What happens here if Oregon legalizes
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017The tangled web of I-502 could get even more interesting for Southwest Washington if, as many expect, Oregon legalizes marijuana this November. Many people think it will take at least a year after the vote
Terpworks launches mobile harvest and processing
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017I got to visit Farmer Tom Lauerman Wednesday morning to check out the harvesting process on his farm. But as often happens when I spend time out in Washington’s highly creative cannabis community, I ventured
Harvesting with Farmer Tom Lauerman
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017I went out to Tom Lauerman’s farm this morning to chat with him about the harvesting phase of farming. Most outdoor growers – both I-502 and medical – are entering their big harvest season right
Jason Moore: Weed.Wiki needs your input
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Hey guys! I asked Jason Moore, a longtime Wikipedia contributor and wiki enthusiast, to share more about his work on the cannabis information portal he created called Weed.Wiki. It’s growing into a great resource for
Cannabis advertising and patent medicine’s past
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Our first paid advertisement launched this weekend the Cannabis Chronicles blog – many, many thanks to Mary Jane’s House of Glass for being our first official sponsor! With that launch, I started to get curious
Frank Godfrey: Thoughts on ICBC
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Attorney Frank Godfrey recently attended the International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) in Portland. I wasn’t able to make it that weekend, so I asked him if he could do a guest post for us about
Suggested specials for the ‘Doobie Dinner’ at Denny’s
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017A few of us in the newsroom thought we should spend some (frivilous?) time discussing possible specials for the “Doobie Dinner at Denny’s” that was jokingly suggested by Bob Dingethal, a Democrat running for Congress,
Strong turnout for first MJBA meeting in Vancouver!
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017About 70 people — marijuana store owners, growers, processors and others hoping to sell services in the young cannabis industry — turned up Thursday for the first local meeting of the Marijuana Business Association. MJBA,
What’s happening with the Vancouver pot shop list
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017The state Liquor Control Board started sending out letters this week telling pot shops on the lottery list that they need to move forward in the next 60 days or they’ll be bumped off the
Report by global leaders supports legalizing, regulating drugs
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017I finally got time to read the September 2014 report by the Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) called “Taking Control: Pathways to Drug Policies That Work.” The report comes from some heavy hitters internationally,