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High End Market Place, Vancouver Chamber celebrate 420
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Marijuana customers lined the block outside High End Market Place on Monday to kick off the cannabis-focused April 20 holiday known as 420. The store celebrated with a host of sales, speeches from members of
Marijuana prices drop by more than half since summer
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017OLYMPIA — Marijuana prices have dropped dramatically since stores opened last summer. The Seattle Times reports that the average gram of marijuana in the state’s system sells for about $12. That’s down from a $30
Music legend Nelson to roll out own brand of marijuana
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017DALLAS — Music legend Willie Nelson is jumping into the movement to commercialize marijuana and plans to roll out his own brand of cannabis that he intends to make “the best on the market.” The
5 things to know on 420: Some facts about marijuana
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017In honor of Clark County’s first legal celebration of 420 — the marijuana culture holiday that falls on April 20 — we thought we’d list some lesser-known facts about cannabis. The Columbian’s new Cannabis Chronicles
Poll: Americans see green light for marijuana legalization
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017America has seen the future, and it is high. Fifty-eight percent of U.S. adults say recreational marijuana will be legal nationwide in the next 20 years, according to a new Bloomberg Politics poll. That includes
Ruling on pot disappoints advocates
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal judge declined Wednesday to remove marijuana from the list of most dangerous drugs, disappointing activists who saw the case as a chance to get closer to their goal of nationwide
Legislature approves overhaul of medical marijuana market
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017OLYMPIA — The Washington Legislature on Tuesday approved an overhaul of the state’s medical marijuana market, sending to Gov. Jay Inslee a bill that seeks to eliminate unregulated dispensary sales now that the state’s recreational
Bills to sync marijuana rules pass
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017OLYMPIA — The Washington state House moved forward Friday on an effort to reconcile the state’s medical and recreational marijuana industries. The chamber first passed a Senate measure addressing the medical side before moving on
Oregon lawmakers seek federal tax code change for legal marijuana
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017PORTLAND — Two members of Oregon’s congressional delegation plan to introduce bills that would allow marijuana businesses operating in compliance with state law to take federal deductions on taxes like other small businesses. U.S. Sen.
Feds meet with Colo. pot shop owners
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017DENVER — A federal banking official took the unprecedented step Thursday of meeting with marijuana business owners. But Kansas City Federal Reserve President Esther George gave no indication that the industry is any closer to