Recent Work

The growing Chinese investment in illegal American weed

Multiple states in the West are seeing an increase in Chinese workers and funding at unlicensed cultivation operations.

slightly higher times: biden administration moves to loosen weed restrictions

The recommendation is the result of a yearlong review initiated by the president.

How a Cannabis bill stopped being about weed

Republican support for the cannabis banking bill is dependent on language preventing a revival of the Obama-era “Operation Choke Point.”

Elections

Key GOP donor backs Dem after House Republican ousted over impeachment

Former Romney financier David Nierenberg says he is siding with moderation over far-right rhetoric in Washington State.

She fixes cars. can she fix congress’ elitism problem?

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez thinks Democrats have a big problem with the middle class. Because they’re not part of it.

Montana senate election complicates cannabis legislation

Democrats are accusing Republicans of playing politics with a package of veterans bills spearheaded by Montana Sen. Jon Tester.

Magazine

Dodgy science, poor access and high prices: the parallel medical world of marijuana in america

It’s been nearly three decades since California pioneered the therapeutic use of cannabis, but patients still face a confusing patchwork of rules.

'Talk about cluster—’: Why legal weed didn’t kill oregon’s black market

Legalization was supposed to take care of the black market. It hasn’t worked out that way.

Real people that we care about are being exploited

Lured with false promises of high pay and decent labor conditions, immigrants are held against their will by outlaw farmers who withhold their wages.