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Liquor and Cannabis licenses
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017The following have applied to the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board: Shelby E. Piersol and Leigh J. Piersol, for a license to sell beer and wine at A Beer at a Time Tap Room,
Liquor and Cannabis licenses
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017The following have applied to the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board: Shelby E. Piersol and Leigh J. Piersol, for a license to sell beer and wine at A Beer at a Time Tap Room,
Owners treat ailing animals with cannabis
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017SAN FRANCISCO — Michael Fasman’s 12-year-old dog, Hudson, limps from pain caused by arthritis and an amputated toe, but Fasman doesn’t want to give her painkillers because “they just knock her out.” So the San
Canada’s likely pot legalization may create border issues
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017WASHINGTON — Canada’s likely move to completely legalize marijuana next year promises to produce immediate spillover effects in the United States, starting with increased confusion at the U.S.-Canadian border. “I’m expecting my business to boom,”
Can pregnant women safely consume marijuana?
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017SAN JOSE, Calif. — On many mornings, with a few puffs of pot — and one cannabis-laced chocolate-covered blueberry in the afternoon — Richelle has been able to stop the severe nausea that has accompanied
Oregon has yet to distribute tax revenue from pot sales
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017PORTLAND– Tax money collected from Oregon’s legal marijuana sales has been a rare bright spot as lawmakers fight over how to fill a $1.6 billion budget deficit. KGW-TV reports that the state has brought in
Spending plan includes reassurance for legal marijuana
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017WASHINGTON – Businesses selling marijuana in states where it is legal just got some reassurance from Congress that they don’t have to worry about a federal crackdown anytime soon. The spending bill that will keep
Tribes burning to join pot industry but leery of Trump
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017WASHINGTON — When the Yakama Nation announced in 2013 that it had no interest in selling pot, its chairman said the tribe had “a long and unpleasant history with marijuana, just as we have had
Sales blaze on marijuana holiday in Clark County
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Jim Mullin, owner of a trio of marijuana dispensaries in Clark County, said his staff and customers compare April 20 to Christmas. “Everybody comes in. Some of the people maybe just consume (marijuana) once a
The origins of 4/20, marijuana’s high holiday
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017SEATTLE — Thursday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather — at 4:20 p.m. — in clouds of smoke on campus quads and when pot shops in legal weed states thank their