L.A. Confidential

Gangster Squad director Will Beall faces the thin blue line edit

William Breathes looks back on three years as the country's first pot critic

Medical marijuana dispensary review and video: 420 Wellness on Alameda

I tried with 420 Wellness. I really did. I had heard good things about some of the shop's strains -- and one of them took second place at the High Times Medical Cannabis Cup last weekend. But in the end, my experience with the shop went up in flames along with the un-purged butane hash I bought ther ... More >>

Coachella 4/20: Let's talk about weed

See also: *The Best of Coachella: Friday, April 20 *Our Complete Coachella Coverage Yesterday was 4/20. It was also Coachella. And so, the percentage of festival-goers who were stoned rose from a paltry 75 percent to a full 98 percent. (These estimates come courtesy of our editor, Ben Westhoff, wh ... More >>

Rampart tracks the downward spiral of an LAPD cop

High Times Cannabis Cup report: Pot critic William Breathes catches the buzz (PHOTOS)

Big pics below. See more photos.​Colorado cannabis is better than anything Amsterdam's got, and the medicine here is on par with, if not better than, what is coming out of California. While we already knew that here in Colorado, it was still cool to hear those words come out of High Times edi ... More >>

Sweetleaf Compassion Center: We're not in Kansas anymore!

​In "Mile Highs and Lows," Westword offers a no-holds-barred look at what goes on behind the locked doors of marijuana dispensaries, whether they resemble swanky bars, sterile dentist's offices or a dope dealer's college dorm room. See our current dispensary list here, and keep reading for the ... More >>

KOP to the Future

Local author Warren Hammond fuses two genres.