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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

America’s cannabis industry will continue growing at double-digit rates over the next four years — even with ambiguity emanating from the White House — as the drug gains in popularity, according to a leading marijuana-research

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Liquor Control Commission issued its first recall of recreational marijuana after samples of a type of pot were found to contain a level of pesticide residue above the state limit.

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Liquor Control Commission has issued its first recall of recreational marijuana. The OLCC says samples of Blue Magoo marijuana contained a level of pesticide residue that exceeds the state limit.

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

DENVER — The Colorado Senate on Thursday passed a first-in-the-nation bill expressly permitting marijuana clubs. But Gov. John Hickenlooper is hinting that he’ll veto the measure unless it bans indoor smoking.  The bill allows local

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

SAN 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

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal prosecutor has snuffed out plans by pot fans to celebrate Nevada’s new recreational marijuana law by lighting up on a Native American reservation near Las Vegas. U.S. Attorney Daniel

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

WASHINGTON — Eleven senators asked the Trump administration Thursday to allow states to tax and sell recreational marijuana. The senators wrote a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, reminding him that President Donald Trump said

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

SALEM, Ore. — The states that have legalized recreational marijuana — a multibillion-dollar business — don’t want to hear the federal government talk about a crackdown. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown says she wants Oregonians left

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

Local marijuana shops say they will take a wait-and-see approach after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer recently made allusions to a federal crackdown on legal pot. Ramsey Hamide, whose co-owned dispensary Main Street Marijuana

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The Columbian / Associated Press

PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017

The cannabis industry was rattled Thursday after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said he expects the Department of Justice to increase enforcement of federal laws prohibiting recreational pot, even in states where it’s already

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