Opinion

By Colette Thomas As we are heading into the eighth month of recreational marijuana sales in Washington, I am quite surprised at who the average…

By Michael “Buffalo” Mazzetti Whereas: The original intention of the Medical Marijuana Act, voted on by Washington State referendum, was to give safe and legal…

By Vicki Christopherson In November 2012, when Washington voters overwhelmingly approved Initiative 502 — a legal, regulatory system for recreational marijuana — the nation sat…

By M. Scott Sotebeer The 2015 Washington State legislative session is under way, and competition for headlines and priorities is already fierce. Health care, education,…

By Garrett Rudolph Nobody expected the legal marijuana industry to be easy. After all, making a living by breaking federal law generally doesn’t come with…

By Aaron Stancik When Initiative 502 passed back in 2012 in Washington State, I immediately recognized the potential for cannabis science. Cannabis has been prohibited…

By Greg James A couple weeks ago I received one of those phone calls I knew I was eventually going to get, but dread just…

By Colette Thomas A very crucial decision upon opening your retail store is … who will you hire? I have seen stores hiring only family…

By Greg James The year 2014 was pretty amazing for cannabis in the United States. Washington and Colorado got started with the business of regulating,…

By Garrett Rudolph The cannabis industry is changing and evolving so rapidly that we never have a shortage of topics to write about. In fact,…