Cannabis News: What Happened While You Were Getting High

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    YOU CAN NOW FLY WITH POT FROM PDX As I've written in a previous column, you can fly with up to a pound and a half if you have your Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) card (I have several times). But if you don't have a card, you can still fly with

Three Dispensaries Talk The Coming Of Recreational Cannabis

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THERE IS MUCH confusion, hope, and worry over how recreational cannabis will roll out in Oregon. One option being considered is licensing Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) dispensaries for recreational sales. It's a scenario with many advantages, especially because Portland is already conveniently littered with them. In some cases, there are also hidden

Washington State Cannabis News Update

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Not So High Times If you were planning to head to the Emerald City for the High Times US Cannabis Cup, the Seattle PI has some bad news: It's been canceled. Although High Times has held the event in the Seattle area for the past three years, the implementation of I-502 (Washington's recreational

Cannabis Soon May No Longer Be Considered Worse Than Meth

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"WHEN THE PEOPLE lead, the leaders will follow."—Gandhi   With Congress' approval rating at about 16 percent, it's hard to believe there's anything positive emanating from our esteemed leaders in DC—especially if one has an interest in cannabis, personal or business-wise. But some recent changes give us hope.   Cannabis is listed as a

Two Days At The Oregon Medical Marijuana Business Conference

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Early on a Sunday morning is hardly the time you want to be standing on a street corner in heavy rain waiting for a BoltBus, but that's where I found myself two weekends ago. I was heading to the Oregon Medical Marijuana Business Conference in Eugene, and my aforementioned status should

280E Is A Cannabis Tax Code Meant to Kill The Cannabis Industry

If you are anything like me—and Jah help you if you are—there are few things you enjoy more than blazing up a fat sticky joint, kicking off your shoes, and poring over tax code. (Have you ever really thought about estate and gift tax rates? Ever thought about them... high?) So

Some Cannabis Terms Demystified

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If you have visited a medical cannabis dispensary in Oregon, or if you've checked out the recently opened recreational stores in Washington, you've noticed the labels that list THC and CBD content—along with CBN, and any residual pesticides, molds, mildews, or other horrible things that you don't want to ingest. Where