WASHINGTON — When President Richard Nixon signed the Controlled Substances Act in 1970, the federal government put marijuana in the category of the nation’s most dangerous drugs, along with LSD, heroin and mescaline. In

SPANAWAY — Pierce County sheriff’s deputies have shut down an unlicensed marijuana dispensary that stayed open past a state deadline to close. The News Tribune reports that Green Organics was doing business within sight of

OAKLAND, Calif. — It’s known as Mary Jane, ganja, Chronic and even the sticky icky and has been featured in countless movies, including one that warned of its dangers, “Reefer Madness.” Now, marijuana is

OLYMPIA — The state Department of Health on Friday debuted its new medical marijuana database to give patients the ability to buy marijuana without tax, in larger doses and quantities, and to grow plants at their

SEATTLE — To comply with a new law, medical marijuana dispensaries without a recreational pot license were forced to shut down by July 1. Q-13 reports the Washington Department of Health says more than