Miles Klee

Not long ago, at a local bar’s karaoke night, I saw some drunk bro perform “All Star,” the 1999 hit single by the American rock band Smash Mouth. It was not a good performance — for a number of reasons — but our boy seemed to think that the joke of…

There's a frightening new trend in cannabis, and the headlines make it sound dire. "Mysterious Marijuana-Related Illness Popping Up in Emergency Rooms," the Huffington Post reported. "Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: It's as Terrible as It Sounds," a Fox…

Think back to your childhood living room. It's a rainy Saturday. You and your brother or sister or neighborhood friend are sprawled on the furniture, bored beyond belief. You have to do something to break the lull. Then: inspiration. "The floor,"…

For those who like to unwind with a little weed at the end of a long day, it seems that less is more. And more could be way, way too much. When you ask cannabis users what the drug does for them, "relaxation" is the most common answer. A Yahoo…

On Saturday, a man in a tie-dyed T-shirt handed me a bag filled with 25 different marijuana samples and gave me a week to smoke it all, come hell or high water. Judging the Cannabis Cup sounded like it was going to be the best time of my life. But…

Anyone routinely told that cannabis use makes for an unmotivated, uneventful or unimpressive life now has the numbers to refute such myths. A recent study shows that across a wide array of indicators, cannabis consumers are doing better — socially,…

Twitter is like a drug: addictive, poorly regulated, responsible for dazzling highs and rock-bottom lows. But right now, at this moment, let's forget all the trolls, mansplainers, Nazis and sitting U.S. presidents who make the platform a living hell…

While many Americans can now buy and grow marijuana legally — choosing from an endlessly varied selection of premium bud — some still have to take it wherever they can find it. Even U.S. government researchers are forced to work with terrible…

According to the annual Global Drug Survey, psilocybin hallucinogenic mushrooms are the safest recreational drug — with marijuana a close second. Out of 120,000 people surveyed in 50 countries, more than 12,000 reported that they had taken "magic"…