pot stores

Now that the city council has formally lifted the moratorium on retail pot, where could potential stores land?

A few months ago, we reported the Liquor Control and Cannabis Board wants to dispense licenses based on social equity.

Following requests from the LCB dating back to 2020, now the board will begin awarding pot store licenses to "qualified" social equity applicants.

Now that the bill didn't pass, the Liquor Control Board is considering creating the program anyway, by making rule changes.

On one hand, supporters say they have a petition or letter of support signed by a number of businesses.

In a unanimous vote the Benton County commissioners voted to now allow no new legal pot shops in Benton County including the unincorporated parts. The vote was packed with people, not surprisingly, since this was a heated debate in the community...

According to a variety of pot store owners in Eastern Washington, the demand for marijuana and related products, such as edibles, has pushed down prices.

October 1st, the medical marijuana dispensaries in Oregon are going to get a LOT busier. Due to a streamlining of their legal pot law, officials have decided not to make consumers wait until next year when the state stores open.  Medical pot dispensaries will be handling the "need".

A new bill signed Friday by Gov. Jay Inslee is designed to eliminate "squeezing" of state pot stores caused by sales from medical dispensaries, but critics say it's a big step towards forcing out medical marijuana.

By a vote of 80-18, the Washington State House passed a bill Friday to allow American Indian tribes to start participating in the state's marijuana industry.