapeutic benefits of cannabis can be separated from the psychoactive effects -- or that cannabis should be "pharmaceuticalized." |
Fast Company
February 2004
Bill Breen |
Dr. Dope's Connection David Watson, the CEO of the Dutch pharmaceutical R&D company Hortapharm, has assembled what is arguably the world's most comprehensive cannabis-seed library. |
Reason
January 2005
Jacob Sullum |
Medicinal Grass Despite marijuana's low toxicity and long history of medicinal use, federal law puts it in a highly restrictive category. After decades of unsuccessful attempts to correct this anomaly, medical marijuana activists are trying a less direct approach. |
Salon.com
August 31, 2000
David Tuller |
Striking down medical marijuana San Francisco's pro-pot district attorney discusses the long-term implications of the Supreme Court's ruling. |
Salon.com
October 10, 2000
Arthur Allen |
The drug war's Tweedledee Does National Institute on Drug Abuse chief Alan Leshner push propaganda over science in his close coordination with drug czar Barry McCaffrey? |
BusinessWeek
July 15, 2010
Palmeri & Marois |
The Latest Fiscal Buzz? Medical Marijuana Cities are taxing marijuana dispensaries to trim budget deficits. |
Salon.com
March 29, 2001
Daryl Lindsey |
Up in smoke The U.S. Supreme Court seems poised to close down California's pot buyer's clubs... |
Reason
November 2007
Jacob Sullum |
Spliff Split Candidates on marijuana: The U.S. House of Representatives once again rejected a measure aimed at stopping the DEA's interference with the therapeutic use of cannabis in the 12 states where it's legal. |
Chemistry World
February 17, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
Clinical trials high on list for medical marijuana community The drug's controlled status is continuing to slow efforts to investigate the myriad compounds in the plant. |
CFO
September 1, 2010
Leibs & Tedesco |
"It Wouldn't Matter if It Was Widgets." While there may be no such thing as a typical CFO, it's a safe bet that Richard Cowan is less typical than most. An interview with Richard Cowan, CFO, Cannabis Science Inc. |
Reason
January 2006
Jacob Sullum |
That Chemo Cachet Medical marijuana and kids: Hard as it is to believe, it appears that promoting marijuana as a medicine for cancer and AIDS patients does not make it seem cooler to American teenagers. |
Chemistry World
February 3, 2015 |
High hopes The multi-target, rebalancing properties of cannabinoids also explains why they show promise as drugs in such a wide variety of conditions. |
Salon.com
January 31, 2001
Chris Colin |
Doctor's orders: Get high A trip into the medical marijuana demimonde smokes out America's confusion about drugs, pleasure and morality... |
Chemistry World
May 15, 2009
Katrina Megget |
Tripping over red tape The UK may be moving a step closer to allowing the use of a cannabis-based drug to treat the symptoms of multiple sclerosis |
Reason
February 2007
Greg Beato |
Pot Clubs in Peril Are San Francisco zoning boards a bigger threat to medical marijuana than the DEA? |
Mother Jones
February 2001
Evelyn Nieves |
Half an Ounce of Healing The desperately ill members of a Santa Cruz marijuana club aren't growing pot to get high or make money. They just want to find some relief... |
Reason
March 2002
Sara Rimensnyder |
One Toke over the Line In effect, the nation's highest court decided that state laws legalizing cannabis for medical use weren't worth a dime bag... |
Reason
November 2008
Jacob Sullum |
Follow State Law, Go Directly to Jail The Drug Enforcement Administration has raided more than 60 medical marijuana dispensaries in the last two years. Because the deck is stacked against them, dispensary operators facing federal drug charges typically plead guilty. |
Salon.com
May 15, 2001
Daniel Forbes |
Let them eat chemo Will the Supreme Court's ostrich-like ruling shut down the medical marijuana movement? |
Fast Company
Alex Halperin |
The California-Colorado Cannabis War While California is the largest addressable cannabis market in the USA, the risks associated with setting up there outweighed the benefits. |
AskMen.com
October 28, 2000
Joshua Levine |
The Benefits Of Marijuana Are you sick of hearing your girlfriend nagging you about letting go of your pot pasttime? Have you been hearing a lot of negative things about the use of marijuana lately? Would you like to know what the real deal is behind the use of this infamous drug? |
AskMen.com
Stephen Pym |
Pot Stocks On Fire, Lighting Up Market There are several marijuana-related stocks you can buy, across a diverse array of companies ranging from holding companies to services to technology. |
Reason
April 2008
Jacob Sullum |
No Bad Drugs Two books on drug use in America offer conflicting opinions and further emphasize the arbitrary distinctions at the root of drug prohibition. |
Salon.com
March 27, 2000
Fiona Morgan |
"Humanitarian cease-fire" in the war on drugs A Maine sheriff wants the Legislature to let authorities dole out confiscated pot to people who need medicinal marijuana. |
Reason
January 2002
Jacob Sullum |
Seeds of Discord It turns out that the hand cream you bought at The Body Shop last year was a controlled substance. But it's not anymore. Probably. This is the upshot of two rules the Drug Enforcement Administration unveiled in October... |
Salon.com
July 27, 2000
Daniel Forbes |
Fighting "Cheech & Chong" medicine Did the White House drug office go too far in trying to stop the spread of medical marijuana initiatives? |
Reason
March 2003
Jacob Sullum |
High Road Is marijuana a "gateway"? |
Reason
March 2009
Jacob Sullum |
Briefly Noted: Pot Mythology "Marijuana is not anti-establishment because it's illegal," writes High Times Executive Editor David Bienenstock in his new book. "It's illegal because it's anti-establishment." |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2010
Sheelah Kolhatkar |
Reefer Sadness for Pot Farmers In Northern California's Humboldt County, small marijuana growers find the legalization of their business could be the worst thing that ever happened to them. |
Reason
September 2005
Jacob Sullum |
Data: Pot Bust If you have any lingering doubts about the political establishment's hypocrisy when it comes to drugs, consider this: Marijuana arrests reached an all-time high during the administration of the first acknowledged pot smoker to occupy the White House. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 19, 2014
Michael Blanding |
Marketing Marijuana Forget Big Tobacco -- is the era of "Big Marijuana" that far off? |
Reason
July 2009
Jacob Sullum |
DEA Tax Collectors Medical marijuana raids |
Salon.com
January 5, 2001
Daniel Forbes |
New Mexico thumbs its nose at the war on drugs A panel convened by Gov. Gary Johnson calls for the legalization of marijuana and a shift in focus from penal measures to treatment for drug offenders... |
Reason
January 2008
Jacob Sullum |
Data: High Risk Overall, marijuana arrests in the U.S. have increased more than 150% since 1990. |
Reason
February 2009
Jacob Sullum |
Pot Holders Rejoice Drug decriminalization -- in November, Massachusetts voters approved Question 2, a ballot initiative that eliminates criminal penalties for possessing up to an ounce of marijuana |
Chemistry World
March 24, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
Chemists in demand as cannabis industry experiences explosive growth The US's rapidly growing cannabis industry -- medical and recreational -- desperately needs chemists. That was the conclusion of a session at the American Chemical Society's spring conference. |
Reason
July 2003
Jacob Sullum |
Jury Ragging: Medical pot in federal courts When Ed Rosenthal was convicted on federal marijuana cultivation charges last winter, his friends and supporters were not the only ones who were upset. So were the people who convicted him. |
Reason
January 2003
Jacob Sullum |
Critical Defect The New York Times just says no to its own journalistic integrity with a recent "educational" handout that regurgitates drug-war propaganda. |
Reason
April 2002
Jacob Sullum |
Pot Stops In the United States, it's clearly not true that no one gets arrested for smoking pot anymore. But it looks like that will soon be the case in Britain, home of Europe's harshest drug laws... |
Salon.com
May 15, 2001
Dan Shapiro |
A nauseating ruling Clarence Thomas says marijuana has no medical use. Maybe he'd like to try my cancer... |
