The folks at Main Street Marijuana have been busy getting ready for Wednesday’s grand opening. The store got its licenses from the state and city on Monday, and the first shipment of marijuana should arrive

Two Vancouver marijuana stores received their licenses from the Washington State Liquor Control Board at 2:30 a.m. Monday as part of the first group of 24 stores to get them around the state. After approval,

Adam Stites, owner of Mirth Provisions in Longview, sent us some of his thoughts as we approach the first week of legal marijuana sales in Washington state. What do you all think of this historic

The first week of legal marijuana sales is almost upon us – and Vancouver’s two stores have some details about when they’re opening and what they’ll have in stock. Main Street Marijuana, at 2314 Main

If you’re planning on buying marijuana legally next week, but are a little fuzzy on the rules, the Vancouver Police Department just came out with this handy sheet: Marijuana is legal but do you know

Peter Zuckerman of New Approach Oregon was nice enough to give us a guest post on what’s going on with legalization in Oregon. Here’s the scoop: By PETER ZUCKERMAN Press Secretary, New Approach Oregon As

I finally got over to New Vansterdam this morning for a look at their setup. My impression? The interior looks great, streamlined and very well thought out. The storefront? Not so much, but that’s not

Two stores in Vancouver have passed inspection from the Washington Liquor Control Board and could open as soon as July 8. Both Main Street Marijuana, at 2314 Main St. in uptown, and New Vansterdam, 6515

The folks at Main Street Marijuana, 2314 Main St. in uptown, were nice enough to let me visit the store this week to see how things are shaping up. Everything’s still on schedule so far

Vancouver medical marijuana grower Tom Lauerman, who goes by the handle Farmer Tom, had a lot of interesting tidbits to share with us when Columbian video guru Paul Suarez and I visited a few weeks

Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Think Out Loud called me for a radio interview today on cannabis issues in Washington. The first stores should open on July 8. Here’s the link if anyone’s interested: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/156015716″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true”

There’s an interesting tidbit today in my story today about the first round of recreational marijuana stores opening on July 8. Brian Smith, communications director for the Washington State Liquor Control Board, told me that

There are still a lot of issues coming to the fore as Vancouver marijuana retail stores set to open in the next few weeks. Supply, of course, is a major one. So far, Clark County

Shane Wahl, head gardener at Vancouver’s CannaMan Farms, has been working nonstop for several weeks preparing for the company’s first harvest, which should happen soon. I paid a visit to him on Friday, June 27,

Here’s a possible future issue: If Oregon legalizes marijuana possession, will consumers be able to buy pot in Washington and bring it back home to Portland legally? The answer is sort of a mixed bag,

A retail store has finally gone on the record with its plans to open on July 1 (or possibly July 8). Main Street Marijuana, which came in first in Vancouver’s retail lottery under the name

Update: I talked to somebody from New Vansterdam and they told me they’ll be willing to talk on the record soon. They do appear to be shooting for July. I’ll have more once they’re ready

Guest Post by Adam Stites, Founder – Mirth Provisions in Longview, WA Marijuana is in the news again — and not in a particularly positive way. In New York Times’ columnist Maureen Dowd’s June 3rd

There’s a lot of gray area when it comes to Washington’s medical marijuana collectives. And it will be another year before they learn whether they’ll have to merge into the recreational economy. Farmer Tom Lauerman,

So the manager of the first retail pot store in Washington State announced he’ll be ready to open in Spokane on July 1. Here’s the story on The Columbian’s website about that: Marijuana retail store

In the world of legalization, knowledge of marijuana buds and how to smoke them is fairly standard. In general, people have an idea of what they’re consuming and how much of it to take. And

I just read this piece from Al Jazeera America that looks into the legality of city and (one would assume) county bans on marijuana businesses. Since unicorporated Clark County has banned marijuana businesses and several

Looks like the Clark County Commission has banned marijuana facilities – growers, processors and retail stores – in unincorporated parts of the county (see Tyler Graf’s story below). The ruling won’t affect the six stores

Marijuana farmers may not be able to use federal water for their crops, but that likely won’t affect Clark County growers, the region’s only licensed grower said. Brian Stroh, owner of CannaMan Farms, Vancouver’s first

By Justin Runquist, Columbian small cities reporter Local business owner Loren Carlson is ready to take a pioneering step into Washington’s fledgling marijuana industry by opening one of the first pot shops in Clark County.

It’s no big secret really, but just for the record, I was a pot smoker in high school. I even inhaled. Now that I’ve ruined any chance to run for office (note: not interested anyway)

On Wednesday a neuroscience study came out that indicates smoking marijuana changes the size and shape of the brain’s nucleus accumbens, the reward processing center, and the amygdala, which processes emotion. The study found that

Could marijuana help wean addicts off of harder drugs? Uruguay – the first South American country to legalize the sale of pot – may attempt to answer that question in its prison system. The country

There are lots of interesting “did you know” moments when you start reading about the history of cannabis. As a reporter I’ve been trying to learn as much as I can about it to provide

Recreational use of marijuana has been legal in Washington for more than a year now, although there’s still no legal place to buy it – yet. The state Liquor Control Board has started approving the