“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.”
marijuana
Posted inEditor's Pick
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.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
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.”
Posted inBooks, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
Palliative Brownies
“I grew up in the grip of the epidemic, maturing as people I adored as surrogate aunties and uncles fell ill and vanished from our lives.”
Posted inBusiness, Business & Tech, Commentary, Essays & Criticism, Feature, Story
Pot Luck
Searching for justice in the newly legal weed economy
Posted inNonfiction
The Great Cannabis Experiment: Ian Brown on Growing Your Own Weed
Weed? Turns out it’s tricky to grow your own.
Posted inNonfiction
Edible Complex
Never eat pot chocolate on a third date, and other lessons about love.
Posted inHighlight, Profiles & Interviews
If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Let’s grab a waffle and challenge the global hegemony of U.S. culture.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Who’s Trying to Monopolize Mary Jane?
Amanda Chicago Lewis tries to track down the people behind BioTech Industries, a company trying to get strict, blanket utility patents on pot.