Washington

Washington State University team receives $670K a grant to reduce cannabis misuse, targeting young adults in legal states. Washington State University (WSU) researchers have received a $670,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to tackle cannabis misuse among young adults. The

At the end of a long week, everyone has something they enjoy on a Friday night. Maybe a glass of wine or a platter of nachos with a spiked seltzer or a cold beer. This experience is one that most people don’t think about when we discuss legal, adult-use cannabis — but we should. On the Aug. 6

Inlander's Best Budtender Nicole Walker Shares Her Experience and Insights. Budtenders are the face of the cannabis industry. As an intermediary between producers and consumers, they see the industry from both sides and have to know not only about the product, but about the people they're selling to

Banking Restrictions Endanger Lives in Washington's Cannabis Industry. Washington is a pot pioneer. Voters approved adult recreational use in 2012 and the first retail stores opened two years later. But as proponents get ready to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first shop’s opening, the party

It’s been almost a decade since Washington state legalized the sale marijuana. It has now grown into a $2 billion industry creating many jobs and opportunities for thousands of people. Statewide, there are 487 cannabis retail stores, including 112 in King County, 31 in Pierce and 57 in Snohomish

A dozen years after it banned local cannabis sales, the Richland City Council is just one vote away from allowing a store to open in its city limits. An unofficial poll of the city’s elected leaders during last week’s workshop revealed a 4-3 split in favor of keeping the ban, with Mayor Theresa

Western Washington University Launches Cannabis Product Development Certificate Program. Want to break into the cannabis product industry? A new online certificate program at Western Washington University (WWU) is offering a course that teaches people how to develop and design cannabis gummies

Challenges and Hopes for Cannabis Retailers in Washington: The Impact of the SAFER Banking Act. It's been more than a decade since Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana. Since then, 19 states have followed. But along the west coast, which dominated the

Washington State Bill Aims to Utilize Cannabis Waste for Composting and Hempcrete. All cannabis waste currently gets sent to landfills, but the new law would allow the public to buy non-dangerous plant material to be used in composting, making hempcrete, and more. Senate Bill 5376 was recently

The measure is intended to divert the waste from landfills. Washington state lawmakers recently approved a bill to let marijuana companies sell their bio-waste for non-intoxicating commercial purposes, such as “hempcrete,” a slang term for construction bricks made from cannabis fibers. The measure

Senator Jim McCune introduced Senate Bill 6133 to double certain penalties for people robbing cannabis stores. In a string of robberies, several cannabis retail shops have reported various tactics criminals have been using to get into their businesses in recent months. As these get worse, lawmakers

No need to leave the house and venture to the nearest pot shop, it could become legal to grow recreational cannabis at home. A proposed bill debated last week in the Washington Legislature would allow those 21 and older to grow and keep the products from as many as six cannabis plants designed for