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Seaview, Washington - Peninsula residents looking to buy marijuana will soon have an option close to home. Mr. Doobees, a Raymond-based retail marijuana dispensary, is branching out to Seaview. The new store on 40th Street is likely to open in late July, pending a final inspection by the...

The Oregon Legislature opened a window of opportunity for local governments interested in skimming part of the take from the state's fast-emerging recreational marijuana industry. Cities and counties can ask their voters to impose a 3 percent sales tax on recreational pot - and even if the taxes...

Rainier, Oregon - Plans to open an indoor marijuana farm in Oregon got the green light, despite parents' concerns that it's too close to a park and school. Rad Nursery Products LLC will grow roughly 1,000 marijuana plants on the property near Rainier High School's athletic fields and...

A team of Bay Area medical cannabis companies is set to out-fundraise corporate giants like Levi's, Williams-Sonoma, Kaiser and Pixar during this year's San Francisco's annual AIDS Walk. Berkeley Patients Group staff reported Thursday that they raised over $50,000 for AIDS research from 20...

A team of Bay Area medical cannabis companies is set to out-fundraise corporate giants like Levi's, Williams-Sonoma, Kaiser and Pixar during this year's San Francisco's annual AIDS Walk. Berkeley Patients Group staff reported Thursday that they raised over $50,000 for AIDS research from 20...

The next wave of pot shops flouting Vancouver's dispensary bylaw has been slapped with injunction papers. The City of Vancouver is continuing its crackdown on unlicenced pot shops, applying in court for 10 more injunctions this week. That's on top of 17 injunctions filed in May, which...

The Basalt Town Council voted 5-2 Tuesday night to direct its staff to look into reconsidering where marijuana shops can be located after the town manager said the current regulations are "too rigid." The council majority said they prefer treating pot shops like liquor stores, allowing them to...

It was always clear that many hurdles will have to be jumped before legal marijuana can become a reality in Canada. Pot advocates won't be too pleased with the latest one. Ottawa, which recently struck a marijuana task force led by former deputy prime minister Anne McLellan, is sending strong...

Olympia, Washington - Washington officials say they plan to require a new "Not For Kids" label on edible marijuana products sold at the state's legal pot shops. The symbol , chosen by the Washington Poison Center, features a bright red hand held up in a "stop" gesture, accompanied by the...

In November California voters will have a chance to legalize recreational marijuana - and speculators are licking their lips at the prospect of a green rush in the Golden State. One analysis says California's legal pot revenues could more than double - from $2.7 billion in 2015 to $6.6 billion...

A proposed amendment to the Colorado Constitution that would have placed restrictions on marijuana businesses was withdrawn last Friday by the amendment's supporters. Proponents of the motion, Initiative 139, pulled the measure, citing the financial power of the marijuana industry as the main...

Marijuana legalization continues to grow as a front-burner issue, and legalization for medical purposes is among the few stances that the two major presidential candidates share. Presumptive Democratic and Republican nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump believe that using marijuana to...

Marijuana legalization continues to grow as a front-burner issue, and legalization for medical purposes is among the few stances that the two major presidential candidates share. Presumptive Democratic and Republican nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump believe that using marijuana to...

America's millions of cannabis consumers and allies scored a major victory Saturday in Orlando when the committee in charge of the Democratic Party's official platform approved a measure calling for ending pot's federal status as the world's most dangerous drug, as well as "a reasoned pathway to...

Seattle, Washington - Bainbridge Island author Bruce Barcott was set to vote against legalizing pot in Washington state in 2012. A middle-aged dad, he worried about kids and wasn't that fond of pot's skunky smell. Then a friend poked him in the chest and said Initiative 502 was about more than...

I have my crown royal fem, approx 5 ft high and very wide, fully rooted in 10 gallon plastic pot outdoors full sun from 8 am till 8pm, gets watered every two days with nutes (dutch nutrient formula 2part mix) every other water, my question is since its full rooted and I have till around sept...

Aspen, Colorado - If you ask certain pot aficionados here, marijuana is "not a drug." It certainly isn't sold like one, now that pot legalization has swept through these spruce-dotted valleys like smoke through the neck of a gravity bong. The tiny downtown area of this resort city, population...

Canada's budding marijuana industry doesn't expect Ottawa to embrace ads for weed on billboards or television screens once new legalization legislation is introduced next spring, according to the president of Canada's highest-profile pot company. Mark Zekulin of Tweed Marijuana Inc. says he...

Laurie Roberts believes that arresting 12,000 marijuana users in Arizona every year somehow stops kids from getting it. Ms. Roberts may be commended for never being a kid who wanted pot, but her belief that prohibition stops those who do is pure fantasy. It is easier for kids to get pot than...

" but scientific study on marijuana's long-term neurological impact suggests that pot smokers live up to 2.5 years longer. The average lifespan of a person from the United States " Cannabis use can lead to increased life expectancy | Global Broadcasting Corporation