My grandfather was a death row doctor. He tested psychedelic drugs on Texas inmates.
A quest to learn my grandfather's story leads to death row — and a little-known series of experiments that involved giving hallucinogens to inmates in the early 1960s.
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From InfoWars to CustodyWars – Covering the Alex Jones Trial
I liked watching the trial. I also liked both seasons of ‘Temptation Island’ back in 2000. This is faint praise.
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Cannabis Legalization’s Lessons on Repairing Racial Injustices
The legalization of medical and recreational cannabis has been overwhelmingly positive, but it turns out it’s not so cut and dry.
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Will Cannabis Ever Look the Same After COVID-19?
The coronavirus pandemic has wrought massive change to the lives of countless people worldwide. This has been a time of turmoil for the cannabis patients and users as well.
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About Ben Hartman

Ben Hartman is an American-Israeli journalist and cannabis writer. Originally from Austin, for seven years he worked as a reporter and columnist for The Jerusalem Post, and prior to that, as an editor and writer for Haaretz.com for three years. His writings have appeared in The Daily Beast, The Texas Tribune, High Times, The Atlantic, CNN.com, The Texas Observer, Tablet, The Forward and The Jewish Chronicle.

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