June 2015
Northwest Cannabis Classic looking for judges
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017C.R. Roberts with The News Tribune reports that the Northwest Cannabis Classic is seeking out judges to sample flower and edibles during its two-day stop in Tacoma this August. The event is scheduled for Aug. 28
Inslee to sign recreational marijuana bill
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Gov. Jay Inslee is scheduled to sign a fairly comprehensive recreational marijuana bill this afternoon. For anyone struggling to make money in the business, the measure is the big change they’ve been waiting for. The bill
Inslee signs new pot tax structure into law
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017OLYMPIA — Washington state’s recreational marijuana law has a new tax structure under a measure signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Jay Inslee. The new law eliminates the current three-tier tax structure and replaces it
Pot sales reach new record high in June
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Recreational marijuana continues to prove an ever hotter commodity in Washington as the latest data dump from the state shows sales yet again breaking records in June. Friday, June 26, was the best sales day
Rand Paul 1st major-party candidate to court pot donors
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017DENVER — Republican presidential hopeful Rand Paul planned Tuesday to court donors from the new marijuana industry, making the Kentucky senator the first major-party presidential candidate to publicly seek support from the legal weed business.
Oregon Marijuana: Pharmacies Will Not Be Playing This Game
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Interesting news blowing out of tiny Tumalo, Oregon last week, where the Oregon Board of Pharmacy placed a pharmacy and its pharmacist under a rare, emergency suspension. The cause? Board findings that the pharmacy manufactured
Marijuana landscape to change Wednesday
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Wednesday marks the dawn of a new era in the Northwest recreational marijuana market. While possession becomes legal in Oregon for adults 21 and older that day, a bill ushering in a number of sweeping
Legislature passes recreational marijuana reform bill
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017In case you missed the big news over the weekend, the Legislature passed a bill that will make a number of sweeping changes in Washington’s recreational marijuana industry. For more, here’s a story from Rachel
CannaGrow Expo Coming To Portland This August
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017It seems like now that weed is inching closer to being legal in Portland, cannabis conferences and expos are popping up all over. With DispensaryNext just ending, and the Cannabis Creative Conference coming this July,
Recreational marijuana bill inches closer to passage
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017The Legislature adjourned early Friday without a new budget deal for Washington, but not without moving a crucial recreational marijuana bill one step closer to passage. The measure, House Bill 2136, proposes a number of