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Experts unsure about effects of pesticides on pot
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017PORTLAND — While Denver has recalled 19 pot products in as many weeks over pesticide issues, no such recalls have affected Washington state in 18 months that pot sales have been legal. The Seattle Times
Oregon stops sales of pot pesticide because labeling problem
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Agriculture stopped the sale of a pesticide used by marijuana growers because one of its active ingredients is not listed on the product label. The agency says the
Facebook shuts down Oregon marijuana dispensary Web page
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017MEDFORD, Ore. — Facebook has shut down a Rogue Valley marijuana dispensary’s page as part of a nationwide crackdown on anything that promotes drugs. Breeze Botanicals, which has Oregon locations in Ashland and Gold Hill,
Firm eyes Eugene building for cannabis-edibles manufacturing
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017EUGENE, Ore. — A food manufacturing operation proposed for west Eugene would cook up some seriously potent snacks. The common ingredient? Marijuana. SightGlass Management, a San Francisco firm, wants to lease a 2,970-square-foot warehouse building
Vancouver to add 3 more pot shops
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Vancouver soon will have three more shops selling bags of legal bud. On Monday, the Vancouver City Council voted 5-1 in favor of increasing the number of pot shops in city limits from six
Kalama pot farm may face legal roadblock
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017KALAMA — Two months after clearing a major zoning hurdle, what could be Kalama’s first marijuana growing operation may be hitting a legal stone wall. Two individuals and two couples who live near a proposed
Report: DOJ should track its monitoring of pot legalization
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017WASHINGTON — The Government Accountability Office says the Justice Department needs to better document how it’s tracking the effect of marijuana legalization in the states. In a report Monday, investigators noted that the DOJ said in
Drug traffickers seek safe haven amid legal pot
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017DENVER — Seeking a safe haven in Colorado’s legal marijuana marketplace, illegal drug traffickers are growing weed among the state’s sanctioned pot warehouses and farms, then covertly shipping it elsewhere and pocketing millions of dollars
Puyallup Tribe to open marijuana testing laboratory
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017TACOMA — The Puyallup Tribe of Indians is opening a marijuana testing laboratory, marking their first foray into the Washington’s budding marijuana industry. The News Tribune of Tacoma reports that Gov. Jay Inslee signed a
Prevent! to host talk about marijuana
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017The Prevent! Coalition of Clark County is hosting a public meeting about talking to youth about marijuana. The Cannabis Conversations meeting is 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Educational Service District 112, 2500 N.E. 65th