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  1. Katelyn Baker

    BC: Penticton Marijuana Shop Up In Smoke For Now

    Jukka Laurio made some passionate arguments that he should be allowed to continue selling marijuana when he appeared before Penticton city council Tuesday. However passionate, Laurio failed to get the support of council for his business licence, with only Coun. Tarik Sayeed and Mayor Andrew...
  2. Katelyn Baker

    BC: Penticton Marijuana Shop Up In Smoke For Now

    Jukka Laurio made some passionate arguments that he should be allowed to continue selling marijuana when he appeared before Penticton city council Tuesday. However passionate, Laurio failed to get the support of council for his business licence, with only Coun. Tarik Sayeed and Mayor Andrew...
  3. Katelyn Baker

    Portland Signs Off On Marijuana Festival Featuring Free Samples

    It's legal to possess, grow and buy marijuana in Oregon, but state clean air laws and local rules have put a damper on public festivals featuring giveaways and consumption. The Oregon Cannabis Association has found a way to host a summer fair where members of the public - as long as they're...
  4. Katelyn Baker

    MA: Southborough - Security Questioned At Medical Pot Dispensary

    Southborough - Planning Board members and other town officials on Monday night criticized a plan by a nonprofit corporation to eliminate a secure garage to be used to deliver products and money to a proposed medical marijuana dispensary on Rte. 9. The garage was previously discussed as part of...
  5. Katelyn Baker

    MA: Southborough - Security Questioned At Medical Pot Dispensary

    Southborough - Planning Board members and other town officials on Monday night criticized a plan by a nonprofit corporation to eliminate a secure garage to be used to deliver products and money to a proposed medical marijuana dispensary on Rte. 9. The garage was previously discussed as part of...
  6. Katelyn Baker

    Arizona Chamber Files Lawsuit Against Recreational Marijuana Backers

    The Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry has joined forces with leaders from across the state to stop a group that is trying to get a recreational marijuana initiative on the ballot this fall. In a complaint filed in the Superior Court of Arizona, the plaintiffs allege that the circulars...
  7. Katelyn Baker

    Decriminalizing Marijuana Could Be Good For Texas Business

    Texans who are arrested for possessing small amounts of marijuana shouldn't be locked out of jobs and haunted by minor lapses in judgment for the rest of their lives, business and legislative leaders say. As acceptance of marijuana - medical and otherwise - grows nationally and in Texas...
  8. Katelyn Baker

    WA: Pot Store Coming To The Peninsula

    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...
  9. Katelyn Baker

    Medical Marijuana Petition Drive Underway In Northwest Oklahoma City

    Tents flapped in the northwest Oklahoma City wind as Michael Beck and another man arrived in a pickup, ready to sign a petition seeking a state vote to legalize medical marijuana. Beck, 25, said he has never used marijuana, but he has a niece who can benefit from it and whose mother and father...
  10. Katelyn Baker

    Medical Marijuana Petition Drive Underway In Northwest Oklahoma City

    Tents flapped in the northwest Oklahoma City wind as Michael Beck and another man arrived in a pickup, ready to sign a petition seeking a state vote to legalize medical marijuana. Beck, 25, said he has never used marijuana, but he has a niece who can benefit from it and whose mother and father...
  11. Katelyn Baker

    Michigan Marijuana Activist Still Outspoken - From Oakland County Jail

    He ran twice for state representative - unsuccessfully - but also led triumphant petition campaigns in five Oakland County towns to decriminalize the possession of marijuana. Last week, 28-year-old Andrew Cissell of Oak Park began serving a 90-day sentence in the Oakland County Jail for...
  12. Katelyn Baker

    Pot Vs. Pills - Can Marijuana Help Cure The Opiate Crisis?

    As the opioid epidemic continues to plague the Ohio Valley with addiction and death, the search for safer methods of pain management has become increasingly urgent. Advocates for medical marijuana have recently made inroads in the area with growing scientific evidence that the substance...
  13. Katelyn Baker

    Pot Vs. Pills - Can Marijuana Help Cure The Opiate Crisis?

    As the opioid epidemic continues to plague the Ohio Valley with addiction and death, the search for safer methods of pain management has become increasingly urgent. Advocates for medical marijuana have recently made inroads in the area with growing scientific evidence that the substance...
  14. Katelyn Baker

    Contentious Hearing Over Pot Licenses Draws To A Close

    Tallahassee - After 10 days of testimony that included an explanation of the "artistic buzz" caused by certain types of pot, an acrimonious legal battle between the state and a Northeast Florida nursery seeking a medical marijuana license wrapped up Friday. Lawyers for Jacksonville-based...
  15. Katelyn Baker

    American Marijuana Shops Go Under The Knife, Focus On Retail Design

    Marijuana shops across the U.S. are getting some work done - a nip here, a tuck there and sometimes an entire face-lift. Call it "Extreme Makeover: Dispensary Edition." Pot shops, once sparsely decorated storefronts run by people more worried about DEA raids and federal seizures than LED...
  16. Katelyn Baker

    OR: Marijuana Labs Prepping For Regulation And Oversight - No Lab Licenses Issued Yet

    Starting Oct. 1, new products headed to marijuana dispensary shelves will have to undergo a battery of tests that assess potency and look for biological contaminants such as E. coli, residual solvents from the extraction process used to make oil, and dozens of pesticides. The policy shift...
  17. Katelyn Baker

    What Happens To Medical Marijuana If Recreational Use Becomes Legal?

    As she battles symptoms of lupus and depression, Alexandra Rice says she depends on easy access to medical marijuana to control widespread pain and to improve her mood. The 21-year-old resident of Grand Terrace, near Riverside, has pictures of cannabis flowers on her Twitter profile and...
  18. Katelyn Baker

    What Happens To Medical Marijuana If Recreational Use Becomes Legal?

    As she battles symptoms of lupus and depression, Alexandra Rice says she depends on easy access to medical marijuana to control widespread pain and to improve her mood. The 21-year-old resident of Grand Terrace, near Riverside, has pictures of cannabis flowers on her Twitter profile and...
  19. Katelyn Baker

    CA: Permitting Pot - Humboldt County Approves First Two Cannabis Farms

    This summer, Humboldt County has shown that its commercial medical marijuana market is ready to open to operations large and small if they can play by the rules. Two commercial medical cannabis farms - a quarter-acre mixed-light farm in Carlotta and a 7-acre outdoor farm and processing center...
  20. Katelyn Baker

    Medical Marijuana Transition Off To Rough Start

    Merging medical marijuana into the recreational pot industry in Washington state is making for a rough transition. "It's not as smooth as one would hope, but nothing about being a trailblazer is easy. It's all about adaptability," said Danielle Rosellison, co-owner of Trail Blazin'...
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