The Columbian / Associated Press
Marijuana brands can trademark almost anything, except marijuana
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017LOS ANGELES — Hi is a cannabis brand. Its logo — “hi” in white letters inside an orange circle — can be found above the front door of a Portland marijuana shop and on a
Lawmakers to consider allowing medical marijuana at schools
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017SEATTLE — Washington lawmakers this week will consider a bill that would allow parents to administer medical marijuana to their children on school grounds. KING-TV reports that the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness
What Trump means for legal weed in Washington: We ask a pot pioneer
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017He sat between Whoopi Goldberg and Barbara Walters on “The View,” parried with Stephen Colbert on the Comedy Channel, and declined Bill O’Reilly’s repeated offers to appear on his show. As the first mainstream newspaper
Willie Nelson: Give marijuana a chance
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Willie Nelson wants his friend Loretta Lynn, who recently revealed that she tried marijuana for the first time at the age of 84 for her glaucoma but didn’t like it, to give
Pot industry sets its sights on Sessions
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017WASHINGTON — Backers of marijuana legalization on Monday stepped up their pressure on the U.S. Senate to block the confirmation of Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions as the next attorney general. Sessions, a staunch opponent
How much pot was sold in 2016? A lot
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017While some activists are planning to give away marijuana on Inauguration Day, other entrepreneurs are taking a different approach: making a ton of money from it. According to Governing.com, 29 states and the District of
Warren: Pot shops stuck in banking limbo
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017BOSTON — As marijuana shops sprout in states that have legalized the drug, they face a critical stumbling block — lack of access to the kind of routine banking services other businesses take for granted.
Youngest teens used more pot after vote
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017The nation’s first recreational marijuana shop opened nearly three years ago in Colorado. Since then, a growing body of research has shown that the availability of recreational marijuana — in Colorado and elsewhere — is
Walla Walla County moves to ban medical pot operations
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017WALLA WALLA — Walla Walla county commissioners have voted to expand a ban on pot business operations to include medical marijuana. The Union-Bulletin reports that the commissioners’ decision Monday to implement the new ban replaces
Traffic fatalities down in states with medical pot
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017States with medical marijuana laws have fewer traffic fatalities than those without, especially among younger drivers, a new study found. You would think crash rates might be higher, supposing that more drivers are, too —