The Great Mechoulam
The Israeli chemist Raphael Mechoulam, who died last week at 92, should have gotten the Nobel Prize for his role in figuring out how marijuana exerts its effects within the body. (“Elucidating the endocannabinoid...
Read MoreThe Israeli chemist Raphael Mechoulam, who died last week at 92, should have gotten the Nobel Prize for his role in figuring out how marijuana exerts its effects within the body. (“Elucidating the endocannabinoid...
Read MoreUkraine is still leading in column inches per day, but Cannabis is coming up on the rail in the New York Times coverage derby. Some recent stories: • “Weed on the High-End Menu” by Robert Simonson was given a full...
Read MoreA new edition of Franz Kafka’s diary has just been published in English. The New Yorker...
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Read MoreThe joy on Brittney Griner’s face –pure relief expressed in a smile– came as a sweet...
Read MoreIn mid-August Dale Gieringer, an SCC stalwart and the longtime director of California NORML,...
Read MoreIn “The Philosophy of Modern Song,” handsomely printed in the USA and just published by Simon & Schuster, Dylan describes and comments on 66 songs and the artists who made them. You might think the title sounds pretentious,...
Read MoreThe first knock on Kyrie Irving’s sanity came a few years ago when he told an interviewer...
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