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    New law gives Seattle dispensary employees stronger labor protections
    Marijuana Business News

    New law gives Seattle dispensary employees stronger labor protections

    Posted July 24, 2023

    A city official says the ordinance “will help provide a stable workplace, stronger workforce, and contribute to a better overall economy for Seattle.” A newly enshrined ordinance in Seattle will give cannabis dispensary workers in the city stronger labor protections, part of an ongoing effort by

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    Washington legal Pot farms get back to work after pesticide concerns halted operations
    Marijuana Politics

    Washington legal Pot farms get back to work after pesticide concerns halted operations

    Posted July 21, 2023

    A big mound of fresh dirt sits at Terry Taylor’s marijuana farm in the high desert of north-central Washington state. Each hole for a new plant gets filled with the clean soil. Large swaths of recently installed landscape fabric cover the ground, and soon the dirt roads on his property will be

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    Cannabis retail ban finally lifted
    Marijuana Politics

    Cannabis retail ban finally lifted

    Posted June 7, 2023

    Reversal makes Pasco first in Tri-Cities to permit pot sales. The city of Pasco, Washington this week officially lifted its ten-year ban on cannabis retailers, an historic change for that part of the state. The city council there voted 5-3 on Monday in favor of zoning changes that will lift the ban

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    Researchers aim to combine psilocybin and Cannabis into single medical treatment
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    Researchers aim to combine psilocybin and Cannabis into single medical treatment

    Posted June 1, 2023

    A research company in Washington is working to combine cannabis and psilocybin into a single compound for medical use. The company, CaaMTech, first received a patent in support of the research in 2021. An article published Wednesday on the website Greenstate explains that the company “develops

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    Jury finds 5 guilty of unlawful Marijuana manufacture, possession, organized crime
    Marijuana Politics

    Jury finds 5 guilty of unlawful Marijuana manufacture, possession, organized crime

    Posted May 24, 2023

    A jury in a Thurston County trial has found five defendants guilty of unlawful manufacture and possession of marijuana, six years after the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force was alerted to a marijuana grow operation in Rochester. Trung Dang, 35; Trang My Le, 38; David Le, 29; Ken Lu, 35; Mathew

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    Washington introduces hiring protections for Recreational Users of Marijuana
    Cannabis Jobs

    Washington introduces hiring protections for Recreational users of Marijuana

    Posted May 23, 2023

    In 2010, Washington approved the use of recreational marijuana under Initiative 502. However, this initiative allowed employers to reject applicants who used marijuana. As such, employers could reject applicants for testing positive for marijuana despite using the substance outside the workplace or

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    Washington becomes latest state to ban pre-employment tests for Cannabis
    Cannabis Jobs

    Washington becomes latest state to ban pre-employment tests for Cannabis

    Posted May 10, 2023

    Democratic Gov Jay Inslee has signed legislation (Senate Bill 5123) into law prohibiting employers from taking adverse actions against new hires because of a failed drug test for marijuana. The new law, which takes effect on January 1, 2024, states, “It is unlawful for an employer to discriminate

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    Uneasy Marijuana industry seeks broader trade amid vast glut
    Marijuana Politics

    Uneasy Marijuana industry seeks broader trade amid vast glut

    Posted April 20, 2023

    TUMWATER - The email went out to legal cannabis growers around Washington state. Another of their colleagues had gone under. “Liquidation sale,” it said. Attached was a spreadsheet of items for sale: LED grow lights for $500 apiece. Rotary evaporators for hash oil, $10,000. Across the Columbia River

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    Drone operations delivered drugs into prisons
    Cannabis Technology News

    Drone operations delivered drugs into prisons

    Posted April 17, 2023

    Two drone operations delivered drugs into Pleasant Valley State Prison and the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth. Judging by the events of last week, drugs might be easier to find in prison than on the street. At least two major drone delivery operations flying drugs on demand into prisons were shut

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    Potency, cost and health concerns are driving Cannabis consumer behavior
    Recreational Marijuana News

    Potency, cost and health concerns are driving Cannabis consumer behavior

    Posted April 13, 2023

    Washington's cannabis market spent the better part of its first decade as a capitalist's dream industry. It just kept growing, year after year. Then in 2022, something changed. Sales dropped by 8 percent compared with 2021, from more than $1.5 billion to less than $1.4 billion. "This last year or

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    Washington shutters pot businesses due to old pesticide
    Marijuana Business News

    Washington shutters pot businesses due to old pesticide

    Posted April 10, 2023

    Cannabis regulators have halted operations at several outdoor pot farms and processing facilities on a stretch of former fruit orchards in north-central Washington. Cannabis regulators have halted operations at several outdoor pot farms and processing facilities on a stretch of former fruit orchards

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    Bill would eliminate pre-employment cannabis testing in Washington
    Marijuana Business News

    Bill would eliminate pre-employment cannabis testing in Washington

    Posted February 28, 2023

    OLYMPIA - A bill that would prevent employers from testing for cannabis prior to hiring passed the state Senate last week. With some exceptions, the bill would require employers to stop testing applicants for cannabis as part of their pre-hiring practices, though the bill would not prevent employers

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