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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

PORTLAND — While Denver has recalled 19 pot products in as many weeks over pesticide issues, no such recalls have affected Washington state in 18 months that pot sales have been legal. The Seattle Times

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Agriculture stopped the sale of a pesticide used by marijuana growers because one of its active ingredients is not listed on the product label. The agency says the

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

MEDFORD, Ore. — Facebook has shut down a Rogue Valley marijuana dispensary’s page as part of a nationwide crackdown on anything that promotes drugs. Breeze Botanicals, which has Oregon locations in Ashland and Gold Hill,

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

EUGENE, Ore. — A food manufacturing operation proposed for west Eugene would cook up some seriously potent snacks. The common ingredient? Marijuana. SightGlass Management, a San Francisco firm, wants to lease a 2,970-square-foot warehouse building

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

Vancouver soon will have three more shops selling bags of legal bud. On Monday, the Vancouver City Council voted 5-1 in favor of increasing the number of pot shops in city limits from six

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

KALAMA — Two months after clearing a major zoning hurdle, what could be Kalama’s first marijuana growing operation may be hitting a legal stone wall. Two individuals and two couples who live near a proposed

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

WASHINGTON — The Government Accountability Office says the Justice Department needs to better document how it’s tracking the effect of marijuana legalization in the states. In a report Monday, investigators noted that the DOJ said in

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

DENVER  — Seeking a safe haven in Colorado’s legal marijuana marketplace, illegal drug traffickers are growing weed among the state’s sanctioned pot warehouses and farms, then covertly shipping it elsewhere and pocketing millions of dollars

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

TACOMA — The Puyallup Tribe of Indians is opening a marijuana testing laboratory, marking their first foray into the Washington’s budding marijuana industry. The News Tribune of Tacoma reports that Gov. Jay Inslee signed a

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

The Prevent! Coalition of Clark County is hosting a public meeting about talking to youth about marijuana. The Cannabis Conversations meeting is 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Educational Service District 112, 2500 N.E. 65th

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