Stories by Doug Fine

Doug Fine is a comedic investigative journalist, solar-powered goat herder, and bestselling author of Too High to Fail and Farewell, My Subaru. He has reported from five continents for the Washington Post, Wired, Salon, The New York Times, Outside, and National Public Radio. His Dispatches From the Funky Butte Ranch blog is at www.dougfine.com.  Follow him on twitter: @organiccowboy.  subscribe to Doug Fine's feed

Sheriff: I Just Want Cannabis Off the Front Page

Posted on: Jul 10, 2013, Source: National Cannabis Coalition

Study after study indicates that cannabis is safe—especially compared to alcohol and America’s real epidemic: prescription pill abuse.

How Hemp Legalization Would Benefit My Family and Country

Posted on: Jul 1, 2013, Source: National Cannabis Coalition

Within a decade of the end of America’s War on Drugs, hemp is going to be an even bigger industry than psychoactive cannabis—and it's healthy.

21st Century Paperwork Marks New Era for Ancient Medicine

Posted on: Jun 7, 2013, Source: National Cannabis Coalition

The times, they are-a-changin'.

The Crazy, Unfair Ways People Are Being Screwed by Using Legal Pot

Posted on: May 22, 2013, Source: National Cannabis Coalition

Legal marijuana users still have a lot to lose.

Meet the Denver Man Cruising Colorado in a Limo, Passing Out Free Pot

Posted on: May 1, 2013, Source: National Cannabis Coalition

Clearly, he's not in it for the money.

Making Sure the End of Cannabis Prohibition Benefits the Small Farmer

Posted on: Feb 7, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Why are many black-market cannabis farmers dreading the legalization of their crop?

Is the Marijuana Industry Green Enough?

Posted on: Dec 28, 2012, Source: AlterNet

A trip to the Emerald Cup, an outdoor organic marijuana growers' competition, reveals the environmental potential of the cannabis industry.

Marijuana Prohibition Is Hanging on by Its Final Thread -- There's a Bright Future on the Horizon

Posted on: Oct 31, 2012, Source: AlterNet

America will benefit to the tune of billions every year when we end one of our worst domestic policies since ... the prohibition of alcohol.

How Times Have Changed: When a Marijuana Farmer Cried Out, 'Thank God, the Police!'

Posted on: Aug 16, 2012, Source: Gotham Books

An excerpt from "Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution" takes us to the USA's center of weed agriculture.