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Adam Hamide, left, and Jason Keller, right, co-own Main Street Marijuana along with Hamide’s brother, Ramsey Hamide. Main Street Marijuana now has two locations in Vancouver and one in Longview. The original downtown location is Washington’s top-selling store. Its sales are approaching the $100 million mark.

Main Street Marijuana near $100 million in sales

Adam Hamide, left, and Jason Keller, right, co-own Main Street Marijuana along with Hamide’s brother, Ramsey Hamide. Main Street Marijuana now has two locations in Vancouver and one in Longview. The original downtown location is Washington’s top-selling store. Its sales are approaching the $100 million mark.

January 4, 2019, 6:01am Business

Downtown Vancouver’s Main Street Marijuana has consistently held an unbeatable lead as the state’s highest-selling recreational cannabis store, and it’s quickly approaching a major milestone: passing $100 million in total lifetime sales. Read story

A depiction of a cannabis bud drops from the ceiling on Oct. 17 at Leafly’s countdown party in Toronto as midnight passes and marks the first day of the legalization of cannabis across Canada.

Legal pot industry toasts banner year

A depiction of a cannabis bud drops from the ceiling on Oct. 17 at Leafly’s countdown party in Toronto as midnight passes and marks the first day of the legalization of cannabis across Canada.

January 2, 2019, 5:08pm Northwest

The past year was a 12-month champagne toast for the legal marijuana industry as the global market exploded and cannabis pushed its way further into the financial and cultural mainstream. Read story

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2018, file photo, Diana Calvert, River City Retail Marijuana Dispensary manager in Merlin, Ore., stocks the shelves with product. Efforts to regulate the marijuana industry is one of Oregon’s top 2018 stories.

Oregon may look to export marijuana

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2018, file photo, Diana Calvert, River City Retail Marijuana Dispensary manager in Merlin, Ore., stocks the shelves with product. Efforts to regulate the marijuana industry is one of Oregon’s top 2018 stories.

December 31, 2018, 4:08pm Business

Marijuana could take the next step toward joining pinot noir and craft beer on Oregon’s list of famous exports, under a proposal likely to go before state lawmakers in the new year. Read story

Marijuana businessman and former federal inmate faces new legal problems

December 26, 2018, 8:45am Northwest

Cip Paulsen, a former federal inmate-turned marijuana businessman, is fighting for control of his firm in court against angry investors and new drug charges. Read story

Budweiser maker teams up with medical pot firm to explore drinks

December 24, 2018, 6:05am Business

The maker of Budweiser is partnering with medical cannabis company Tilray in a $100 million deal to research cannabis-infused drinks for the Canadian market. Read story

Oklahoma quickly becoming medical marijuana hotbed

December 23, 2018, 7:05pm Nation & World

The rollout of statewide medical and recreational marijuana programs typically is a grindingly slow process that can take years. Not so in Oklahoma, which moved with lightning speed once voters approved medical cannabis in June. Read story

FILE - In this April 24, 2018, file photo, the first rendering from hemp plants extracted from a super critical CO2 extraction device on it’s way to becoming fully refined CBD oil spurts into a large beaker at New Earth Biosciences in Salem, Ore. The hemp industry still has work ahead to win legal status for hemp-derived cannabidiol, or CBD oil. The head of the Food and Drug Administration says adding CBD to food or dietary supplements is still illegal. President Donald Trump signed a farm bill this week designating hemp as an agricultural crop, but FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb issued a statement saying CBD is a drug ingredient and therefore illegal to add to food or supplements without approval from his agency.

FDA casts shadow on hemp win, calling CBD items illegal

FILE - In this April 24, 2018, file photo, the first rendering from hemp plants extracted from a super critical CO2 extraction device on it’s way to becoming fully refined CBD oil spurts into a large beaker at New Earth Biosciences in Salem, Ore. The hemp industry still has work ahead to win legal status for hemp-derived cannabidiol, or CBD oil. The head of the Food and Drug Administration says adding CBD to food or dietary supplements is still illegal. President Donald Trump signed a farm bill this week designating hemp as an agricultural crop, but FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb issued a statement saying CBD is a drug ingredient and therefore illegal to add to food or supplements without approval from his agency.

December 21, 2018, 5:02pm Business

The hemp industry still has work ahead to win legal status for hemp-derived cannabidiol, or CBD oil, as an ingredient in food or dietary supplements despite the big farm bill President Donald Trump signed this week designating hemp as an agricultural crop. Read story

Oregon lawmakers revisit worker protections for off duty pot use

December 18, 2018, 4:55pm Business

Oregon lawmakers will consider making it illegal for businesses to fire employees who flunk drug tests for using marijuana off the clock, reviving a workers’ rights campaign that failed in the statehouse last year. Read story

Individually-packaged and labeled products offered by Ganja Gourmet in Denver, Colorado, include marijuana-infused candy, seen here in the business’s retail space on April 17, 2013.

State pot officials: Candy can stay

Individually-packaged and labeled products offered by Ganja Gourmet in Denver, Colorado, include marijuana-infused candy, seen here in the business’s retail space on April 17, 2013.

December 17, 2018, 4:31pm Business

State regulators have walked back a plan to crack down on certain cannabis-infused candies, instead issuing specific color and shape guidelines they say will prevent candies from being overly enticing to children. Read story

FILE - In this May 24, 2018, file photo, a marijuana plant is shown in Oregon. Rampant overproduction in Oregon’s market for legal, recreational marijuana has produced a 50 percent drop in prices, according to state economists. That widely documented collapse has been tough on farmers and retailers, but a boon for consumers.

Washington’s cannabis industry unveils legislative agenda

FILE - In this May 24, 2018, file photo, a marijuana plant is shown in Oregon. Rampant overproduction in Oregon’s market for legal, recreational marijuana has produced a 50 percent drop in prices, according to state economists. That widely documented collapse has been tough on farmers and retailers, but a boon for consumers.

December 10, 2018, 4:06pm Business

Members of the state Legislature, if you’re curious about what you can do for the local cannabis industry, the industry has some ideas. Read story