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State regulators recently lifted the restrictions against legal cannabis growers whose products were determined to have unapproved levels of a chemical related to DDT, a pesticide banned in the U.S. in 1972. The growers didn't use DDT themselves, but their crops sit on old fruit orchards where it was used decades ago.
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Legal marijuana growers along the West Coast are struggling with oversupply, low prices and limited outlets for selling their product. Washington's Legislature last week approved a “trigger bill” that will allow the governor to enter into interstate cannabis trade agreements should the federal government allow it.
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Move over, Hempfest; there’s a new show in town, and on the same weekend.CannaCon is coming to the Tacoma Dome, and organizers hope to make it the biggest…
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Come summer, marijuana stores will open for business across Washington. The new legal pot market is modeled on a system the state adopted 80 years ago…
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Applicants to grow recreational pot in Washington could have their state licenses in hand two weeks for now. But they won’t be able to produce as much…
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Economic forecasters are predicting that the state's new legal recreational marijuana market will bring nearly $190 million to state coffers over a…
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Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson says cities and counties can block licensed marijuana businesses from operating.In a long-awaited opinion…
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Some Washington lawmakers concerned about a possible pot-business freeze-out want to keep cities and towns from adopting marijuana-business bans.Ten…
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Leaders of the Yakama Nation in central Washington say they see little benefit to sales or farming of legalized marijuana on their traditional lands. And…
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Washington state could be facing a curious economic problem: too many pot growers.More than 2,600 applications have been submitted to produce the…