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Medical marijuana in schools, cannabis testing bills advance

April 13, 2019, 2:25pm Northwest

A proposal to allow parents to administer limited forms of marijuana to their children on school property has passed the state Senate, along with a proposal for new marijuana testing rules. Read story

Anthony Uribes processes a marijuana plant with an attached tracking label Feb. 27, 2018, at Avitas marijuana production facility in Salem, Ore.

Oregon lawmakers move to prepare for interstate pot commerce

Anthony Uribes processes a marijuana plant with an attached tracking label Feb. 27, 2018, at Avitas marijuana production facility in Salem, Ore.

April 5, 2019, 7:29pm Northwest

It may seem like a pipe dream now, but Oregon lawmakers are anticipating the federal government legalizing, or at least tolerating, the interstate transfer of marijuana. Read story

FILE - This Sept. 11, 2018, file photo shows cannabis plants growing at a greenhouse at SLOgrown Genetics in the coastal mountain range of San Luis Obispo, Calif. A coalition of 25 local governments has filed a lawsuit against the California Bureau of Cannabis Control in an effort to invalidate regulations allowing delivery of commercial cannabis statewide.

Local governments sue over California marijuana delivery

FILE - This Sept. 11, 2018, file photo shows cannabis plants growing at a greenhouse at SLOgrown Genetics in the coastal mountain range of San Luis Obispo, Calif. A coalition of 25 local governments has filed a lawsuit against the California Bureau of Cannabis Control in an effort to invalidate regulations allowing delivery of commercial cannabis statewide.

April 5, 2019, 7:27pm Nation & World

California has entered a potentially landmark legal fight against some of its own cities over one of the most basic questions in the nation’s largest legal marijuana market: Where can you buy it? Read story

A marijuana plant at the Oregon Cannabis Growers' Fair marijuana plant competition in August 2016 in Salem, Ore.

Clark County Council delves into marijuana

A marijuana plant at the Oregon Cannabis Growers' Fair marijuana plant competition in August 2016 in Salem, Ore.

April 3, 2019, 8:36pm Clark County News

Marijuana is a gateway drug that’s associated with violent crime. But kids in Washington aren’t using the drug at higher rates since it was legalized and it has no conclusive link to mental illness. Read story

Employees Dan Giroux, left, and Dustin Barrington ring up sales for customers at a marijuana shop in Seattle. When Washington and Colorado launched their pioneering marijuana industries in the face of U.S. government prohibition, they imposed strict rules in hopes of keeping the U.S. Justice Department at bay. Five years later, federal authorities have stayed away, but the industry says it has been stifled by over-regulation. Lawmakers in both states have heard the complaints and are moving to ease the rules.

Pioneering legal pot states aim to ease rules on industry

Employees Dan Giroux, left, and Dustin Barrington ring up sales for customers at a marijuana shop in Seattle. When Washington and Colorado launched their pioneering marijuana industries in the face of U.S. government prohibition, they imposed strict rules in hopes of keeping the U.S. Justice Department at bay. Five years later, federal authorities have stayed away, but the industry says it has been stifled by over-regulation. Lawmakers in both states have heard the complaints and are moving to ease the rules.

April 2, 2019, 1:45pm Northwest

When Washington and Colorado launched their pioneering marijuana industries in the face of U.S. government prohibition, they imposed strict rules in hopes of keeping the U.S. Justice Department at bay. Read story

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 4, 2018 file photo, a worker adds CBD oil to a drink at a coffee shot in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Cannabidiol is one of more than 100 compounds found in marijuana.

U.S. regulators plan hearing on growing use of CBD in products

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 4, 2018 file photo, a worker adds CBD oil to a drink at a coffee shot in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Cannabidiol is one of more than 100 compounds found in marijuana.

April 2, 2019, 9:32am Nation & World

U.S. regulators are planning a public hearing to collect more information on CBD in cosmetics, foods and other products as the cannabis compound spreads in popularity. Read story

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Survey: 1 in 4 in Washington get high at work

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April 1, 2019, 6:00am Business

It’s probably not a good idea — and it can’t be great for productivity — but that’s not stopping a lot of Washingtonians from doing it. Read story

Samples of hemp sit on a table in the conference room at Andrew Ross’ office in Denver on Friday, March 22, 2019. Ross, a Marine who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, is facing 18 years to life in Oklahoma if he is convicted after he was arrested in January while providing security for a load of state-certified hemp from Kentucky. Federal legalization for hemp has created a quandary for police as authorities lack the technology to distinguish marijuana from agricultural hemp at a roadside stop.

Federal legalization of hemp creating a quandary for police

Samples of hemp sit on a table in the conference room at Andrew Ross’ office in Denver on Friday, March 22, 2019. Ross, a Marine who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, is facing 18 years to life in Oklahoma if he is convicted after he was arrested in January while providing security for a load of state-certified hemp from Kentucky. Federal legalization for hemp has created a quandary for police as authorities lack the technology to distinguish marijuana from agricultural hemp at a roadside stop.

March 29, 2019, 8:44pm Northwest

Federal legalization of hemp arrived in the U.S. late last year and expanded an industry already booming because of the skyrocketing popularity of CBD, a compound in hemp that many see as a health aid. Read story

Herb tender Marq Kernell hands an order to Brandi Morgan following her purchase at The Herbery. Legal marijuana was a $319 million industry in Washington in fiscal year 2017, but some pot businesses say they’re being treated like criminals.

Marijuana regulation sparks debate

Herb tender Marq Kernell hands an order to Brandi Morgan following her purchase at The Herbery. Legal marijuana was a $319 million industry in Washington in fiscal year 2017, but some pot businesses say they’re being treated like criminals.

March 26, 2019, 6:03am Business

When Washington voters passed a ballot initiative in 2012 legalizing recreational cannabis, they did so with the understanding it would be tightly regulated. But Ty Camp, who runs a Sifton-based cannabis farm, wonders if the scrutiny he’s facing from regulators is what the voters had in mind. Read story

Budtenders at Sticky’s Pot Shop wait for customers to arrive for a closing sale in July following a court decision that led to the store’s closing.

Sticky’s pot shop owner to pay county $112,500

Budtenders at Sticky’s Pot Shop wait for customers to arrive for a closing sale in July following a court decision that led to the store’s closing.

March 15, 2019, 5:53pm Business

Emerald Enterprises, the owner of now-closed Sticky’s Pot Shop, has reached an agreement to pay fines stemming from defying Clark County’s ban on recreational marijuana retailing in unincorporated parts of the county. Read story