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.
Police Are Tracking Phone & Web Habits to Snare Drug Crime
When it comes to indiscriminately sweeping up metadata from internet and cellphone users, Australia is the worldwide leader.…
August 16, 2017
Please Applaud This Kansas Teen Using Cannabis Legalization to Run for Governor
Listen. It’s been a rough few days. There are bad things happening in America, mostly (OK, pretty much…
August 16, 2017
How Marijuana Could End Federalism (and Why That Could Be Good)
Over the two centuries and change that the experiment we know as the American republican has been conducted,…
August 16, 2017
California Businessman Believes the Smell of Marijuana Hurts Wine Grapes
Robert “Pat” Patrick is the CEO of the local chamber of commerce in Lodi, California, a stretch of…
August 15, 2017
Whoever Replaces Trump Will Probably Like Marijuana
The never-ending campaign mode that long ago swallowed American politics and turned elected officials into full-time development directors…
August 15, 2017
Undoing Legalization: Cali County Wants to Charge Home Pot Growers Tens of Thousands of Dollars
Marijuana legalization has been a reality in California for nine months now, which means that obstructionist authorities who…
August 14, 2017
Every Famous Astrophysicist Agrees: Marijuana Should Be Legalized
There aren’t very many famous scientists in the world—for some reason, celebrity and peer-reviewed research don’t go hand-in-hand—but…
August 11, 2017
Report: Homeless People Used as ‘Guinea Pigs’ to Test Synthetic Marijuana
“Synthetic marijuana” is the catch-all term used to describe plant material dosed with some kind of chemical concoction,…
August 8, 2017
The Unbearable Whiteness of the Marijuana Moms
Last week, the TODAY Show ran a segment about a group of California women, thirty-somethings who self-style themselves…
August 8, 2017
Why Do Wisconsin Republicans Want You to Overdose on Heroin and Die?
If it weren’t for Obamacare and the ongoing slow-motion disaster movie that is the Republican Party’s attempt to…
August 7, 2017