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A Legal Pot Pioneer Was Busted in Idaho With 56 Pounds. He Has a Plan.

In retrospect, the Idaho shortcut might have been a bad idea. The mission had already begun to go sideways when Dana Beal — a pioneer of New York’s marijuana legalization movement but someone who has never obtained a driver’s license…

New Idaho bill would create $420 mandatory minimum fine for marijuana possession

February 22, 2024
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Anyone convicted of possessing small amounts of marijuana in Idaho would receive a mandatory minimum fine of $420 if a new bill introduced in the Idaho Legislature becomes law. House Bill 606 is Rep. Bruce Skaug’s second attempt to pass a…

Oregon Town’s Marijuana Boom Yields Envy in Idaho

For John Leeds, the hour-and-a-half commute to and from his job as assistant manager at Treasure Valley Cannabis Company is exhausting, but logistically unavoidable. Like nearly half of the other employees, Mr. Leeds, 39, lives in Idaho and travels along…

State line pot shops latest flashpoint in Idaho-Oregon border debate

When Steven Meland and his business partner opened up Hotbox Farms in the small eastern Oregon city of Ontario they knew there was a big opportunity lying just across the Snake River. Ontario, population 11,600, is less than an hour's…

Idaho Activists Push to get Marijuana Decriminalization on 2022 Ballot

Idaho activists are pushing to get a measure that would decriminalize the possession of up to 3 ounces of marijuana on the November 2022 ballot in a campaign calling for Idaho to “legalize the drive”. The measure would make it…

Idaho’s next initiative could be medical marijuana

March 20, 2021
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Suzette Meyers is easy to label. Idaho native. Stroke survivor. Registered Republican. But the Coeur d’Alene resident is also charging ahead with another label, one she repeats loudly and proudly: medical marijuana advocate. “I look at people from my hometown…

Idaho medical marijuana campaign OK’d to collect signatures

February 11, 2021
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A campaign to let Idaho voters decide on medical marijuana legalization next year cleared one of many legal hurdles, state elections division spokesman Chad Houck confirmed Wednesday. Organizers and supporters can now begin gathering signatures from registered voters to get…

Idaho Senate Passes Anti-Marijuana Constitutional Amendment By 1 Vote

February 4, 2021
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A constitutional amendment to reinforce that psychoactive drugs, like marijuana, are illegal in Idaho barely passed the state Senate by one vote Wednesday. The proposal from Sen. Scott Grow (R-Eagle) would make it impossible for citizens to legalize medical or…

Constitutional ban on legal pot advances in Idaho

January 30, 2021
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As legal weed becomes a reality in every corner of the U.S., Idaho is putting up a fight. State lawmakers on Friday moved forward with a proposed constitutional amendment that would bar the legalization of marijuana in Idaho in an attempt to…

Idaho Senate committee delays vote on measure to ban marijuana, psychoactive drugs

January 26, 2021
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After two hours of public comments, a state Senate committee on Monday delayed a vote on a measure to ban psychoactive drugs that are already illegal in Idaho. The constitutional amendment, introduced by Sen. C. Scott Grow, R-Eagle, would put the…

Idahoans’ support for medical marijuana has grown, but it might not be reflected in the Legislature

August 12, 2020
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Ten years ago, when Bill Esbensen first began working with activists to push for some form of legal marijuana in Idaho, someone threatened to beat him up for it. He was at a Willie Nelson concert in Boise, trying to…

Idaho group pushing for medical marijuana offers state ultimatum, threatens lawsuit

An Idaho group working on a November initiative to legalize medical marijuana has threatened to sue the state later this week if officials don’t give the group more time to obtain the necessary signatures. Earlier this month, through its legal…

Let’s be blunt, Idaho. You’re buying a lot of marijuana in Oregon, and it shows

Idahoans are supporting Oregon’s economy in a major way: It’s where they’re buying marijuana, because it’s legal there but not here. “In things you cannot make up, Oregon sales per adult along the Idaho border are 420% the statewide average,”…