Editorial

WASHINGTON, D.C. 22 May, 2015 — Pot seems to be the one issue that can unite Republicans and Democrats in 2015. Sweeping bipartisan legislation has been introduced in recent months; it may even pass. Why the sudden awakening – did our political overlords suddenly grow a conscience, or is there ...

WASHINGTON D.C. 18 May, 2015 — As the field of likely and announced 2016 presidential candidates expands, stances on legalizing cannabis seem to have narrowed to a shortlist: Over my cold, dead body (Chris Christie, Mike Huckabee, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson) or; Let states do the dirty work (most contenders) ...

DENVER, CO. May 12, 2015. Story by Mark Hudson/Potcha — Americans love hemp. We’re the world’s largest consumers of hemp products, a fact that has made hemp-growing nations rich on our dime. Take Canada. Hemp is a $1 billion a year industry for our northern neighbor, thanks largely to American ...

BOULDER, COLORADO. 11 May, 2015. Op-ed by Rob Taylor/Potcha News — The cops could arrest my mom any day. She’s in her seventies and has Alzheimer’s disease, which she treats with marijuana. A puff a day of THC (the psycho-active ingredient in cannabis) has been more effective and inexpensive than ...

Scientists could be a big step closer to reversing aging with the discovery  of a “smoking gun” chemical trigger for aging that can be retooled with gene editing techniques.  You can’t go buy a magic fountain-of-youth pill tomorrow, but the finding reported this week by Salk Institute researchers could have ...

BOULDER, CO. 17 April, 2015 — The sky did not fall. It’s more than a year since Colorado legalized cannabis sales. Pot shops have sprung up all over the map, medical dispensaries have added recreational cannabis to their inventory and watched sales skyrocket, the state has collected taxes of $58 ...

The first thing you’ll discover if you wander through a canna-biz expo is that everything is a start-up (including the expo itself). Cannabis investment is exploding so quickly, it’s not unusual to see a business proudly proclaiming itself “the oldest CBD dog treat company in the nation” and they haven’t traded ...