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County council reviews its ban on marijuana shops
PUBLISHED: December 13th 2017With nearby jurisdictions legalizing recreational cannabis and receiving tax money, Clark County has begun re-examining its policy banning marijuana businesses in unincorporated places such as Hazel Dell and Salmon Creek. Clark County has prohibited recreational
Pot regulators punt to state lawmakers on home-growing
PUBLISHED: November 30th 2017Washington lawmakers tasked the Liquor and Cannabis Board with making recommendations on allowing home growing of recreational pot. On Wednesday, the board put the decision back in the Legislature’s lap. The LCB recommended any of
Man who tended to large marijuana grow near Willamette River sent to federal prison
PUBLISHED: November 29th 2017PORTLAND — The only person arrested in connection with an elaborate marijuana grow on a private farm along the Willamette River in Yamhill County was sentenced Tuesday to two years and three months in federal
Seattle pot-shop mural: art or ad appealing to kids?
PUBLISHED: November 24th 2017Hashtag, a Seattle pot store, has an outside wall brightly decorated by the muralist known as Henry, the city’s most prolific painter of playful, slightly psychedelic scenes. A state Liquor and Cannabis Board officer slapped
Southeast Washington county to vote on pot production ban
PUBLISHED: November 14th 2017PROSSER — Officials in a southeast Washington county will consider an emergency ordinance to ban new marijuana production and processing for six months. The Tri-City Herald reports Benton County commissioners will vote Tuesday on the
Cannabis poisoning sends pooch to hospital
PUBLISHED: November 13th 2017Of all the things Andy Healy worried could poison her dogs, cannabis wasn’t on the radar. That changed, though, after what was supposed to be a fun 15-mile hike in the woods ended with an
Price hike coming with California’s new pot market
PUBLISHED: November 6th 2017LOS ANGELES — California’s legal marijuana marketplace is coming with a kaleidoscope of new taxes and fees that could influence where it’s grown, how pot cookies and other munchies are produced and the price tag
Alcohol industry targets pot with Constellation-Canopy deal
PUBLISHED: October 31st 2017Alcohol giant Constellation Brands is making a foray into marijuana, a precedent-setting move for an industry that has mostly stayed on the sidelines during the cannabis boom. Constellation will pay about $191 million (C$245 million)
Confusion coming with California’s legal marijuana
PUBLISHED: October 29th 2017LOS ANGELES — Ready or not, California kicks off recreational marijuana sales on Jan. 1. And, mostly, it’s not. Los Angeles and San Francisco are among many cities still struggling to fashion local rules for
New pot degree not for stoners
PUBLISHED: October 29th 2017When Alex Roth’s mother sent him an article announcing a new degree program being offered at Northern Michigan University, the sophomore immediately switched his major. Roth is now majoring in cannabis. The program, Medicinal Plant