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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 29th 2018

BEND, Ore. — State regulators say Oregon produced enough recreational cannabis last year to supply every adult resident with more than 5 ounces of legal marijuana. The Bend Bulletin reported there were more than 1 million

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 25th 2018

JUNEAU, Alaska — When Danielle Schumacher attended her first convention of marijuana activists about 15 years ago, she could count on one hand all the women in a room of older men. The lack of

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 19th 2018

PORTLAND — The black market for marijuana is thriving in Oregon and an oversupply of weed from growers is flowing to more than two dozen states where pot remains illegal, a top federal law enforcement

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 15th 2018

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — A glut of legal marijuana is driving Oregon pot prices to rock-bottom levels, prompting some nervous growers to start pivoting to another type of cannabis to make ends meet — one that

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 14th 2018

Cannabis is making its way into more and more foods and beverages, thanks to its touted therapeutic benefits. In fact, no matter where you are in the United States, cannabis products are probably being sold

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 10th 2018

Main Street Marijuana is expanding its downtown and east Vancouver locations, steps that co-owner Ramsey Hamide hopes will make room for faster sales. The downtown location, at 2314 Main St., is now expanding into the

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 7th 2018

UC San Diego will try to alleviate severe autism in children by giving them a nonpsychoactive chemical found in marijuana, a project funded by the biggest private donation ever made in the U.S. for such

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: April 27th 2018

ASTORIA, Ore. — Attorneys say the lawsuit filed by a contractor who was badly burned after an explosion and fire at an Oregon marijuana processor has been settled. The Daily Astorian reports Jacob Magley filed

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: April 26th 2018

SALEM, Ore. — To the beat of electronic dance music, men and women inside a slate-gray building harvested marijuana plants festooned with radio-frequency identification tags. In another room, an employee entered the tag numbers into

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: April 26th 2018

DENVER — Washington marijuana business owners are urging regulators to require cultivators to test adult-use crops for pesticides, a move that has triggered alarm bells among smaller growers. Some cultivators hope such a move —

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