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Marijuana boom brings jobs, complaints to Josephine County
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Josephine County’s growing marijuana industry is experiencing growing pains. The number of medical marijuana grow sites in the county has remained steady from a year ago, at about 2,500. But growers
Washougal city councilors divided on marijuana
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Washougal’s ban on producing, processing and the retail sale of marijuana got a bit stickier at a recent city council meeting, as the council took no action and had to set a special meeting for
Judge: Sticky’s Pot Shop must stop selling marijuana
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Sticky’s Pot Shop in Hazel Dell must stop selling marijuana. Superior Court Judge Daniel Stahnke ruled Tuesday that John Larson, owner of a recreational marijuana store on 9411 N.E. Highway 99, must close after violating
Police: Tigard man burned while trying to make hash oil
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017PORTLAND — Authorities say a man has been badly burned in a hash oil explosion at his Tigard apartment. The man, who has not been identified, was taken to a Portland hospital after the incident.
Man admits shooting to protect marijuana grow
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017PASCO – A 24-year-old Pasco man has admitted he was protecting a backyard marijuana grow when he fired at a 16-year-old boy who reached over the fence to steal some plants. Pedro Orta-Zuniga pleaded guilty in
Pasco man admits firing guns to protect marijuana grow
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017PASCO — A 24-year-old Pasco man has admitted he was protecting a backyard marijuana grow when he fired at a 16-year-old boy who reached over the fence to steal some plants. Pedro Orta-Zuniga pleaded guilty
Doctors struggle with gaps in pot education
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Medical marijuana has been legal in Maine for almost 20 years. But Farmington physician Jean Antonucci says she continues to feel unprepared when counseling sick patients about whether the drug could benefit them. Will it
3 years into experiment, future of hemp is hazy
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017PUEBLO, Colo. — Three years into the nation’s hemp experiment, a 20-acre farm in southern Colorado exemplifies the crop’s hazy potential. Hemp could be enormously profitable, but right now there are just as many questions
High court sides with employee fired for smoking pot at work
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s top court has ruled that a state worker fired for smoking marijuana on the job in 2012 was penalized too harshly and should get his job back. The Supreme Court justices
Oregon buzz: Pot plants at state fair in a 1st for the US
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017SALEM, Ore. — Nine living marijuana plants will be displayed at the Oregon State Fair in a first of its kind event for the United States starting next Friday. The exhibit of the non-flowering, immature