Marijuana

August 7, 2018 at 9:53 am

Authorities: Man with machete robbed Kingston pot shop

The man walked into the Green Tiki Cannabis shop Monday morning and made off with some product after he pulled out a large, black-colored machete,...

August 3, 2018 at 6:35 am

1st year of Nevada marijuana sales smokes expectations

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada regulators and industry insiders say the state's first year of broad marijuana legalization has exceeded even their highest expectations, with...

Business

June 11, 2018 at 12:13 pm

7 mayors want pot removed from federal list of illegal drugs

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Mayors from seven U.S. cities in states with legal marijuana said Monday they have formed a coalition to push for federal...

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before leaving the White House in Washington, Friday, June 8, 2018, to attend the G7 Summit in Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) WHMC107 WHMC107

June 8, 2018 at 12:35 pm

Trump signals support for states deciding if pot is legal VIEW

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he was inclined to support a bipartisan effort in Congress to ease the U.S. ban...

FILE – In this April 12, 2018 file photo, nugs of marijuana await packaging at the Hollingsworth Cannabis Company near Shelton, Wash. Michigan voters will decide in November whether to allow recreational marijuana, after officials certified there are enough signatures to put the measure on the ballot. The state elections board voted 4-0 to let the initiative proceed. Legislators could still legalize recreational marijuana before the election, but the House speaker says there are no plans for that to happen. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) CER302 CER302

May 8, 2018 at 2:12 am

Report: Legal marijuana boosts government revenue – a little

A new report finds that legalizing and taxing marijuana boosts revenue for state and local governments, but not by much. In Washington state, gross revenue...

Nation & World

April 27, 2018 at 6:40 am

Parties settle suit over Astoria pot-processing explosion

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — Attorneys say the lawsuit filed by a contractor who was badly burned after an explosion and fire at an Oregon marijuana...

Nation & World

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee talks to reporters during the Associated Press’ annual Legislative Preview, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Inslee and other Washington state leaders slammed the Trump administration’s move to roll back Obama-era leniency on legalized marijuana, saying they’ll defend the will of the state voters who approved the initiative five years ago. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

April 23, 2018 at 12:10 pm

Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee to Bill Maher: ‘We’ve got the best weed’

Governor Jay Inslee called Washington state's pot the best in the country in an interview with Bill Maher on his HBO show Friday night.

Local News

April 23, 2018 at 4:12 am

Authorities: Spiked marijuana brownies sicken high schoolers

SPRINGDALE, Md. (AP) — Maryland police say six students at two high schools have reported feeling sick after eating spiked brownies last week. News outlets...

Nation & World

April 20, 2018 at 4:40 am

12-year-old Oregon student accused of giving pot candy to others

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a Springfield seventh-grader has been charged with three counts of marijuana delivery near a school for allegedly giving edible...

Nation & World

April 17, 2018 at 5:48 am

Marijuana-based drug gets positive review from US agency

WASHINGTON (AP) — A closely watched medicine made from the marijuana plant reduces seizures in children with severe forms of epilepsy and warrants approval in...

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