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Oregon recreational pot growers scale back
PUBLISHED: May 29th 2018BEND, 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
Female-centric groups address lack of diversity issue in the pot industry
PUBLISHED: May 25th 2018JUNEAU, 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
U.S. Attorney: Oregon has a major marijuana overproduction issue
PUBLISHED: May 19th 2018PORTLAND — 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
Marijuana growers turning to hemp as market for CBD explodes
PUBLISHED: May 15th 2018SPRINGFIELD, 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
Dietitian’s guide to edible cannabis edibles, extracts
PUBLISHED: May 14th 2018Cannabis 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
Main Street Marijuana keeps growing
PUBLISHED: May 10th 2018Main 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
University to test if chemical in pot aids kids with autism
PUBLISHED: May 7th 2018UC 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
Parties settle suit over Astoria pot processing explosion
PUBLISHED: April 27th 2018ASTORIA, 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
Tons of legal marijuana leave Oregon regulators awash in data
PUBLISHED: April 26th 2018SALEM, 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
Washington’s cannabis pesticide tests worry small farms
PUBLISHED: April 26th 2018DENVER — 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 —