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Chris Roberts
Chris Roberts
Based in New York City, Chris Roberts has been writing about cannabis since spending a few months in Humboldt County in 2009. His work has been published in SF Weekly, Cannabis Now, The Guardian, High Times, and San Francisco Magazine, among others.

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  • UK to allow cannabis imports—necessary step for medical access and, ultimately, legalization

    Chris Roberts - Published on March 6, 2020

    The United Kingdom loosened draconian import rules on medical cannabis products Monday, allowing licensed wholesalers to bring in much larger quantities of cannabis flower and oil, and at a greatly reduced cost. This promises the few patients with legal cannabis prescriptions in the country more reliable and affordable access to their preferred medicine. It also […]

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  • Hemp cleans toxic soil and produces clean CBD flower, study finds

    Chris Roberts - Published on December 23, 2019

    Researchers found that stressing hemp with toxic soil actually boosted CBD levels.

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  • Why did San Francisco’s cannabis store ‘cashless ATMs’ suddenly shut down?

    Chris Roberts - Published on November 15, 2019

    Unsolved mystery: Over 48 hours, every one of the city’s cannabis cash machines went dark. Nobody seems to know why.

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  • naama issachar israeli russian detention cannabis

    Putin, hackers, and cannabis: The bizarre story of an Israeli-American jailed in Russia

    Chris Roberts - Published on October 23, 2019

    Cannabis, initially given as the sole reason for 26-year-old Naama Issachar’s detention, appears to have been merely a convenient excuse.

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  • charlotte's web hemp strain header image

    This is the first hemp strain to be awarded a US patent

    Chris Roberts - Published on September 13, 2019

    Famous for the iconic Charlotte’s Web strain and fresh from a big IPO, Colorado’s Stanley brothers have secured the first US patent for a hemp plant.

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  • church of england investing in medical cannabis

    Church of England Sees Green, Explores Investing in Medical Cannabis

    Chris Roberts - Published on June 13, 2019

    Britain’s largest religious organization announced this week that it will lift a longstanding prohibition on medical cannabis in order to explore investing in the fast-growing industry.

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  • ‘Come and Get Us,’ UK Cannabis Growers Tell Police in Protest

    Chris Roberts - Published on May 13, 2019

    As part of a nationwide protest, UK patients who grow their own medical cannabis are identifying themselves to authorities in an effort to force policy reform.

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  • 4/21 Organizers Want to Reclaim Cannabis From Corporations

    Chris Roberts - Published on April 18, 2019

    A coalition of activists are transforming the day after 4/20 into an advocacy effort aimed at reintroducing social justice into cannabis legalization.

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  • US Surgeon General Tweets Cannabis Disinformation

    The US Surgeon General Just Tweeted WHAT About Cannabis?

    Chris Roberts - Published on March 1, 2019

    US Surgeon General Jerome Adams recently used his official Twitter account to make a startling claim about cannabis. It wasn’t the first time.

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  • Is a Tobacco Giant Trying to Take Over the Vape Pen Market?

    Chris Roberts - Published on December 11, 2018

    In a move that could shake up the vape pen market, the parent company of Philip Morris has quietly patented dozens of devices that could be used to consume cannabis.

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