Cannabis Chronicles Blog
State to allow more marijuana shops
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Washington state officials will accept applications for new pot shops starting next month. On Wednesday, the state’s Liquor and Cannabis Board voted to begin aligning the state’s recreational and medical marijuana systems, a necessary
Suquamish Tribe signs nation’s first state-tribal marijuana compact
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Well, here’s something we haven’t seen before in the wide world of legal weed. The Suquamish Tribe just signed the first state-tribal marijuana compact in the nation, the Liquor and Cannabis Board announced Tuesday. For
August another record-breaking month for marijuana sales
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Washington’s recreational marijuana industry made a strong push toward the end of August to round out yet another record-breaking month for sales. Altogether, the market made more than $66 million in sales last month, according to
Man named Roach tries to rob pot dispensary
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017You’ve probably heard of Mary Jane, who founded Washougal-based Mary Jane’s House of Glass with her son Brandon Brock. And I’m sure seen some stories quoting Brian Budz, one of the owners of Vancouver pot shop
New pot sales figures show staggering growth continues
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Looking at Washington’s most recent recreational marijuana sales data, it’s easy to see how the young industry could become a multibillion moneymaker for the country if legalization continues to spread. Last fiscal year, Washington’s budding legal pot market
Cannabis tourism industry gets creative
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017With the sun rising and roosters crowing, Josh Miller rolls out of a bed tucked in a greenhouse full of lush marijuana plants and lights up a joint. That’s how the Seattle attorney starts his
GreenHead to host first post-prohibition celebration today
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Vancouver pot shop GreenHead Cannabis is hosting its first post-Prohibition-themed festival this afternoon. The store, located in an old gas station building at 2815 St. Johns Boulevard in the Rose Village neighborhood, was designed with
Big things are happening for Farmer Tom
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017It’s a big weekend for Tom Lauerman, one of Clark County’s most fascinating and prominent marijuana advocates. Not only is Farmer Tom the subject of a Sunday Business section centerpiece on marijuana tourism (stay tuned
New Vansterdam bridges cultural gap between cannabis and beer
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Something Vancouver has never quite seen before happened last weekend at Esther Short Park. While several thousand people headed downtown Friday, Saturday and Sunday to try dozens of microbrews at the annual Vancouver Brewfest, one
Marijuana industry on pace for huge second year
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017The freshest sales figures from the state Liquor and Cannabis Board show promising trends unfolding this summer for Washington’s booming recreational marijuana industry. Of course, that’s really nothing new. The market hasn’t stopped exploding since the