Tag Archives: Washington

05 Oct

Cannabis, Featured

WSU needs to weed out misinformation on marijuana

• October 5, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Let’s face it, legal weed is great for Washington. People can smoke it in a blunt or hit from a bowl, bake with it and get baked on it...

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28 Mar

Featured, Marijuana News

Gross receipts taxes in the marijuana industry found to cause distortionary effects

• March 28, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

The legalization of marijuana is becoming a reality in many states, and with that exists rare opportunities for state and local governm...

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17 Mar

Featured, Marijuana News

California bill may drop cannabis tax to give legal sellers a boost

• March 28, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

As California cannabis businesses rush to get in line with new recreational rules, state lawmakers have proposed a measure that...

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02 Feb

Featured, Medical Marijuana

Massachusetts: Cannabis capitalists exploit loopholes by ‘gifting’ the drug

• March 30, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

The single bottle of juice delivered to your door will set you back at least $55. But the bag of marijuana that comes with it? ...

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09 Dec

Featured, Marijuana News

U.S. States Tried Decriminalizing Pot Before. Here’s Why It Didn’t Work

• December 9, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

In the past five years, eight states and Washington, D.C., have legalized recreational marijuana for adults. Today, 68 million people l...

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27 Sep

Featured, Medical Marijuana

Surprising medical marijuana side effect: More people claiming disability

• September 27, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Medical marijuana laws are becoming more popular across the country, but legalizing the drug for medicinal purposes can have a major un...

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08 Aug

Featured, Marijuana News

A simple, inexpensive piece of tech is upending the burgeoning marijuana industry

• August 8, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

The vape business is growing rapidly when it comes to cannabis consumption, and it’s largely driven by inexpensive, disposable cannabis...

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08 Aug

Featured, Law and Politics

Why marijuana legalization isn’t safe under Trump

• August 8, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Attorney General Jeff Sessions talked a big game on marijuana, once saying that “good people don’t smoke marijuana” and indicating that...

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02 Aug

Featured, Law and Politics

In politically charged D.C., cannabis is a cottage industry

• August 2, 2017
• By The Laughing Grass

WASHINGTON — Stuck between Congress and voters' will, residents of this politically charged town are becoming urban gardeners, turning ...

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10 Jul

Featured, Marijuana News

Next hurdle in recreational marijuana: Legal pot use in public places

• July 10, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

When Oregon voters in 2014 approved the ballot measure legalizing recreational pot, they specified that pot use in public places would ...

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