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Greg Campbell is an award-winning journalist and author who has written for such publications as The Economist, WSJ Magazine, Paris Match, Foreign Policy, The Christian Science Monitor, the San Francisco Chronicle, In These Times and Amnesty Magazine, among others. He is the author of three nonfiction books, The Road to Kosovo: A Balkan Diary, Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World’s Most Precious Stones, and Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History. He has won more than two dozen journalism awards from the Inland Press Association, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Colorado Press Association, Colorado Associated Press Reporters and Editors, and the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. He lives in Fort Collins, Colo., with his wife and son.

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8 Myths About Marijuana

(1398) Comments | Posted April 18, 2012 | 12:28 PM

There is no plant in the history of human existence with as checkered a reputation as cannabis. It is either a heaven-sent cure for all that ails us, or it's a scourge on society on par with the Black Death.

Sussing out truth from fiction when it comes to...

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Sheriff Vows to Subvert CSU Gun Ban

(240) Comments | Posted February 25, 2010 | 2:10 PM

Say what you will about Jim Alderden, Larimer County's no-nonsense, politically-incorrect sheriff, but one aspect of the man is indisputable: he's not afraid to make a stand for his convictions.

He proved it again this week. After the Colorado State University Board of Governors voted to ban guns and other...

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Tough Medical Marijuana Rules Are Poised to Backfire

(13) Comments | Posted January 26, 2010 | 3:15 PM

As politicians fumble for a way to clamp down on, snuff out or otherwise curtail the use of medical marijuana, the one thing that they have failed to consider is that the tougher the regulations they may pass, the more likely they are to spectacularly backfire. As a breed, politicians...

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If LA Is Any Measure, Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Are Just the Beginning

(5) Comments | Posted January 20, 2010 | 4:41 PM

If anyone still questions Colorado's position within the pot world, take it from me that we have the attention of the country -- or at least the attention of that segment which has perfected growing, marketing, selling and -- in the old days, smuggling -- the best dope in the...

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