A group of anti-fascists have publicly condemned the owners of a prominent Oregon cannabis lab for suspected ties to white supremacy, causing a ripple in the Pacific Northwest’s cannabis community. The lab’s clients have since denounced the once-popular business, as …
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Hey, ‘Budtender’: Los Angeles’s Power Brokers of Pot Crank Up the Kook
LOS ANGELES — Carli Jo Bidlingmaier was talking to a group of 20-somethings in a living room in the Bel-Air neighborhood here, weeks before the wildfires. She was explaining that consuming marijuana allows a woman to awaken her “yoni,” a …
Read More »Over a Quarter of Adults in Nevada Have Purchased Legal Weed
Nevada’s legal recreational market officially opened in July to huge demand and scarce supply from producers. But that didn’t stop the state’s eager marijuana consumers from generating double the early estimated revenue for the first three months with nearly $90 …
Read More »Colorado’s new police dogs are trained to ignore pot
Colorado’s new breed of police dogs are now being trained to disregard the smell of legal marijuana. The city of Rifle’s police department has introduced two new drug-sniffing dogs that won’t respond when smelling marijuana, reports the Post Independent. The …
Read More »Congressional Cannabis Champion Earl Blumenauer Is Going After Anti-Weed Lawmakers – News
Lead photo via Oregon Bureau of Land Management Congressman Earl Blumenauer is putting a fire under the seats of his weed fearing co-workers. According to a report from Marijuana Moment, instead of simply funneling campaign funds to cannabis-friendly candidates, Blumenauer …
Read More »Rep. Earl Blumenauer Tells Congress Medical Marijuana Can Stop Opioid Epidemic – News
While the inner workings of the federal government are struggling to unearth an effective method for controlling the nation’s opioid epidemic, Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon says it has overlooked the simplest solution – medical marijuana. On Wednesday, Blumenauer testified …
Read More »Oregon and California Flames Continue to Threaten Outdoor Cannabis Crops
By September’s end, Oregon and California will have experienced more than 6,614 fires in 2017, burning 274,936 collective acres. And that’s only this year’s blazes through Oct. 1. In 2016, Oregon lost 186,317 acres to wildfires, its lowest yearly total …
Read More »Oregon Distributes $85 Million in Cannabis Tax Revenue to Schools, Police, and Health Services – News
The Oregon Department of Revenue sent out an additional $85 million in funding to schools, police departments, public health programs, and local governments this week, entirely sourced from legal cannabis tax revenue. The state collected $108.6 million in local and …
Read More »Oregon Dept. of Revenue to Distribute $85 Million in Marijuana Taxes
Who says money doesn’t grow on trees? By Wednesday, Oregon’s officials will have distributed approximately $85 million to the state’s school fund, public health services, and local municipalities. $85 million in marijuana taxes going to education, state police, OHA, cities/counties. …
Read More »Nevada Dispensaries Sold a Record-Breaking $27 Million of Cannabis in July – News
Nevada’s first month of recreational cannabis sales was a record-shattering success, according to data released by the state’s Department of Taxation this week. Dispensaries sold over $27 million worth of cannabis products this July, bringing the state more than $3.6 …
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