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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

SEATTLE — One of a dozen state-certified marijuana testing labs is closed amid a dispute over testing results. The Seattle Times reports Testing Technologies owner and CEO Larry Ward said in a letter to customers

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

When Vancouver resident Jon Britt and his girlfriend, Calista Crenshaw, won a Cowlitz County retail marijuana license in the 2014 state lottery, it seemed like perfect timing. Angler’s Workshop, the fishing supply store Britt’s

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

Legal marijuana may be doing at least one thing that a decades-long drug war couldn’t: taking a bite out of Mexican drug cartels’ profits. The latest data from the U.S. Border Patrol shows that last

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

PORTLAND — The owner of the World Famous Cannabis Cafe announced she will close her doors next week after another warning by public health officials that the establishment violates indoor air rules. The cafe will

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

Sticky’s Pot Shop, a recreational marijuana store that opened in defiance of a county moratorium on marijuana businesses, has lost its commercial building permit after the Clark County Hearings Examiner found the store owner gave

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

HONOLULU — With less than five months to go before medical marijuana dispensaries can open in Hawaii, business owners could be facing unique obstacles in a state of islands separated by federal waters. Dispensaries

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Nearly a fourth of Oregon’s medical marijuana dispensaries selling the drug recreationally are not registered to pay taxes on those sales. The Register-Guard reports dispensaries have until Feb. 29 to pay

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

New research published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry found that using marijuana as an adult is not associated with a variety of mood and anxiety disorders, including depression and bipolar disorder. This is a

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

DENVER — Marijuana has attracted many labels in its time. On Friday, Colorado lawmakers debate whether the state should give the drug one more often associated with purple carrots than purple haze — certified organic.

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

PORTLAND — An 8-year-old Oregon boy was hospitalized after eating a marijuana-infused cookie that he found on the ground. The Oregonian reports that 30-year-old Jessica Hart says her boyfriend took her son, Jackson, on an

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