Berkowitz: The (Scientifically) Perfect Joint

Berkowitz: The (Scientifically) Perfect Joint

If you want to get high quickly, finely ground marijuana in that joint is the way to go — science proves it! writes Rachel Berkowitz for Scientific American. In fact, research shows that particle size is even more important to a joint’s intoxicating effects than the...
Scigliano: Plundered Pot

Scigliano: Plundered Pot

Washington State policies about legal cannabis sales are so transparent, Eric Scigliano writes for @politicomag, they might be enabling theft. Eric reports that small growers suspect public databases are guiding burglars about when and where to strike. Find more from...

Kwok: The Marijuana Lottery

Roberta Kwok, writing for The New Yorker, finds the ultimate Northwest science story: a techie’s solution to equality for marijuana entrepreneurs. Roberta wades into the weeds, so to speak, of how Sharif Ibrahim, Washington State University math grad student, created...

Ellison: Greening of Washington

At the left edge of the country, Jake Ellison @Jake_News leans even further out to cover the Washington marijuana industry as it becomes, well, an industry—with rules and regulations and taxes. Jake’s posts for the Seattle PI Pot Blog include helpful strain...