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PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

Attorney Frank Godfrey recently attended the International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) in Portland. I wasn’t able to make it that weekend, so I asked him if he could do a guest post for us about

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PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

A few of us in the newsroom thought we should spend some (frivilous?) time discussing possible specials for the “Doobie Dinner at Denny’s” that was jokingly suggested by Bob Dingethal, a Democrat running for Congress,

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PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

About 70 people — marijuana store owners, growers, processors and others hoping to sell services in the young cannabis industry — turned up Thursday for the first local meeting of the Marijuana Business Association. MJBA,

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PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

The state Liquor Control Board started sending out letters this week telling pot shops on the lottery list that they need to move forward in the next 60 days or they’ll be bumped off the

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PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

I finally got time to read the September 2014 report by the Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) called “Taking Control: Pathways to Drug Policies That Work.” The report comes from some heavy hitters internationally,

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PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

Here’s a little lighthearted tidbit for a Tuesday afternoon. It seems like every time I write anything about Brian Budz, one of the owners of New Vansterdam, there’s always at least one person who comments,

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PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

The state Liquor Control Board reported recreational marijuana sales of $14.05 million and excise tax of $3.5 million in Washington through Sept. 15. Broken down by month, July sales (from the 8th to the 31st)

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PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

Edibles have been an incredibly tricky component of I-502 implementation, especially with the restrictions and pricing issues. So far, I think we’ve only seen one shipment of a small amount to one Vancouver store (New

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PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

Been a while since I did a consumer post so I thought I’d list a little info about the strains available in Vancouver right now. Main Street Marijuana and New Vansterdam expect to be open

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PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

Admittedly I’m not all that in the loop on the medical marijuana side of things here in Washington. I mostly write about legalization, I502 and Clark County businesses. But this may affect a bunch of

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