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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

SALEM, Ore. — A new group of Oregon hemp advocates will ask lawmakers to help clear roadblocks holding back the state’s hemp farming industry. The Bend Bulletin reports that the Oregon Industrial Hemp Farmers

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

A divided Vancouver City Council is on track to keep the number of recreational marijuana stores capped at six rather than allow three more stores. A motion Monday night to amend the city’s zoning

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

TACOMA — State government has in recent weeks stamped 142 retail marijuana licenses with a medical endorsement that will let them cater to patients come July 1. The value of an endorsement for the

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

PORT ORCHARD — A 25-year-old woman has been charged in Kitsap District Court for illegally farming more than 200 pot plants in her Bremerton house. The Kitsap Sun reports that Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

PORTLAND — The U.S. Postal Service office in Portland delivered some potentially bad news last week to Northwest newspapers: If news outlets run ads for the region’s booming marijuana industry, they might be violating federal

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

NEW YORK — The explosion of legalized marijuana has produced a market for stylish and tech-driven paraphernalia. Bongs aren’t just about the boys in the basement anymore. But hunting down, dare we say it, high-end

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

Vancouver should allow nine recreational marijuana stores in town instead of six, the city’s Planning Commission said this month in response to the state removing its limits on the number of pot shops. Vancouver

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

Vancouver should allow nine recreational marijuana stores in town instead of six, the city’s Planning Commission said this month in response to the state removing its limits on the number of pot shops. Vancouver

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

Oregon recently gave a Clark County growth industry quite the trim. Since retail marijuana sales started on the far side of the river in October, sales here have taken a big hit. But local

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

BEND, Ore. — Members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs will vote Dec. 17 whether to operate a marijuana-growing facility on the reservation. If passed, Warm Springs could become the first major tribal pot

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