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Pot sales show steady growth, prices dropping
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017There’s been a slow but steady increase in pot sales month by month since the first stores opened in the state on July 8 (and the first one in Vancouver, Main Street Marijuana, opened on
New Vansterdam’s stock list for July 10
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Brian Budz at New Vansterdam, which opens at 8 a.m. on Friday, was nice enough to send us his expected stock list for the day. Budz said opening day prices will be somewhere in the
A chat with Ethan Nadelmann, Drug Policy Alliance
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017This morning I got to chat with Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the national Drug Policy Alliance, who’s in Oregon working on that state’s legalization efforts. As a national expert, Nadelmann said he thinks Washington’s
The latest on next week’s pot store openings
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017The 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
Laying down the marijuana rules
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017If 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
Main Street Marijuana prepares for opening
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017The 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
Video: Growing with Farmer Tom
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Vancouver 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
CannaMan Farms prepares for first harvest
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Shane 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,
What happens if Oregon legalizes possession?
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Here’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,