Cannabis-centric media was once the only living record of an underground counterculture with a point of view largely excluded from mainstream narratives. It was an act of rebellion to write about cannabis and legalization, more so using a legal given name in the byline. This coverage pushed the envelope, and…

The Green Rush is officially over and the era of legalization is upon us. There is hardly a corner of the country that doesn’t have some form of regulation for cannabis production and sales. The catch, of course, is that all the small in-state businesses that built this industry are…

This article was originally published on Brtside.com in July 2018. Although 94 percent of Americans support access to medical cannabis, it remains a crime for any reason in 31 states and at the federal level. These numbers are beyond baffling considering traditionally conservative states like Utah, Missouri and Oklahoma actually…

Many of these articles were produced with support from the Cannabis Museum’s Investigative Fund. I am currently compiling this and connecting the dots in a longer-form book. If you would like to support this work please make a donation to the Cannabis Museum- Investigative Fund. FLORIDA (1) Florida’s Cannabis Cartel (2)…

Originally published September 28, 2016 at Alternet.com — Mitchell Colbert, Jeremy Daw and Ellen Holland Contributed reporting to this series. Jake Bergmann is Atlanta’s go-to guy on cannabis investments even though it’s only barely legal there. In 2015, Georgia parents won a hard-fought battle to get extracted high-CBD medicines to…

Originally published August 13, 2016 at Alternet.com — Mitchell Colbert, Jeremy Daw and Ellen Holland Contributed reporting to this series. “I don’t have pollsters. I don’t want to waste money on pollsters. I don’t want to be unreal, I want to be me, I have to be me,” Republican presidential…

This article was originally published at Briteside.com in February 2019. Although the majority of patients and adults in legal cannabis states have no employment protections for off-the-job use, a small handful of states and localities have proposed or instituted some form of protections. …

Last week, Kris Krane, founder of 4Front Ventures, a cannabis investment firm, published a piece in Forbes titled “How the Coronavirus Pandemic Will Affect the Cannabis Industry” in which he advocated for a federal bailout of cannabis corporations. Krane writes: “Make no mistake, this health crisis and the ensuing economic…

This article was produced with support from the Cannabis Museum’s Investigative Fund. If you would like to support investigative journalism in the cannabis industry during this pivotal transition please make a donation to the Cannabis Museum- Investigative Fund. Florida’s rich and influential political power base — one with significant control…