DENVER — Every seat filled, the little tour bus navigates the busy streets of booming Denver, whisking its passengers to a glassblowing demonstration. Or they can choose a painting class. Or a cooking lesson. Or visit a farm.

If this sounds like a comparatively unexciting way to see the Mile High City, look closer. Or, better yet, take a whiff.

This party bus is filled with smoke and happy people, and smells like an art-school dorm. The tattooed glassblower is crafting high-priced bongs and pipes. The cooking class is for gourmands who want to flavor their cuisine with an herb you probably don’t have in your spice rack. The painters’ creativity is whetted by weed. And the farm is the 40,000-square-foot “cultivation facility” of one of Colorado’s top cannabis producers.

PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) -

The Thanksgiving weekend is the retail industry's biggest time of year, so it only make sense that Oregon's marijuana businesses would want a piece of the proverbial pie.

Shango Cannabis, which has three stores in the Portland area, says it plans to offer special deals for medicinal and recreational marijuana customers.

Shango's director of sales says its specials will start the day before Thanksgiving.

PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) - The Thanksgiving weekend is the retail industry's biggest time of year, so it only make sense that Oregon's marijuana businesses would want a piece of the proverbial pie.

Shango Cannabis, which has three stores in the Portland area, says it plans to offer special deals for medicinal and recreational marijuana customers.

Shango's director of sales says its specials will start the day before Thanksgiving.

EUGENE, Ore. - A nonprofit trade organization based on philanthropy has reached out to help during the holiday - but had the offer turned down.

The group, "Women Leaders in Cannabis," says it's been denied several times.

The Eugene office of the Oregon Department of Human Services and two charities said "no" when the group wanted to donate turkey dinner baskets to clients in need.

But they finally found a group who said "yes".

KindTree Autism Rocks is a volunteer group that celebrates people in the autism community.

By John Vibes

In the state of Oregon, where marijuana was recently legalized, a government agency has rejected food donations for the holidays because the donations came on the behalf of a marijuana-related organization. A group called Women Leaders in Cannabis was able to raise considerable food donations for people in need and initially their contributions were accepted by Oregon’s Department of Human Services.

However, the agency later changed their mind and decided that they did not want to accept the donations because they did not want to be associated with a substance that is now legal in the state.

Warm Springs looks at building 36,000-square-foot cannabis production plant

The Warm Springs Indian Reservation may soon be home to a 36,000-square-foot marijuana greenhouse, owned and operated by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.

On Dec. 17, tribal members will vote on whether the Warm Springs Tribal Council should be authorized to “allow, regulate and operate an on-reservation, tribally owned cannabis cultivation and extraction facility, with retail sales allowed only off the reservation.”

At least a 30 percent turnout — approximately 1,110 tribal members — is necessary to make the vote valid, and of those who cast ballots, at least 51 percent must vote in favor of the proposed marijuana project to allow it to go forward.

EUGENE, Ore. (KATU) -- A marijuana industry trade group says its offer of donated Thanksgiving food for people in need was declined by a state government agency.

The group says Oregon's Department of Human Services (DHS) initially accepted its offer, but had a change of heart because of its affiliation with the pot business.

Lindsey Jacobsen, the executive director of Women Leaders in Cannabis in Eugene, told KATU the group is “a nonprofit trade organization based on philanthropy."

At the beginning of the month, Jacobsen said the group of nearly 30 pot industry business leaders decided to give back for Thanksgiving by collecting food for the needy.

The marijuana movement, for lack of a better phrase, is growing like a weed.

Looking back only two decades we would not find a single state allowing marijuana to be legally sold in a shop or prescribed by a physician, and only a quarter of respondents in Gallup's national survey shared a favorable view of the drug.

Along North-east Sandy Boulevard in Portland, Oregon, there’s a stretch known as the “Green Mile”. Here, medical marijuana dispensaries are budding. Almost two years ago, when Matt Walstaller opened Pure Green in the area, there was only one competitor. Today there’s close to 10.

In the beginning business was booming, recalled Walstaller. But last autumn, Pure Green’s traffic started to slow.

“Then we looked at the numbers. There was a couple thousand new medical cardholders, but two or three times as many stores as there had been the year before,” said Walstaller.

After the passage of Measure 91 and the beginning of early retail sales, the recreational marijuana market is booming, according to industry leaders, who told GoLocal last month that sales have doubled since stores could begin selling to the general public. Now, marijuana business groups are pushing for more growth by allowing business owners to let customers consume marijuana inside their walls.

Currently, Oregonians can only smoke marijuana while on private property. In October, Sgt. Peter Simpson, with the Portland Bureau of Police, told GoLocal that patrol officers will still be on the lookout for those who smoke in public places, such as parks, streets or outside bars or restaurants.