Ricardo Baca
Rolling Stone
Denver, CO, United States
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Past articles by Ricardo:
How Covid-19 Impacted Cannabis Culture and Consumption Spaces
What do lingering pandemic fears mean for this new market segment? → Read More
How Mainstream Adoption Could Lead to a Cannabis Brand Evolution
No cannabis brand has yet achieved the milestone of national name recognition, but we’re closer now than ever before. → Read More
Baca: Denver voters should approve decriminalizing “magic mushrooms”
Denver has the chance to again stand out as that reasoned voice that nudges the worldwide drug policy conversation ever-so-slightly in the right direction. → Read More
Sure, 420 Money Helped Inspire John Boehner’s Belated Cannabis 180, but It’s Still Worth Applauding
Hundreds of thousands of Americans were locked up for being in the business the former speaker of the House is now in for himself. → Read More
These Three Kings of Cannabis are Going Into Business Together
It's being called ‘the largest global cannabis partnership to date.’ → Read More
Whoopi Goldberg’s Pot Biz Says Weed Is the ‘New Penicillin’ for Period Pain
She fires back to politicos dismissing period pain as “not real”: "What do you mean, real pain? It’s not real pain if I get a period, but it’s real pain if I kick you in the nuts?” → Read More
Will Canada Put Weed on the Same Shelves as Booze?
With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s administration moving toward full legalization of marijuana, questions remain about how and where pot would be sold. → Read More
Former NFL-er Eugene Monroe Traded His Helmet and Pads for Vapes and Dispensaries
The former Baltimore Ravens player is invested in several types of cannabis-related businesses and advocates medical marijuana treatment for athletes. → Read More
Coming to a Town Near You: Weed Farmers' Markets
It’s not legal (yet), but the Green Market emphasizes access and variety over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s still-developing framework for legal weed. → Read More
Microdosing Weed: How to Find the Right Serving Size of Edible Cannabis
Annie Nelson, wife of country music legend and ganjapreneur Willie Nelson, explains how to take the edge off—or sleep better, or deal with in-laws—without getting high. → Read More
Here’s Why We’ve Been Getting Stoned Alone—and Why That’s About to Change
Nearly half of cannabis consumers get high on their lonesome, according to a new study shared exclusively with The Daily Beast. → Read More
Coming to a Town Near You: Weed Farmers' Markets
It’s not legal (yet), but the Green Market emphasizes access and variety over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s still-developing framework for legal weed. → Read More
Legal Weed’s No. 1 Enemy
Kevin Sabet, who’s fighting to slow the momentum of the cannabis legalization movement, says he will battle to the bitter end. → Read More
Pot Industry Deals With Ultimate Buzzkill: Self Regulation
A new organization hopes to create universal standards for the fledgling legal marijuana industry. → Read More
Nevada’s Green Rush: From Vote to Pot Sales in Record Time
Recreational marijuana sellers will be open for business on July 1—blazing speed when it comes to states’ post-election legalization efforts. How did the home of Sin City do it? → Read More
Year in weed: The five most important medical marijuana research studies of 2016
Science is starting to prove how cannabis helps with epilepsy, migraines and more. Here are some of 2016's most important marijuana research studies. → Read More
Colorado marijuana sales: $1 billion in first 10 months of 2016
In the first 10 months of 2016, Colorado marijuana shops reached a significant milestone they had barely missed in all of 2015: $1 billion in legal, regulated cannabis sales. → Read More
Cannabis philanthropy helps heal Drug War wounds
As marijuana businesses continue to assimilate into America's traditional corporate world, philanthropy and responsibility have become key initiatives for some ganjapreneurs. → Read More
This emboldened Colorado city says it will now build the National Marijuana Museum
The city's cannabis industry and their partners say they will build the National Marijuana Museum in the southern Colorado city. → Read More
Maine recreational marijuana vote: Question 1 still too close to call in early returns
The election results on Maine's hotly contested Question 1 -- which would legalize recreational marijuana in the state -- were too close to call in early returns Tuesday night. → Read More