Email Author Chris Roberts

2013 Stories by Chris Roberts

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  Gavin Newsom Says the Year for Marijuana Legalization in California Is 2016

  published Mar 26, 2013

  As the most powerful man in the room milled aimlessly about the bar of the United Irish Cultural Center on Friday, looking for someone who recognized him as United States Congressman, all the attentio... More >>

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  The Dave Chappelle Maneuver: Tickets Sold Out in Less Than 60 Seconds -- Again

  published Mar 22, 2013

  Dave Chappelle is an inscrutable fellow. Living legend, comedic icon, he's also a very mercurial performer. His live shows are notorious -- for their unscripted, off-the-cuff nature, for their length ... More >>

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  California Has No Clue How Much Money It's Making From Marijuana Sales

  published Mar 21, 2013

  Most government agencies in California prefer to pretend that the state's medical cannabis industry doesn't exist. The state Board of Equalization is an exception -- and with good reason. State sales... More >>

• Find out About the Business of Cannabis in San Francisco

  published Mar 20, 2013

  Believe it or not, the term "marijuana business" is still a fresh one for vast swaths of our populace, even in a San Francisco where cash has been exchanged for cannabis -- with the state taking a cut... More >>

• Feds Might Stop Trying to Seize Marijuana Grow Records

  published Mar 19, 2013

  While real casualties abound, by and large the U.S. Justice Department's crackdown on California's medical marijuana industry has been half-hearted. True, about one-third of San Francisco's licensed... More >>

• Gilbert Lam, Department of Homeland Security Employee, Arrested on Kiddie Porn Charges

  published Mar 15, 2013

  A San Francisco man employed by the federal Department of Homeland Security was arrested and charged with two felonies for possessing and distributing child pornography, police said. Gilbert Lam, 37,... More >>

• Thanks to "Dabbing," It Is Possible to Overdose on Marijuana

  published Mar 13, 2013

  "Marijuana is perfectly safe" is one of the marijuana legalization movement's most widely accepted (and most important) truisms. Comical estimations of what would constitute a "lethal dose" -- su... More >>

• Marijuana Ban Ignored on Nepal's Holiest Holiday

  published Mar 11, 2013

  Every once in a while it's good to remember that this magic plant milked for tax dollars and for reefer votes in America has an ancient history elsewhere in the world.In Nepal, where some land-race st... More >>

• Why Does UFC and Boxing Hate Marijuana So Muchr

  published Mar 07, 2013

  A few years ago SF Weekly sat down for an unconventional interview where an up-and-coming mixed martial arts fighter credited cannabis for some of his success and he wanted to tell us all about it.He ... More >>

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  A Marijuana Dispensary Was Not Robbed Today. Here's Why Cops Got Confused

  published Mar 06, 2013

  Folks reading the news upon waking up this morning were treated to a pair of attention-grabbing headlines: a firefighter was injured fighting the blaze at a marijuana grow house in the Inner Sunset, a... More >>

• Tech Workers Fuel San Jose Medical Marijuana Scene, Employers Give Up on Drug Screening

  published Mar 01, 2013

  It was only a few years ago that spooked-out city leaders in San Jose declared that medical marijuana dispensaries had taken over their town. Today, there are still more than 100 dispensaries in the S... More >>

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  Poll: Even More Californians Want to Legalize Marijuana. So When's Their Next Chancer

  published Feb 27, 2013

  Today's release of a Field Poll indicating "record high support" for marijuana legalization -- and the accompanying cavalcade of clever (for newspapers) puns in headlines -- signals what many have kno... More >>

• Attorney General Hopeful Wants to Ban All Marijuana Users From Driving -- Ever

  published Feb 21, 2013

  Among the popular goofy Internet offerings of the last week is a CNN report in which the news network filmed three Washington residents navigating a driving test course -- in between marijuana smoke b... More >>

• Drugs and Technology: There's a Link, Go Learn About It

  published Feb 19, 2013

  Steve Jobs loved money. And drugs. And for the Apple co-founder, it was the latter that led to the former.In addition to being one of the most successful capitalists since Carnegie -- and a freakishly... More >>

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  Willie Brown Is Happy to Take Marijuana Money

  published Feb 15, 2013

  Status. Clout. Juice. Whatever it is -- the intangibles that humans need in order to govern other humans -- Willie Lewis Brown's got it.Da Mayor and current kingmaker is also, technically, at risk of ... More >>

• Gil Kerlikowske, U.S. Drug Czar, Criticizes Obama on Marijuana

  published Feb 14, 2013

  Now that it's President Barack Obama's second term and all, drug policy watchers can rightly feel and act impatient. This was when the president would finally do something clear-cut about drug policy ... More >>

• If Medical Marijuana Dispensary Ban Is Overturned, You Can Thank An Escort Service

  published Feb 07, 2013

  In this world, we're blessed and cursed with things; things we want but can't get, things we want but can't have. In California, of course, we can have most things -- except when we want to have a med... More >>

• Congress' New Marijuana Champions Introduce Legalization Bill

  published Feb 06, 2013

  Like the changing of the seasons and the movement of the tides, so too is the march of time marked by the annual show of members of Congress introducing marijuana legalization bills.These bills go now... More >>

• Cops Seize Mom's Kids and Car Because of Her Medical Marijuana

  published Feb 01, 2013

  Would you like nightmares, or at least some extreme discomfortr Take a listen to the sound of Daisy Bram, a Butte County mother, when Child Protective Services took her children away on Sept. 29, 2011... More >>

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  Marijuana Dispensary Mocks U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag With Dr. Seuss-Like Cartoon (Video)

  published Jan 29, 2013

  By most measures, Harborside Health Center's fight with the federal Justice Department is going well. The nation's largest medical cannabis dispensary went untouched for nearly a year during the rece... More >>

• U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag Can't Deal With Marijuana Protesters, Ditches Public Event

  published Jan 24, 2013

  Medical marijuana is not making U.S Attorney Melinda Haag's life easy. Among Bay Area cannabis advocates, she's become a loathed figure, scorned and mocked in unflattering effigy. All of this due... More >>

• Marijuana-Fighting U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag to Speak in S.F. Today, Pot Smokers Will Protest

  published Jan 23, 2013

  If Melinda Haag thought being local United States prosecutor would make her famous, it's doubtful she ever imagined it'd be because of a plant. Her predecessors Joe Russoniello and Kevin Ryan made nam... More >>

• Storefront Marijuana Dispensaries Are Definitely Legal

  published Jan 18, 2013

  In this uncertain reality of ours, the last place to look for a nugget of truth is the legally fuzzy world of medical marijuana. But the California Supreme Court gifted us all an unexpected dose of ce... More >>

• Drug Czar Says We're in a "Serious National Conversation About Marijuana"

  published Jan 09, 2013

  U.S. drug czar Gil Kerlikowske is in an unenviable position. The former Seattle police chief is criss-crossing the country advocating a different approach to drug law enforcement, while explaining why... More >>

• Feds Admit There's No Proof Mexican Drug Cartels Link to California Marijuana Grows

  published Jan 04, 2013

  A while back, a medical cannabis grower told us this story: Needing help on his pot farm, a young entrepreneur drove down Cesar Chavez Avenue, convinced some day laborers to become season-long laborer... More >>