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Stats may finally back claim marijuana is Oregon’s top crop
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017SALEM, Ore. — Sales and tax figures collected by state agencies may finally solve one of Oregon’s long-running farm crop questions: whether marijuana is indeed the state’s most valuable crop, as cannabis advocates have always
Vancouver to consider 3 more marijuana stores for total of 12
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Vancouver could be getting more pot shops. The city council will consider expanding the number of marijuana stores from nine to 12 at its meeting Monday. Earlier this year, the state Liquor and
Marijuana opponents question validity of Colorado study
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017When Colorado legalized marijuana for recreational use in 2012, opponents of the new law warned that more teenagers would start using the drug. But teen use of marijuana has held steady, according to a new
Backers of pot wary of Trump
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017WASHINGTON — Mark Kleiman, who served as Washington state’s top pot consultant after voters legalized the drug in 2012, says it would be easy for the next president to get rid of the nation’s marijuana
Senate may ease banking for pot firms
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017SALEM, Ore. — An amendment to aid marijuana businesses seeking financial services passed the Senate Appropriations Committee on June 16. The amendment, sponsored by U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon, would bar federal banking regulators
Fences for marijuana fields trouble neighbors
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017MURPHY, Ore. — They say good fences make good neighbors. Then there are the fences that enclose the growing number of Josephine County’s marijuana grow sites. There are a lot of them. And they
Fences for marijuana fields trouble neighbors
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017MURPHY, Ore. — They say good fences make good neighbors. Then there are the fences that enclose the growing number of Josephine County’s marijuana grow sites. There are a lot of them. And they
Legal weed sparks Colorado debate — why not allow pot clubs?
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017DENVER — Legal marijuana is giving Colorado a stinky conundrum. Visitors can buy the drug, but they can’t use it in public. Or in a rental car. Or in most hotel rooms. The result
Using pot not deal breaker for most life insurance firms
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017If you smoke marijuana and you’re shopping for life insurance, chances are you can find a company that won’t penalize you for your habit, but you may have to weed out several insurers to find
Microsoft ventures into legal pot world
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017America’s burgeoning weed industry just seems to be climbing higher. Tech giant Microsoft announced Thursday it is partnering with a cannabis industry-focused software company called Kind Financial. The company provides “seed to sale” services for