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Oregon again sees huge 2018 marijuana harvest
PUBLISHED: January 4th 2019SALEM, Ore — For the second year in a row, Oregon cannabis farmers have harvested more than a million pounds of usable marijuana. The huge harvest (more than 453,592 kilograms) is again driving down prices
Main Street Marijuana near $100 million in sales
PUBLISHED: January 4th 2019Downtown Vancouver’s Main Street Marijuana has consistently held an unbeatable lead as the state’s highest-selling recreational cannabis store, and it’s quickly approaching a major milestone: passing $100 million in total lifetime sales. The store’s owners
Legal pot industry toasts banner year
PUBLISHED: January 2nd 2019PORTLAND — The past year was a 12-month champagne toast for the legal marijuana industry as the global market exploded and cannabis pushed its way further into the financial and cultural mainstream. Liberal California became
Oregon may look to export marijuana
PUBLISHED: December 31st 2018SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Marijuana could take the next step toward joining pinot noir and craft beer on Oregon’s list of famous exports, under a proposal likely to go before state lawmakers in the new
Marijuana businessman and former federal inmate faces new legal problems
PUBLISHED: December 26th 2018SPOKANE — Cip Paulsen, a former federal inmate-turned marijuana businessman, is fighting for control of his firm in court against angry investors and new drug charges. Paulsen’s licensed marijuana business, Growstate, is in the hands
Budweiser maker teams up with medical pot firm to explore drinks
PUBLISHED: December 24th 2018NEW YORK — The maker of Budweiser is partnering with medical cannabis company Tilray in a $100 million deal to research cannabis-infused drinks for the Canadian market. The alliance announced Wednesday is the latest foray
Oklahoma quickly becoming medical marijuana hotbed
PUBLISHED: December 23rd 2018OKLAHOMA CITY — The rollout of statewide medical and recreational marijuana programs typically is a grindingly slow process that can take years. Not so in Oklahoma, which moved with lightning speed once voters approved medical
FDA casts shadow on hemp win, calling CBD items illegal
PUBLISHED: December 21st 2018SEATTLE — The hemp industry still has work ahead to win legal status for hemp-derived cannabidiol, or CBD oil, as an ingredient in food or dietary supplements despite the big farm bill President Donald Trump
Oregon lawmakers revisit worker protections for off duty pot use
PUBLISHED: December 18th 2018SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers will consider making it illegal for businesses to fire employees who flunk drug tests for using marijuana off the clock, reviving a workers’ rights campaign that failed in the
State pot officials: Candy can stay
PUBLISHED: December 17th 2018SEATTLE — State regulators have walked back a plan to crack down on certain cannabis-infused candies, instead issuing specific color and shape guidelines they say will prevent candies from being overly enticing to children. The