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Rivals fail to faze local pot stores
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017The owner of one of Vancouver’s highest-grossing marijuana stores envisions a future where the Southwest Washington-Portland region is “the Napa Valley for marijuana.” “It’s not Oregon versus Washington,” said Ramsey Hamide, the owner of
Marijuana pesticide flap brings consumer lawsuit in Colorado
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017DENVER — Two marijuana users in Colorado have filed suit against a pot grower they say used an unhealthy pesticide on the weed they later bought. The lawsuit filed Monday in Denver is thought to
How Oregon’s pot law compares with Washington’s
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017With Voodoo doughnuts in hand, some Portlanders got their first taste of legal, recreational, purchased-in-Oregon weed early Thursday morning. With cheaper taxes, legal home grow and a regulated medical marijuana system, some in the Washington
Vancouver to receive $800,000 in pot excise taxes
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017The presence of recreational marijuana stores in Vancouver and Battle Ground is finally paying off for the two cities, which received their first cut of marijuana excise tax revenue from the state this week.
Oregon marijuana shops begin sales to recreational users
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017PORTLAND — Oregon marijuana stores have begun sales to recreational users, marking a big day for the budding pot industry in the state and elsewhere in the nation. Some of the more than 250
Cannabis Cowboys rides onto local pot scene
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Just as Portland’s medical dispensaries gear up to begin selling recreational marijuana in October, a new grower has taken root right here in Vancouver. Cannanbis Cowboys, a Tier 2 recreational marijuana producer, is likely
Marijuana bundle drops from sky, slams into family’s carport
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Nogales, Ariz. — Maya Donnelly awoke to what sounded like thunder in the early morning hours, but dismissed it as a typical monsoon storm and went back to sleep. Later that morning, she looked in
State to allow more marijuana shops
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Washington state officials will accept applications for new pot shops starting next month. On Wednesday, the state’s Liquor and Cannabis Board voted to begin aligning the state’s recreational and medical marijuana systems, a necessary
Washington starts aligning medical, recreational pot
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017OLYMPIA — The state on Wednesday began the process of aligning the medical marijuana market with the existing recreational market for cannabis. The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board’s actions are the result of new
Felony pot charges for teens being reduced in Asotin County
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017ASOTIN — A prosecutor in Washington’s southeastern corner is reducing felony marijuana charges he filed against three teenagers because his office misinterpreted recent changes in state law. The teens, ages 14, 15 and 17, were