The Desperate Journey
Hundreds of families have flocked to Colorado hoping medical marijuana will relieve their children’s epileptic seizures. This is the story of one family’s migration.
Hundreds of families have flocked to Colorado hoping medical marijuana will relieve their children’s epileptic seizures. This is the story of one family’s migration.
John Ingold The Denver Post Dec 2014 10min Permalink
A tale of cannabis boom and bust.
Jessica Lussenhop, Zhaoyin Feng BBC News May 2021 30min Permalink
How the “Apple of Pot” collapsed.
Ben Schreckinger, Mona Zhang Politico May 2020 25min Permalink
A father struggles with old and new parenting techniques.
Jane Snyder BULL Magazine Sep 2019 10min Permalink
What do you do when you hear that Mike Tyson is opening a weed resort in the middle of the California desert? You go investigate.
Alex Pappademas GQ Jun 2019 35min Permalink
Two friends contend with mistakes both past and present.
Jad Josey Little Fiction Sep 2018 20min Permalink
First the red bees arrived. Then a Red Hook cherry factory’s true purpose came to light.
Ian Frazier New Yorker Apr 2018 25min Permalink
How a group of hippie surfers and a former Spanish teacher built the largest weed-smuggling empire on the West Coast.
Joshuah Bearman The Atavist Magazine Sep 2013 1h35min Permalink
The rise and fall of a chubby Idaho pizza delivery boy turned weed kingpin.
Mark Binelli Rolling Stone Oct 2005 20min Permalink
The mysterious business interests trying to patent strains and turn their company into the Monsanto of legal marijuana.
Amanda Chicago Lewis GQ Aug 2017 15min Permalink
How a creator of Assassin’s Creed sold investors on a magic marijuana product that he claimed could predictably produce specific feelings in users.
Update: Co-founder Michael Wendschuh has attempted to subpoena Alex Halperin’s notes and sources.
Alex Halperin Pando Jun 2016 Permalink
There are a thousand ways to buy weed in New York City, but the Green Angels devised a novel strategy for standing out: They hired models to be their dealers.
Suketu Mehta GQ Feb 2017 25min Permalink
When Randy Lanier sped to Rookie of the Year honors at the 1986 Indianapolis 500, few knew his racing credentials, let alone his status as one of the nation’s most prolific drug runners, smuggling in tons of marijuana when he wasn’t on the track. Now, after 27 years in prison, Lanier is looking to the road ahead.
L. Jon Wertheim Sports Illustrated Jan 2017 20min Permalink
When Raymond Stansel was busted in 1974, he was one of Florida’s biggest pot smugglers. Facing trial and years in prison, he jumped bail, changed his name, holed up in a remote Australian outpost and began his second life as an environmental hero.
Rich Schapiro Outside Jan 2017 20min Permalink
For decades, “trimmigrants” have flooded California’s Emerald Triangle during harvest season in search of highly paid seasonal work. In the isolation of the dense forest, sexual assault is commonplace and rarely investigated.
Shoshana Walter Reveal Sep 2016 35min Permalink
How the “biggest grow op willing to publish its address” could make Canada an international pioneer in the legalization and commercialization of weed.
Brett Popplewell The Walrus Aug 2016 30min Permalink
What happened when a plane full of marijuana crashed in Yosemite Park.
Greg Nichols Men's Journal Jun 2016 20min Permalink
The author takes a trip to HempCon with her anxious, insomniac, ultra-Orthodox Jewish mother.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner GQ May 2016 15min Permalink
How the heir to the Hart wrestling dynasty burned every bridge from Canada to Mexico.
Omar Mouallem Rolling Stone Mar 2016 15min Permalink
Defensive end Shawn King was the 36th pick in the 1995 draft. His career with the Carolina Panthers didn’t turn out as planned.
Michael Graff SB Nation Jan 2016 25min Permalink
In what will likely be his last political act, Willie Nelson declares war on corporate marijuana.
Wil S. Hylton New York Nov 2015 25min Permalink
What it’s like to be a first responder amid the rise of synthetic marijuana.
Steve Featherstone New York Times Magazine Jul 2015 15min Permalink
Inside the world of “Wooks,” the loner-craftsmen behind the coming marijuana-concentrate boom.
Mike Sager California Sunday Apr 2015 Permalink
Cheryl Shuman has been a coupon queen, an optician to the stars and the plaintiff in a lawsuit against Steven Segal. Now she’s the face of the high-end weed market.
Theodore Ross New York Times Magazine Jan 2015 10min Permalink
Life on a weed farm in Humboldt County.
Lee Ellis The Believer Jun 2014 30min Permalink