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Yakima pot producers step past competition to stay in business
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Jamie Muffett hopes to keep Sticky Budz, a marijuana producing and processing business he’s running, in operation — and he’s willing to fight to make sure it does. His business, which employs 16 full-time workers
Washington pot sales inch closer to Idaho border
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017MOSCOW, Idaho — Though legal marijuana isn’t coming to Idaho anytime soon, legal marijuana is getting closer to the state. The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reports that the newest Whitman County, Washington, marijuana store allowed by
Washington pot sales inch closer to Idaho border
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017MOSCOW, Idaho — Though legal marijuana isn’t coming to Idaho anytime soon, legal marijuana is getting closer to the state. The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reports that the newest Whitman County, Washington, marijuana store allowed by
Pot businesses poised to form growers association
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Yakima — As Yakima County officials plan to enforce a ban on all pot businesses in unincorporated areas of the county, marijuana processors and producers are unifying in an effort to stay in operation. Last
Pot businesses poised to form growers association
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Yakima — As Yakima County officials plan to enforce a ban on all pot businesses in unincorporated areas of the county, marijuana processors and producers are unifying in an effort to stay in operation. Last
Sticky’s Pot Shop forced to close its doors
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017After months of legal conflict, a Hazel Dell marijuana shop that opened in defiance of Clark County’s moratorium against recreational pot businesses is finally closed. Sticky’s Pot Shop at 9411 N.E. Highway 99 was forced
Liquor Licenses
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017The following have applied to the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board: Meridian Trading, for a license to produce marijuana at Kanehco, 6101 N.E. 127th Ave., Suite 300, Vancouver. Brandie Ettinger and Christian Ettinger, for
Investors urged to be high on pot
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Inside a Brooklyn ballroom, investors smoothed their suits and opened their iPads, preparing for a day of sizing up hungry entrepreneurs and impassioned lobbyists. One after another, startup founders took to the stage, making their
Marijuana helps curb opioid epidemic
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017After states pass laws permitting medical marijuana, drivers in those states become less likely to test positive for opioids after fatal car accidents, a new study from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health has
Will California turn tide in national weed war?
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017SAN JOSE, Calif. — If in two years it’s legal to smoke weed with your friends in California, you can thank Silicon Valley tech money, Colorado and the emerging cannabis industry. An organized and well-funded