marijuana
GreenHead to host first post-prohibition celebration today
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Vancouver pot shop GreenHead Cannabis is hosting its first post-Prohibition-themed festival this afternoon. The store, located in an old gas station building at 2815 St. Johns Boulevard in the Rose Village neighborhood, was designed with
Washington Medical Marijuana: Evictions And Unlawful Detainers
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017A number of Washington cities and counties are moving to shutter medical marijuana dispensaries (“access points”) and collective gardens as the July 1, 2016 drop dead date set forth in Senate Bill 5052 approaches. So far, King County,
New Vansterdam bridges cultural gap between cannabis and beer
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Something Vancouver has never quite seen before happened last weekend at Esther Short Park. While several thousand people headed downtown Friday, Saturday and Sunday to try dozens of microbrews at the annual Vancouver Brewfest, one
Marijuana industry on pace for huge second year
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017The freshest sales figures from the state Liquor and Cannabis Board show promising trends unfolding this summer for Washington’s booming recreational marijuana industry. Of course, that’s really nothing new. The market hasn’t stopped exploding since the
Charged With A Marijuana Crime? The Cromnibus Probably Will Not Help
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017The Department of Justice has yet again graced us with another memo on how U.S. attorneys should argue against and prosecute medical marijuana criminal defendants. More specifically, the DOJ is making clear that it does not
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
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
Local pot shops begin seeing price drops under new tax system
PUBLISHED: May 24th 2017Prices are beginning to drop at Clark County pot shops after state lawmakers decided to cut store owners a little slack on excise taxes this summer. Vancouver’s Main Street Marijuana announced the trend in a