AltWeeklies Wire
Inside Springfield’s First Medical Pot Shopnew
 
    
    We toured one of the state's first medical marijuana dispensaries, slated to open soon. Can this industry survive in the face of strict regulations?
  
    Illinois Times  |  
    Brittany Hilderbrand and Patrick Yeagle  |  
    02-03-2016  | 
    Drugs
  
  Addiction and Recoverynew
 
    
    When the impossible becomes possible.
  
    The Athens NEWS  |  
    David DeWitt  |  
    11-12-2015  | 
    Drugs
  
  Passing Grassnew
 
    
    A sweeping package of bills signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown will transform California’s billion-dollar medical marijuana sector with a complex system of testing and licensing.
  
    Metro Silicon Valley  |  
    Jennifer Wadsworth  |  
    10-16-2015  | 
    Drugs
  
  Rolling it outnew
 
    
    Oregon recreational users can buy pot at medical dispensaries starting Oct. 1, and other cannabis updates
  
    Eugene Weekly  |  
    Alex V. Cipolle  |  
    09-29-2015  | 
    Drugs
  
  Last Days of Cannabis Prohibition in Californianew
 
    
    Interviews with various CA cannabis players as 2016 legalization initiative gains steam.
  
    North Bay Bohemian  |  
    Tom Gogola, Stett Holbrook and Molly Oleson  |  
    09-24-2015  | 
    Drugs
  
  Rat Talenew
 
    
    Portland cops hired a snitch. But he was already working for somebody else.
  
    Willamette Week  |  
    Aaron Mesh  |  
    09-02-2015  | 
    Drugs
  
  Medical Marijuana in Louisiana: When?new
 
    
    The state approves medical marijuana for some illnesses — but prescriptions are years away.
  
  No Choice: Pittsburgh Family on Frontlines of PA's Medical Cannabis Debatenew
 
    
    Jessica Hawkins breaks the law every time she gives her child her medical cannabis in Pa. and she has no intention of stopping.
  
    Pittsburgh City Paper  |  
    Jessica Hardin  |  
    07-13-2015  | 
    Drugs
  
  Dirty Medicinenew
 
    
    Butane hash oil, illegal pesticides, unregulated labs and a looming public health threat.
  
    Eugene Weekly  |  
    Alex V. Cipolle  |  
    06-29-2015  | 
    Drugs
  
  Atlanta Heroin Growing More Dangerousnew
 
    
    Heroin cut with fentanyl, a potent opiate, is on the rise in metro Atlanta with lethal results.
  
    Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  
    Maggie Lee  |  
    05-21-2015  | 
    Drugs
  
  Baltimore City Paper Takes a Trip to D.C. to Experience Weed Freedomnew
 
    
    The City Paper art team packed up our notebooks and pens and mini recorders and headed south to see what freedom felt like.
  
    Baltimore City Paper  |  
    Baynard Woods  |  
    04-15-2015  | 
    Drugs
  
  Does North Carolina Have a Budding Interest in Marijuana?new
 
    
    House Bill 78, a bill that was filed in the North Carolina General Assembly in February, has been deemed the North Carolina Medical Cannabis Act.
  
    YES! Weekly  |  
    Britt Chester  |  
    04-15-2015  | 
    Drugs
  
  
  
    Tags: marijuana
  Why I Gave Up Booze in Favor of Weednew
 
    
    It helps with my anxiety, it doesn't give me hangovers, and are you aware of what it does to sex?
  
    The Stranger  |  
    Sarah Galvin  |  
    04-13-2015  | 
    Drugs
  
  
  
    Tags: marijuana
  It Ain't Easy Being Greennew
 
    
    A glimpse at the dawning of legal weed in Oregon.
  
    Eugene Weekly  |  
    Rick Levin  |  
    03-20-2015  | 
    Drugs
  
  Drug Convictions Rise in Athens, Ohionew
 
    
    Former Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly was convicted and jailed in February on 18 felonies related to theft. His supporters have continued to argue that Kelly had outperformed other sheriffs, past and present, in the fight against drugs. The stats tell a different story.
  
    The Athens NEWS  |  
    David DeWitt  |  
    03-13-2015  | 
    Drugs