From tech bros to armed robbery,
what it’s like to deliver weed by bike in NYC
In the latest installment of our anonymous interview series, we spoke with three bike messengers who brave cops, robbers and inclement weather to deliver your weed.
Can your pet tell that you're high?

Hopes&Fears answers questions with the help of people who know what they're talking about. Today we asked animal experts about whether your dog or cat can tell when you're stoned.
Colorado, Washington have collected a combined $200 million in taxes from legal weed sales

Colorado has used this revenue to fund the many costs of legalization, including building a regulatory infrastructure.
Smoking pot as a teen doesn't cause health problems as an adult, study finds

A new study found that smoking pot during adolescence doesn’t cause health problems (like asthma, depression, or psychotic illness) during adulthood.
The kids feel differently about weed these days

Perceptions and usage of marijuana among young adults are changing, new research finds, with disapproval going up among young teens.
Weed farms are drying up California and killing salmon

Although growing weed is not the single primary cause of drought in California by any means, it is affecting the ecosystems greatly.
The price of recreational weed is falling fast in Colorado

Since the legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado about a year ago, the industry has been growing, but the price of the product itself has been dropping, a new survey reveals.
Study: teens didn't start smoking more weed after medical marijuana legalization

The legalization of medical marijuana did not provoke more teen use of the drug, according to a study published in The Lancet Psychiatry this morning.
Canada legalizes all kinds of medical weed use

Medical marijuana use in all forms has now been approved and legalized by the government of British Columbia.

I fight for your right to smoke weed, legally
We talked to a pro-weed lobbyist who works at legitimizing the budding industry in the eyes of the law by making a lot of phone calls.
Cannabis coffee is now a thing

As of right now there are two places to purchase weed coffee, California and the Pacific Northwest.
D.A.R.E. falls for a clearly satirical killer-weed-candy Coachella story

D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) posted a laughably hilarious news story (since removed from the organization’s website) about the dangers of edibles.
Happiness is running
a weed grow house
in Colorado

Hopes&Fears spoke with artist and filmmaker Joel Fernando about his new calling as a weed farmer in the hills of Colorado.
Pass-it-over: weed is kosher

Passover begins tonight, April 3, and while boozing is prohibited for those observing the holiday, apparently it’s okay to toke, according to a New York rabbi.
March’s weedwave: high pets, stronger edibles and the first publicly owned weed shop

Nineteen days into March, and US weed legislation just keeps on rolling.