Disputed results close marijuana testing lab
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017SEATTLE — One of a dozen state-certified marijuana testing labs is closed amid a dispute over testing results. The Seattle Times reports Testing Technologies owner and CEO Larry Ward said in a letter to customers
Vancouver’s marijuana industry growing like a weed
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017When Vancouver resident Jon Britt and his girlfriend, Calista Crenshaw, won a Cowlitz County retail marijuana license in the 2014 state lottery, it seemed like perfect timing. Angler’s Workshop, the fishing supply store Britt’s
Legal marijuana is cutting into Mexican drug cartels’ profits
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Legal marijuana may be doing at least one thing that a decades-long drug war couldn’t: taking a bite out of Mexican drug cartels’ profits. The latest data from the U.S. Border Patrol shows that last
Cannabis Cafe to close over Oregon clean-air rules
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017PORTLAND — The owner of the World Famous Cannabis Cafe announced she will close her doors next week after another warning by public health officials that the establishment violates indoor air rules. The cafe will
Renegade cannabis store loses commercial building permit
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Sticky’s Pot Shop, a recreational marijuana store that opened in defiance of a county moratorium on marijuana businesses, has lost its commercial building permit after the Clark County Hearings Examiner found the store owner gave
Talking Loud Episode 2
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/249587423″] Episode 2 of the Talking Loud Podcast is ready to be consumed! It’s been awhile since we recorded, but Becks was infected with the bug that’s going around. We start off with a
Marijuana sales tricky for island state
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017HONOLULU — With less than five months to go before medical marijuana dispensaries can open in Hawaii, business owners could be facing unique obstacles in a state of islands separated by federal waters. Dispensaries
Weediquette: Stoned Kids
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMZCq56tToc?feature=oembed&w=1200&h=675] Feb 29, Viceland, will hit most cable/satellite providers with fresh content and classic Vice shows. Weediquette is one of the shows making it’s jump to televisions across the US and Canada, check your local listings for availability.
Recreational marijuana sales outpace tax registrations
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Nearly a fourth of Oregon’s medical marijuana dispensaries selling the drug recreationally are not registered to pay taxes on those sales. The Register-Guard reports dispensaries have until Feb. 29 to pay
Study: No association between pot, anxiety
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017New research published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry found that using marijuana as an adult is not associated with a variety of mood and anxiety disorders, including depression and bipolar disorder. This is a