July 2018
Legalization north of the border big lure for marijuana companies
PUBLISHED: July 26th 2018PORTLAND — Green Thumb Industries had a business plan, expertise and plenty of ambition to grow its marijuana business. What the Chicago-based company didn’t have was access to enough capital to make it all happen.
IPO on Nasdaq big step for Canadian pot firm
PUBLISHED: July 19th 2018SEATTLE — A Canadian company is the first marijuana business to complete an initial public offering on a major U.S. stock exchange, raising $153 million to expand its operations as Canada prepares to legalize the
Marijuana use by college students on the rise in Oregon, OSU study indicates
PUBLISHED: July 19th 2018EUGENE, Ore. — Marijuana use by college students in Oregon has increased since it was legalized in 2015, more so than among college students in states where pot remains illegal, according to an Oregon State
My First Indoor Grow: Complete, Total, Unmitigated Failure
PUBLISHED: July 16th 2018One plant… I just wanted ONE PLANT to survive. I just threw all four of my Blue Dream plants into the trash. I didn’t really plan on it, it just… sort of happened. Tonight, I
My First Indoor Grow: Complete, Total, Unmitigated Failure
PUBLISHED: July 16th 2018One plant… I just wanted ONE PLANT to survive. I just threw all four of my Blue Dream plants into the trash. I didn’t really plan on it, it just… happened. Tonight, I tried one
Oregon admits lack of oversight of medical marijuana program
PUBLISHED: July 13th 2018SALEM, Ore. — How much medical marijuana is in the pipeline in Oregon? The managers of the state’s program concede that they simply don’t know because of lax reporting by producers and a lack of
Sticky’s Pot Shop to close
PUBLISHED: July 12th 2018The case for Sticky’s Pot Shop officially ended this week, but the Hazel Dell shop’s owner now wants to make one final appeal: to the voters. On Wednesday, the state Supreme Court declined to hear
U.S. marijuana businesses are on a hiring spree
PUBLISHED: July 8th 2018WASHINGTON — Eight years ago, Samantha Miller was earning six figures a year as a product developer for a LED lighting company in California when a high school friend called to ask a favor. Would
Surge in illegal California pot shops undercuts legal market
PUBLISHED: July 5th 2018LOS ANGELES — A slight marijuana smell wafted out as a steady stream of customers walked into a warehouse, its doors and windows covered by bars. Suddenly, police swooped in. “Sheriff’s department! Search warrant!” a
Vermont becomes 9th state with legal recreational marijuana
PUBLISHED: July 1st 2018MONTPELIER, Vt. — Recreational marijuana is now legal in Vermont, the ninth state to legalize it. Adults over age 21 will be able to possess up to 1 ounce of marijuana, two mature marijuana plants