Marijuana

Ramsey Doudar, fulfillment lead at The Reef and leads a consumer advocacy group called Patients for Reasonable Cannabis Policy, holds a small jar of dabs-a high potency cannabis product.
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October 4, 2022 at 8:00 am

Researchers warn of mental health risks of high-potency cannabis

WA lawmakers may again try to cap or tax high-potency cannabis products like dabs amid worries that youth who use them are getting sick or...

WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner speaks to her lawyers standing in a cage at a court room prior to a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, July 26, 2022. American basketball star Brittney Griner returns Tuesday to a Russian courtroom for her drawn-out trial on drug charges that could bring her 10 years in prison of convicted. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool) XAZ103 XAZ103

July 26, 2022 at 12:25 am

Russian expert at Griner’s trial discusses medical cannabis WATCH

The latest Russian court hearing in the drug trial of American basketball star Brittney Griner has focused on testimony about countries that regard cannabis as...

FILE – Thailand’s Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul speaks at a news conference at the Public Health Ministry in Nonthaburi, Thailand, Feb. 8, 2022, after signing a measure that drops cannabis from his ministry’s list of controlled drugs. Charnvirakul, who has spearheaded the countryâ€™s drive to decriminalize cannabis, has said on Wednesday, May 11 the government will distribute 1 million of the plants free when most legal restrictions on production and possession of the drug are lifted next month. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, file) LLT114 LLT114

May 11, 2022 at 8:23 am

Thailand providing free cannabis plants for home cultivation

Thailand’s public health minister says the government will distribute 1 million cannabis plants free when most legal restrictions on the drug are lifted next month.

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Ryan Evans, director of operations, is photographed outside of Euphorium cannabis store in Covington, Wash. Friday, March 18, 2022.
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March 21, 2022 at 3:33 pm

As armed robbers hit WA marijuana shops, owners say there’s a simple solution

Washington retail marijuana stores have seen a rash of armed robberies in recent months, prompting politicians and industry leaders to call for solutions.

Jim Buchanan, president of the Washington State African American Cannabis Association, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022 in Seattle. Buchanan is a community leader who has put a lot of effort into organizing HB 2022, a bill in the House that would address the racial inequities within the cannabis industry and would provide licenses and grants to minorities most affected by the war on drugs. 219468

February 11, 2022 at 6:33 am

Washington cannabis bill seeks to make industry more diverse, equitable

A bill before the Washington Legislature would work to include more people of color, especially Black Washingtonians, who have been kept out of the cannabis...

FILE – In this April 12, 2018, file photo, a marijuana plant awaits transplanting at the Hollingsworth Cannabis Company near Shelton, Wash. Five years after Washington launched its pioneering legal marijuana market, officials are proposing their most ambitious overhaul yet of the way the industry is regulated, with plans for boosting minority ownership of pot businesses, spreading out oversight among a range of state agencies, and letting the smallest cannabis producers increase the size of the operations in an effort to help them become more competitive. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

January 16, 2022 at 8:00 am

‘Battle royale’: Cannabis regulation bills pit regulatory agency against some marijuana businesses

An effort by state regulators to rein in sales of out-of-state cannabis has some major business interests crying foul. The Washington Liquor and Cannabis Board...