On a July afternoon in 1999, San Diego police descended on an apartment building where Tom Lauerman was tending to 448 illegal marijuana plants. Lauerman was arrested and spent the night in the slammer.

Sitting in an open air tent on his farm, Tom Lauerman deftly rolled a joint, leaned back in his easy chair, and began to smoke. And who could blame the guy for relaxing? After

Recreational marijuana sales in Washington have increased each month since legalization took effect last year. According to Washington’s Liquor Control Board, sales topped $61 million in October, up from $59.6 million in September. Two of

SALEM, Ore. — Officials from an Oregon electrical utility company say indoor growing operations for legal marijuana businesses are causing problems for the state’s electrical grid. The Statesman Journal that Pacific Power reported Wednesday that