Ben Adlin

Ben Adlin is a Seattle-based writer and editor. He has covered cannabis as a journalist since 2011, most recently as a senior news editor for Leafly.

Is There a “Best Music” For Psychedelic Therapy?

Ben Adlin January 24, 2021

Psychedelic therapy sessions often incorporate music — and typically that music is of the classical genre. But new research out of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine suggests there may in fact be no special value in playing a Mozart concerto or Chopin étude for tripping patients. Gongs could work just as well, if […]Read More

Republicans Gave Obama ‘Handy Excuse’ Not To Legalize Marijuana, He Claims in New Book

Ben Adlin November 21, 2020

In a new memoir looking back at his time in office, former President Barack Obama writes that a decision early in his first term to cut deals with congressional Republicans allowed him to ignore some Democrats’ calls for “less orthodox ideas” such as marijuana legalization. “Truthfully,” Obama writes in the new book, “just the act […]Read More