Medical marijuana

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News >  Washington

Longtime medical marijuana activist JoAnna McKee dies

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 7, 2017

JoAnna McKee, a pioneering medical marijuana activist in Washington state, has died at age 74.

News >  Business

Recreational pot dispensary offers drive-thru in Las Vegas

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 10, 2017

A recreational marijuana dispensary in Las Vegas has opened a drive-thru window.

News >  Spokane

U.S. didn’t have authority to try Kettle Falls Five for medical pot

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 18, 2017

Federal prosecutors say they didn’t have the authority to prosecute on medical marijuana charges after Congress cut federal money for those cases in 2014. Four people convicted in Kettle Falls case 2015 could go free.

News >  Marijuana

Inslee, Ferguson to Sessions: You’re wrong about Washington’s pot system

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 16, 2017

State leaders try to set U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions straight on Washington pot system.

News >  WA Government

Inslee, Ferguson to Sessions: You’re wrong about Washington’s pot system

Tue., Aug. 15, 2017

State leaders try to set U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions straight on Washington pot system.

News >  Nation

First medical marijuana dispensary opening in Hawaii

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 8, 2017

Dispensary sales of medical marijuana in Hawaii are beginning after patients waited 17 years for a legal way to purchase the drug.

News >  Nation

Puerto Rico betting on medical marijuana to help ease crisis

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 1, 2017

Jesus Aponte pushes a door open to reveal hundreds of aromatic, spiky green plants, a crop that Puerto Rico hopes will help it ease a grinding economic crisis by generating millions in revenue and tens of thousands of jobs.

News >  ID Government

CBD oil study reports success; seizures sharply reduced in children with severe epilepsy

Tue., May 30, 2017

CBD oil study reports success; seizures sharply reduced in children with severe epilepsy

News >  Nation

Marijuana extract helps some kids with epilepsy, study says

Wed., May 24, 2017

A medicine made from marijuana, without the stuff that gives a high, cut seizures in kids with a severe form of epilepsy in a study that strengthens the case for more research into pot’s possible health benefits.

News >  WA Government

Washington puts strict limits on pot billboards

UPDATED: Tue., May 16, 2017

New law puts tougher restrictions on marijuana advertising.

News >  Marijuana

Marijuana making its way around circle from legal to illegal to legal

UPDATED: Thu., April 20, 2017

Once legal and unregulated, marijuana has gone from banned by the state and federal government to legal but regulated in Washington while still illegal under federal law.

News >  Nation

TSA’s medical marijuana mix-up doesn’t discourage this guy

UPDATED: Sat., April 8, 2017

Cannabis users had a brief but intense moment of euphoria this week after the Transportation Security Administration seemed to give a green light to air travelers to pack medical marijuana in checked or carry-on luggage.

News >  Marijuana

Washington lawmakers consider allowing medical marijuana in schools

UPDATED: Wed., March 29, 2017

Meagan Holt sat in the front row of a committee hearing earlier this week holding her 4-year-old daughter Maddie in one arm and a syringe filled with cannabis oil in the other.

News >  Marijuana

Colorado weighs strategy for guarding against pot crackdown

Sat., March 25, 2017

Colorado is considering an unusual strategy to protect its nascent marijuana industry from a potential federal crackdown, even at the expense of hundreds of millions of dollars in tax collections.

News >  Marijuana

Fate of legal marijuana up in air after Senate confirms Sen. Sessions as attorney general

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 8, 2017

By the end of this week, Washington’s multimillion-dollar recreational marijuana industry may be targeted for federal crackdown.

News >  WA Government

Grow-your-own bills for Washington marijuana get support in hearing

Mon., Jan. 23, 2017

Home-grown marijuana rules would be loosened under two House bills.

News >  ID Government

Post-election, pot is one toke over the stateline for most of Idaho…

Thu., Nov. 10, 2016

Idaho is an island of abstinence on the legal weed frontier. The state shares 77 percent of its border with pot-friendly states, made even friendlier Tuesday with victories for looser marijuana laws in Nevada and Montana. If you add in the 45-mile boundary with British Columbia, where medical pot is legal, 80 percent of Idaho now borders...

News >  WA Government

Sunday Spin 3: More states voting on legalized pot

Sun., Sept. 4, 2016

Other states could be joining Washington on pot legalization.