Spokane County's busiest pot store robbed
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017SPOKANE — Spokane County’s busiest marijuana store has been robbed in what law enforcement officers are calling a “takeover-style” crime. The store is called Greenlight and is located in the suburb of Millwood. It routinely

Oregon’s Hazy Law on Smoking Marijuana in “Public Places”
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017So where exactly are people now allowed to smoke marijuana in Oregon? I get this question often from business clients, who understand that smoking marijuana in public is generally verboten. In the business context, the

Marijuana Tourism in Washington: Over Before it Even Begins?
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017In Marijuana Lounges: All Dressed Up With Nowhere to Go, I wrote about the problems in opening marijuana lounges in states with legal marijuana. In Washington, marijuana lounges House Bill 2136 has made such lounges illegal. The main goals
August Networking Event For Women Grow Portland Chapter
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017This coming Thursday, August 6th, the Portland chapter of Women Grow will be holding their August networking event at the Colony in St. Johns. I’ve never been tp the colony, but judging by their IG page, it
Pot industry’s bank bid rejected by federal regulators
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017DENVER — A Colorado credit union is hoping a federal judge will intervene to let the booming marijuana industry move its finances from cash-stuffed suitcases to the regulated banking system. A pair of lawsuits filed

Oregon Recreational Marijuana Sales Begin October 1
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017At first, it seemed like a foregone conclusion. When the Oregon legislative session closed on July 6, an incredible amount had happened the state’s cannabis space, including the passage of a bill allowing early marijuana sales.
Man making marijuana oil hospitalized after explosion
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017ALBANY, Ore. — A man making butane honey oil out of marijuana has been hospitalized and cited by police after the gas caused an explosion in his Albany garage. The Albany Democrat-Herald reports that 37-year-old