In 2014, recreational marijuana sales explode in Colorado. With all eyes on ground zero of the green rush, The Denver Post appointed the world’s first marijuana editor. Pot is legal and The Cannabist is covering it as it unfolds.
The Cannabist is the first pot section of a major newspaper and Ricardo Baca, the world’s first marijuana editor, sets out to report history in the making with a team of straight-laced staff writers and off-beat freelancers. Policy news, strain reviews, parenting advice and edible recipes are the new norm on a new beat: pot journalism. Legalization is an experiment for society and a risk for the dying industry of newspapers to hedge its bets on a new one.
Directed by Mitch Dickman, ROLLING PAPERS features Ricardo Baca, Marijuana Editor for The Denver Post & Founder/Editor for The Cannabist; Jake Browne, Marijuana Critic for The Cannabist; and, Greg Moore, Editor for The Denver Post.
In theatres February 19, 2016.
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