Valerie Vande Panne

Valerie Vande Panne is a former news editor of High Times magazine. Her work appears in Salon, among other publications. Email valerie@valerievandepanne.com or tweet @asktheduchess.

Drug Reformer?

Will the New DEA Chief Go Easy on Pot?

Chuck Rosenberg, the troubled agency’s new administrator, will reportedly spend less time on marijuana enforcement. But whether he’ll reclassify it as less dangerous is another matter.

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SMOKE IN MIRRORS

The Foreign Cash Buying New Mexico's Pot

News that a Canadian company acquired 51 percent of a Santa Fe medical marijuana company is sparking fears about how foreign investments in the industry may harm patients.

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BUZZ

Will Rosie Lose Her Kids Over a Joint?

The mention of Rosie O’Donnell’s marijuana use in her child custody case reinforces the stigma around pot and parenting—one that puts even those who use it medicinally at risk.

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OVERBLOWN

Don’t Expect Pot in Texas Any Time Soon

The Lone Star State did not decriminalize marijuana Tuesday. A Texas drug activist on the anti-marijuana ways of the Deep South.

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COLOR BLIND

Where Are Pot Inc.’s Minorities?

Valued at upwards of $35 million, the new legal weed market has cultivated an ambitious group of ganjapreneurs. Why African Americans aren’t among them.

Valerie Vande Panne

Valerie Vande Panne

Will the New DEA Chief Go Easy on Pot?

The Foreign Cash Buying New Mexico's Pot

Will Rosie Lose Her Kids Over a Joint?

Don’t Expect Pot in Texas Any Time Soon

Where Are Pot Inc.’s Minorities?

Organ Donations For Your Pet?

Will Cali Legalize Prostitution Next?

Why ‘Special K’ Is Good Medicine

Should Celiac Be Called a Disability?

Is Ibuprofen Making Us Sick?