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
Welcome to Toke-la-homa.
Paul Demko Politico Nov 2020 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
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
The author takes a trip to HempCon with her anxious, insomniac, ultra-Orthodox Jewish mother.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner GQ May 2016 15min Permalink
Life on a weed farm in Humboldt County.
Lee Ellis The Believer Jun 2014 30min Permalink
The challenges of establishing a legal marijuana economy in Washington State.
Patrick Radden Keefe New Yorker Nov 2013 40min Permalink
A trip to Hempfest with cannabis breeder DJ Short.
Jason Fagone Grantland Nov 2013 20min Permalink
On the pair of entrepreneurs behind a Wal-Mart of weed in Oakland. The duo is talking IPO. “Everybody I was meeting was a little bit older, more a part of the hippie generation,” says one. “I was like, ‘I bet there’s so much room for innovation and new ideas.’”
Josh Harkinson Mother Jones Jan 2011 Permalink
Lessons learned while temping at an Amsterdam coffee shop.
Wells Tower GQ Aug 2010 25min Permalink