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AP-Two Mexican nationals have been sentenced to federal prison for tending a remote illegal marijuana growing site in the Snoqualmie National Forest.

Fernando Chavez-Lopez was sentenced to five years and Socorro Trujillo-Silva to seven years by U

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SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state's top health official says she's worried that a new marijuana law may make teen smoking prevention efforts more difficult.

High school students who participated in a statewide survey say they are twice as likely to smoke marijuana as cigarettes

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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State Police say they found 13 pounds of marijuana in the trunk of a car driven by a Washington state man near Klamath Falls. The driver, Samuel Alcalan of Yakima, Wash

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YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — About 300 people attended the Thursday night public forum in Yakima on possible regulations on the legal sale of recreational marijuana in Washington.

The public safety was a concern for both supporters and opponents of the drug

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What everyone thought was a bomb turned out to be a pipe filled with pot. The bomb scare evacuated a Yakima neighborhood on the 700 block of North Third Street. A U.S. Army bomb squad crew blew up what they thought might be a pipe bomb

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When Washington State voters decriminalized the possession and use of small amounts of marijuana last month, the conversations about use, regulation, taxation and so on began in earnest.

Former prosecutor Jim Doherty, of the group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), was a guest on Wednesday's Mike Bastinelli show

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Marijuana and gay marriage are officially legal in Washington State beginning today. Voters approved initiatives on both items during the general election on November 6.

The legalization of marijuana is already causing a bit of confusion among officials who don't know how to address certain issues arising from the legalization

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Now that Washington voters made it clear marijuana should be legal, Yakima prosecutors are deciding what to do with open cases before Initiative-502 goes into effect.

Our news partner KIMA Action News asked, "Come December 6th, what do city prosecutors plan to do regarding

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SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire says the federal government still hasn't decided whether to take action to block new laws legalizing marijuana in her state and Colorado.

Gregoire met Tuesday with Deputy Attorney General James Cole in Washington, D

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The passage of Initiative 502 last week has many Washingtonians scratching their heads. Washington voters decided to decriminalize the posession  of small amounts of marijuana. That leaves more unanswered questions than can be counted about what the future holds

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