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The ‘Godmother’ of Weed vs. Her Uncle, the DEA Agent
“Cannabis officials courted a rising pot star to join New York’s legal market. Then a stunning police raid upended everything and shattered a family.”
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The Last Great Weed Smuggler
“Before the cartels took over, Harvey Prager built a life on millions of dollars of drug money. One prosecutor called Prager ‘the last of the great amateurs.’ This is his story.”
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The Death of a Superman
“An entirely avoidable problem is killing dozens of homeless people across the country. Why is it being ignored?”
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Holding Space, Internet Community, and Our Top 5
In this edition: subsea storytelling, a preservation paradox, achieving serpentine symbiosis, an investigation into infinity, and a marijuana mystery.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: subsea storytelling, a preservation paradox, achieving serpentine symbiosis, an investigation into infinity, and a marijuana mystery.
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How Weed Strains Get Their (Amusing, Provocative, Downright Wacky) Names
“If you thought that the cannabis business, with its counter-culture, middle-finger-to-the-system ethos would have a single method by which all new strains receive their name, you must be high.”
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For Decades, a Florida Woman Had No Sense of Smell. Can She Get It Back?
“As the pandemic stole millions of people’s “fifth sense,” Barbara Walker’s seemed to be coming back. But why?”
