marijuana

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio say they were called to a house by a man who complained he'd gotten too high smoking marijuana. The Youngstown Vindicator reports that Austintown Township police on Friday found the 22-year-old man curled in a fetal position on the floor, groaning and surrounded by snacks that included Doritos, Goldfish crackers and Chips Ahoy cookies...

DENVER (AP) — Colorado stoners will be getting a break next Wednesday. Because of a quirk in the state sales-tax law, legal pot will be tax-free. That should shave about 20 bucks off an ounce of mid-grade weed. The one-day tax waiver is mandated by a provision in the Colorado Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, which requires voter approval of new taxes...

UNION GAP -- Police are hoping people recognize a picture of suspects taken from a security video at Mill Creek Suite-A, the retail marijuana store. The burglary happened just after midnight last Monday. A door was forced open and various small items were stolen in the break-in...

The public comment period at last night’s city council meeting was used for a unified appeal to the city council to repeal the city’s ban on the growing-packaging-retail sales of marijuana.  While possession and personal use is legal in the city under Initiative 502,

SEATTLE (AP) — Dozens of government officials and researchers from a half-dozen U.S. states and a few countries that have legalized marijuana or are at least thinking about it are gathering in Washington state for meetings focused largely on one question: How do we know if it's working...

OLYMPIA (AP) -- Washington lawmakers have proposed a bill that would allow anyone 21 years old or older to grow as many as six marijuana plants at home. The bill was proposed Thursday by Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, D-Seattle, in the Senate and Rep...

A third Washington state judge says cities and counties can ban licensed marijuana businesses within their jurisdictions.

A Clarkston, Wash., attorney sued the city and four city councilors who voted to prohibit retail marijuana sales within the city limits. And he did it in a Jedi costume. Rick Laws says the city's ban is unconstitutional. He filed the Halloween motion on behalf of Canna4life LLC, which is scheduled to open Nov...

Around the time Karen Stratton was appointed to the Spokane City Council, she planted her first marijuana crop. The Spokesman Review reports that Stratton owns a pot farm with her husband, two family members and an unnamed partner. They spent tens of thousands of dollars on the operation and planted their first crop in the Spangle area in August...

The leadership of Oregon's largest agencies has quietly convened high-level meetings to discuss how to deal with an upcoming marijuana legalization measure.