Chris Roberts
454 posts
Chris Roberts is a High Times Staff writer based in San Francisco, just across the Bay from America's most cannabis-friendly city, and has been covering marijuana and drug policy since 2009.
Canadian Health Insurance Is Covering Cannabis
If you’re into marijuana—like, really into marijuana—you should move to Canada. Particularly if you’re into having your federal…
April 7, 2017
Why Is the DEA Messing with the American Hemp Market?
Hemp is still the most magic of all the plants in America. (First, a reminder: hemp is Cannabis…
April 6, 2017
Now Robots Want to Take Marijuana Trimmers’ Jobs
Sitting down with a pair of shears in front of a fresh-cut pound of cannabis, pruning scraggly flowers…
April 6, 2017
Police: After Raids of Open-Air Drug Market, Hells Angel’s Taking Over Copenhagen Pot Trade
For 45 years in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, marijuana was openly bought and sold in farmers-market-like stalls on…
April 6, 2017
California’s Desert Marijuana Mega-Grows Confront the Obvious
Two hours east of Los Angeles, in the dusty and flat desert of the Coachella Valley, is the…
April 5, 2017
Marijuana Legalization—in Texas? Decrim Success Says, Eventually
A strange thing is happening in Texas. Cities’ experiments with marijuana decriminalization are going forward. A push to…
April 5, 2017
Karma: Stock Price of Big Pharma Company Pushing Fake Marijuana Plunges
Insys Therapeutics is having a bad run. The Arizona-based pharmaceutical company’s stock is down 50 percent from its…
April 5, 2017
Major-League Stoners: Why Pro Baseball is Full of Marijuana
The pay is so low it should be illegal. The bus rides are so long, they are illegal.…
April 4, 2017
This Is Marijuana Legalization’s New Enemy Number One
For many years, the biggest threat to marijuana legalization and fledgling legal cannabis businesses was the police. Fears…
April 4, 2017
Cops, Science Still Can’t Figure Out Marijuana DUIs
If you’re a sick person with a recommendation from a physician, medical marijuana is legal for you in…
April 4, 2017