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New York cuts penalties for marijuana possession
PUBLISHED: July 29th 2019ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s governor signed a bill Monday that softens penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana and allows for the expungement of some past convictions. The legislation signed into law by Gov.
Bills call for pot to be legal nationally
PUBLISHED: July 23rd 2019WASHINGTON — Bills that would legalize and tax marijuana at the national level, and provide opportunities for people convicted of federal pot crimes to clear their records, were introduced Tuesday in Congress. The companion legislation
Main Street Marijuana joins voluntary industry testing program
PUBLISHED: July 19th 2019Recent customers at Main Street Marijuana in Vancouver’s Uptown Village neighborhood have likely noticed a new set of signs prominently displayed in some of the store’s display cases. They’re hard to miss: a giant red
Clark County council votes to lift marijuana ban
PUBLISHED: July 2nd 2019The Clark County Council voted 3-2 to lift its ban on recreational cannabis businesses in unincorporated areas of the county at its Tuesday evening meeting. Recreational sales can begin in unincorporated areas of Clark County
How to join boom in cannabis business
PUBLISHED: July 1st 2019Marijuana is having a moment. Experts recently dubbed cannabis the fastest-growing industry in the U.S. Legal weed generated $10.4 billion in the United States in 2018, and the number of “plant-touching” jobs is expected to
Clark County continues to eye pot-law changes
PUBLISHED: June 27th 2019Sticky’s Pot Shop, which unsuccessfully defied the county’s ban on recreational cannabis, will reopen in its Hazel Dell location should the Clark County Council vote to reverse the prohibition. Jeremy Larson, the son of the
In states with legal cannabis, teen use triggers concerns
PUBLISHED: June 22nd 2019DENVER — The first two states to legalize recreational marijuana are starting to grapple with teenagers’ growing use of highly potent pot, even as both boost the industry and reap huge tax windfalls from its
Communities put faith in pot
PUBLISHED: June 22nd 2019PHILADELPHIA — On June 2, at a Philadelphia synagogue, Karen Michaels attended a conference about cannabis and various religions’ views on it. She knows she was there because she has the notes she wrote. But
California launches anti-illegal pot campaign
PUBLISHED: June 21st 2019LOS ANGELES — Marijuana shoppers are going to be getting a message from California regulators: Go legal. Aiming to slow illegal pot sales that are undercutting the nation’s largest licensed market, California is kicking off
Driving while high: Marijuana users twice as likely to crash, AAA study finds
PUBLISHED: June 21st 2019Nearly 15 million people report driving while high on pot, making them twice as likely to be involved in a crash, a new AAA study has found. The study also showed more drivers view texting