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Cannabis industry expected to flourish
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017America’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
High pesticide level spurs first recreational pot recall
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017SALEM, 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.
High pesticide level leads to Oregon marijuana recall
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017SALEM, 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.
Colorado may OK marijuana clubs
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017DENVER — 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
Pot for pets: Owners treat sick 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
U.S. attorney snuffs pot fans’ plan for festival
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017LAS 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
11 senators call on Trump team to allow sale of recreational pot
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017WASHINGTON — 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
Washington, Oregon tells feds: Hands off pot
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017SALEM, 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
Marijuana dispensaries take wait-and-see approach after crackdown talk
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Local 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
Marijuana industry angered by White House reversal
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017The 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