The challenges of establishing a legal marijuana economy in Washington State.

A trip to Hempfest with cannabis breeder DJ Short.

The rise and fall of Colorado’s newly-legal cash crop.

How to get high in America – legally.

The aftermath of a stranger’s death and the puzzle of psychosis.

The rise and fall of Mickey the Pope, the founder of a New York City marijuana delivery business.

Portraits from weed country.

The unlikely people who’ve turned to selling weed in the recession.

How synthetic drugs became a booming (and mostly legal) business.

How medical marijuana transformed California’s pot industry.

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.’”

Lessons learned while temping at an Amsterdam coffee shop.