Colorado Marijuana Tax Report: April 2014
Recreational marijuana sales in Colorado rose 8% in April to $22 million. A total of $3.7 million in taxes and license fees were collected, an increase of 15% over March.
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Louis C.K. on Weed
The latest "Louie" episode is an hour-long After School Special for the primetime crowd. When Louie catches his 12-year-old daughter smoking pot, it prompts a lengthy flashback to his teenaged years.
Jerad Miller's Rap Sheet Included Several Pot Busts
What compels someone to commit unspeakable acts of violence? In the case of Jerad Miller, it was numerous run-ins with police, which included three marijuana arrests and subsequent incarceration.
Todd Mitchem Out at O.penVAPE
Several weeks following a protracted battle with marijuana activists over his company's drug-testing policy, Todd Mitchem has left Denver hash-oil maker O.penVAPE. He was chief revenue officer and the company's public face.
2014 Spring Stoner TV Guide
Spring brings showers and flowers, new TV shows and old. A couple of popular series, "Mad Men" and "Californication," made last laps, while many others returned for new seasons.
Was Bowe Bergdahl High on Hash When He Defected?
The Army soldier exchanged for Taliban prisoners, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who disappeared from his base in Afghanistan in 2009, may had been stoned before he was captured.
ASA Responds to Mark Kleiman's Criticism
Drug-policy maven Mark Kleiman thinks "ASA has crossed an ethical line by charging opponents of legislation it favors with wanting to put four-year-old epilepsy patients and their mothers in federal prison." ASA strongly disagrees.
Reviled Congresswoman Opposes Medical Marijuana
DNC chairwoman and Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is taking heat from activists over her failure to vote for the Rohrbacher-Farr Amendment and her lack of support for the state's medical-marijuana initiative.
Media Has Fun at Maureen Dowd's Expense
New York Times' columnist Maureen Dowd's frantic account of her getting stoned on a chocolate bar in Denver has created a media frenzy. While Chris Hayes takes it pretty seriously on MSNBC, Conan O'Brien predictably goes for the laughs.
NIDA Review Says Marijuana Users Have 'Lower Satisfaction with Life'
Leave it to NIDA to remind us of the "Adverse Health Effects of Marijuana Use." In a new article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, four doctors report that "the question of whether marijuana is harmful remains the subject of heated debate."