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
Adventures with the Wolf of Weed Street.
Erik Hedegaard Men's Journal Nov 2014 20min 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
A journey to Disney World with kids and weed.
John Jeremiah Sullivan New York Times Magazine Jun 2011 25min 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 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
The author takes a trip to HempCon with her anxious, insomniac, ultra-Orthodox Jewish mother.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner GQ May 2016 15min 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
Arthur Mondella took over his family’s maraschino cherry business reluctantly. But once he had it, he started a second enterprise. Behind an unmarked roll-down gate, behind some of his prized luxury cars, behind a pair of closet doors, behind a set of button-controlled shelves, behind a fake wall and down a ladder in a hole in the floor, Mondella built a 2,500-square-foot marijuana factory. When the police finally found it, he shot himself.
Vivian Yee New York Times May 2015 10min 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
A trip to Hempfest with cannabis breeder DJ Short.
Jason Fagone Grantland Nov 2013 20min Permalink
Portraits from weed country.
Gideon Lewis-Kraus Harper's Dec 2009 Permalink
The unlikely people who’ve turned to selling weed in the recession.
Tony D'Souza Mother Jones Dec 2011 Permalink
A trip to the Cannabis Cup serves as a backdrop for the story of how the War on Drugs revolutionized the way marijuana is cultivated in America.
Michael Pollan New York Times Magazine Feb 1995 30min Permalink
A scientist writing on his experiences smoking weed.
Carl Sagan Marijuana Reconsidered Jan 1971 10min Permalink