Email Author Chris Roberts

2011 Stories by Chris Roberts

• SF's Drinking Water May Be Unsafe for Those with HIV/AIDS

  published August 3, 2011

  The Tuolumne River water piped from Yosemite National Park to San Francisco taps and toilets is some of the best municipal water in the world,... More >>

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  Is David Chiu Medical Marijuana's New Best Friendr

  published Jul 28, 2011

  A funny thing happened to Board of Supervisors President David Chiu last night, while making his evening round of speeches.Somebody asked him for pot."You got the compassionr Who's got weedr" asked an... More >>

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  Most Medical Marijuana Patients Are White, Educated, and Employed, Study Says

  published Jul 22, 2011

  A Californian with a job, an education, and every opportunity this society can afford him (minus perfect health).Meet your typical medical marijuana patient.A study conducted by a sociology professor ... More >>

• George Gascon Tries to Back Up Pro-Pot Claims by Dropping Charges on Grower

  published Jul 21, 2011

  Yesterday, we told you the story of Wayne Kiloh, a 63-year-old Richmond District man who for seven years has grown medical cannabis in his Avenues home for the Green Cross, the city's lone licensed me... More >>

• Dave Schwartz, "Hero" of Nevada's Pot Movement, to Take Over Michela Alioto-Pier's Mayoral Campaign

  published Jul 20, 2011

  The days when "gambling" with marijuana on the Las Vegas strip could result in lifetime imprisonment are long gone. Reefer now mixes with roulette in the nation's Sin City -- where, it should be noted... More >>

• Rolling Paper: Avoiding the Overhyped, Overpriced Strains Can Save You Money

  published July 20, 2011

  The top-price medicine at your local dispensary won't always be the top-shelf buds. Like numerous other fungible goods, the price and... More >>

• Rolling Paper: What's Wrong With Smoking?

  published July 20, 2011

  Nothing, really. While there's no doubt that smoked cannabis is a lung irritant, there's no link between marijuana smoking and lung cancer or... More >>

• Rolling Paper: A Guide to Strains of Medical Marijuana

  published July 20, 2011

  OG Kush, Sour Diesel, Big Buddha Wreck, and Candyjack: There are countless varieties of medical marijuana, which means countless combinations... More >>

• Rolling Paper: The Right Way to Take Your Medicine

  published July 20, 2011

  You're a human being. That makes you a unique snowflake. You're also a cannabis patient, which means you have a medical condition that's unique... More >>

• Rolling Paper: Looking at the Current State of Safe Access

  published July 20, 2011

  The issue of safe access is constantly changing, and could change for the worse. Here's a peek at what's afoot, from Mendocino mountaintops to... More >>

• George Gascon Flipflops on Medical Marijuana

  published July 20, 2011

  With less than six months as district attorney on his résumé — and zero cases personally tried in court — George... More >>

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  S.F. Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Generate Only 11 Complaints in Five Years

  published Jul 15, 2011

  Pot clubs. They're boring. You go in, you buy some pot, you leave. For all the clamor a new medical cannabis dispensary's opening receives from jumpy John Q. Public, with a few notable exceptions, mos... More >>

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  Obama's Drug Czar Report Debunks Medical Marijuana, Feds Are on a Pot-Hating Roll

  published Jul 13, 2011

  The rule of three -- you can't escape it. Not in religion, not in anatomy, not even in Barack Obama's War on Drugs.First, there was the June memo from the Justice Department in which the White House d... More >>

• Twitter Defends Snub of #AskObama Question on Marijuana Legalization

  published Jul 08, 2011

  When will Americans give President Barack Obama a breakr Seems like every time BHO II turns to new media to engage his coast-to-coast constituents on the issues, they take the conversation back to the... More >>

• Feds Renege on Plea Deal for State-Legal Medical Marijuana Providers

  published Jul 07, 2011

  Scott Feil wants to go to prison. And the United States wants to put him there. That, however, is where the common ground between Feil -- one of the state-legal medical marijuana providers the federal... More >>

• Grass Roots Is First S.F. Medical Cannabis Dispensary to Join Union

  published Jul 06, 2011

  San Francisco is known as a union town and a city rich with medical cannabis dispensaries. It was only a matter of time before the two intersected. A year after United Food and Commercial Workers bega... More >>

• Medical Cannabis Movement Becoming Less Gay

  published Jul 01, 2011

  Like Sarah Palin recounting the tale of Paul Revere's ride to warn the British (of their own impending arrival), we Americans often have a fuzzy grasp of our history. This extends to the medical canna... More >>

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  Medical Marijuana: Justice Department Says It's Illegal And the Feds Will Arrest You

  published Jul 01, 2011

  President Barack Obama's stance on medical cannabis has been nebulous: As candidate, he said the drug war was a failure and that it was "appropriate" for doctors to prescribe pot to treat illnesses. A... More >>

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  Leland Yee Promises to Fight for Medical Marijuana, Except When He's Opposing It

  published Jun 24, 2011

  State Sen. Leland Yee will stand up for medical cannabis. Even against his own interests and against the cannabis-opposed Chinese community of San Francisco, the mayoral candidate is your man, he told... More >>

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  New Bill Would Stop Federal Enforcement of Marijuana

  published Jun 22, 2011

  Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) defines the word "maverick." His stance on hemp farming and his position against the Federal Reserve earned the 2012 presidential hopeful the moniker long before the Rep... More >>

• Have S.F. Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Reached Critical Massr

  published Jun 17, 2011

  On Monday, the Apothecarium will finally open its doors, making it San Francisco's 26th medical cannabis dispensary. Far from having as many pot clubs as Starbucks, vast swaths of San Francisco are, t... More >>

• Obama's Drug Czar Refuses to Meet With Cops Seeking End to War on Drugs

  published Jun 15, 2011

  In what way is Barack Obama similar to Richard Nixon (aside from ramping up someone else's foreign war)r Turns out common ground can also be found between Tricky Dick and BHO II when it comes to the d... More >>

• Giving Marijuana Away? The Taxman Wants a Cut

  published June 15, 2011

  It's not every day that municipal regulations inspire local pride, yet some San Francisco medical marijuana advocates are boastful of the... More >>

• SFPD, On Hook to Release Marijuana Arrest Stats to City Hall, Fails to Do So

  published Jun 10, 2011

  Running a city is not easy. We get it. It'd be foolish to expect a place as complex and sometimes-provincial as San Francisco to always smoothly operate, yet occasionally there's a municipal breakdown... More >>

• Congressman Jared Polis Wants to Hear Your "War on Drugs" Horror Story

  published Jun 09, 2011

  Not every drug user's encounter with police is bad. Readers might recall the story last year when the San Francisco Police Department returned several pounds of marijuana to a medical grower. But for ... More >>