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The Columbian / Associated Press

The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Josephine County’s growing marijuana industry is experiencing growing pains. The number of medical marijuana grow sites in the county has remained steady from a year ago, at about 2,500. But growers

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

Washougal’s ban on producing, processing and the retail sale of marijuana got a bit stickier at a recent city council meeting, as the council took no action and had to set a special meeting for

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

Sticky’s Pot Shop in Hazel Dell must stop selling marijuana. Superior Court Judge Daniel Stahnke ruled Tuesday that John Larson, owner of a recreational marijuana store on 9411 N.E. Highway 99, must close after violating

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

PORTLAND — Authorities say a man has been badly burned in a hash oil explosion at his Tigard apartment. The man, who has not been identified, was taken to a Portland hospital after the incident.

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

PASCO – A 24-year-old Pasco man has admitted he was protecting a backyard marijuana grow when he fired at a 16-year-old boy who reached over the fence to steal some plants. Pedro Orta-Zuniga pleaded guilty in

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

PASCO — A 24-year-old Pasco man has admitted he was protecting a backyard marijuana grow when he fired at a 16-year-old boy who reached over the fence to steal some plants. Pedro Orta-Zuniga pleaded guilty

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

Medical marijuana has been legal in Maine for almost 20 years. But Farmington physician Jean Antonucci says she continues to feel unprepared when counseling sick patients about whether the drug could benefit them. Will it

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

PUEBLO, Colo. — Three years into the nation’s hemp experiment, a 20-acre farm in southern Colorado exemplifies the crop’s hazy potential. Hemp could be enormously profitable, but right now there are just as many questions

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s top court has ruled that a state worker fired for smoking marijuana on the job in 2012 was penalized too harshly and should get his job back. The Supreme Court justices

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

SALEM, Ore. — Nine living marijuana plants will be displayed at the Oregon State Fair in a first of its kind event for the United States starting next Friday. The exhibit of the non-flowering, immature

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