Cannabis Chronicles
Oregon Marijuana: Pharmacies Will Not Be Playing This Game
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Interesting news blowing out of tiny Tumalo, Oregon last week, where the Oregon Board of Pharmacy placed a pharmacy and its pharmacist under a rare, emergency suspension. The cause? Board findings that the pharmacy manufactured
Marijuana landscape to change Wednesday
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Wednesday marks the dawn of a new era in the Northwest recreational marijuana market. While possession becomes legal in Oregon for adults 21 and older that day, a bill ushering in a number of sweeping
Legislature passes recreational marijuana reform bill
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017In case you missed the big news over the weekend, the Legislature passed a bill that will make a number of sweeping changes in Washington’s recreational marijuana industry. For more, here’s a story from Rachel
Friday Deals at Clark County pot shops: June 26
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Welcome to Friday Deals, everyone. It’s the last weekend before marijuana possession becomes legal in Oregon, so that could make things real interesting at Clark County pot shops over the next few days. Stores won’t
Oregon’s New Recreational Marijuana Market (Sorry, Eastern Oregon)
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Oregon’s House-Senate marijuana committee unanimously approved House Bill 3400, a significant milestone in regulation of the commercial cannabis market. HB 3400 was approved after weeks of wrangling in the legislature. A primary sticking point was
Marijuana Decriminalization: Recent State Law Changes
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Love it or hate it, Washington state is ground zero for the great social experiment of legal marijuana. And big tax changes for recreational pot sales and where that tax revenue goes are on the
Oregon Cannabis Ventures into Uncharted Territory With Wholesale Licenses
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017I was recently selected to sit on the Oregon Liquor Control Commission’s (“OLCC”) Wholesale Technical Advisory Committee. This committee will meet throughout the summer to craft regulations for Oregon’s recreational marijuana program under Measure 91.
Friday Deals at Clark County pot shops: June 19
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Welcome to Friday Deals. It’s shaping up to be a busy weekend at Clark County’s pot shops, with some big events coming up. Vancouver’s newest marijuana store, GreenHead Cannabis, is holding a grand opening celebration
Study: Medical pot doesn’t send wrong message to youngsters
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017WASHINGTON — Since the 1970s, advocates of an aggressive drug war have maintained that any liberalization of drug laws would “send the wrong message” to kids and increase adolescent drug use. This claim has been
Cannabis 101: Developing your palate
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017So, recreational marijuana’s been on the legal market in Washington for nearly a year now, and maybe you haven’t tried any yet. Yes, believe it or not, not everyone who reads Cannabis Chronicles partakes. Or maybe