Dawn Russell doesn’t initially strike you as the type of person you would expect to have been arrested over 25 times with charges ranging from trespassing to disturbing the peace. She is an organizer …
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
As cannabis consumers, we are all invested in ending the war on drugs, but for many the stakes are much higher than the simple right to enjoy marijuana when and how we see fit. “More black men are imp…
Investing in Cannabis Stocks
Investing in Cannabis Stocks There is a lot of hype surrounding cannabis and medical marijuana stocks right now. An industry projected to be worth $20 billion dollars is taking shape and the time to g…
The Livable Wage: Reducing Poverty by Increasing the Minimum Wage?
President Lyndon B. Johnson first called for a War on Poverty in 1964, when the poverty rate across the United States had climbed to 19 percent. More than 50 years after this first commitment, over 43…
Review: Fruit Slab’s Mango Fruit Leather
Mango Fruit Leather Produced & Provided by: Fruit Slabs Tested by: SC Labs When I first opened the stay fresh packaging, it was difficult not to compare the appearance of these delectable l…
Visiting A Cannabis Testing Laboratory
What did I expect to find at a cannabis testing facility? I don’t know, maybe like microscopes and a bunch of those little glass slides with cultures maturing to an opaque mistiness. People in lab coa…
Buds Not Drugs
I’m hanging out in the grow room at SC Veterans Alliance. The crop is vegetating under the glow of the yellow lamps. The room is filled with the heavy indica strain Kosher Kush. Director Jason Sweatt …
Cycling From Seattle To Los Angeles
Cycling From Seattle To Los Angeles The idea was straightforward enough: cycle from Seattle to Los Angeles while exploring cannabis culture. What we’d actually find out in the field was unknown. Oppor…
Behind The Scenes. Part:1
In coverage for the DOPE Bicycle Tour you’ve seen visits to dispensaries, farms, and rock and roll concerts, but now I want you to see behind the scenes. These are the smaller moments that make up eac…
Travel Advisory: Go To El Salvador
A trip to El Salvador is often proceeded with trepidation: travel warnings, media coverage focusing only on terrible events, and a reputation as a bloodstained, war-torn country will cause that. These…