Commercial growers in Washington state are cutting their power bills in half with LEDs — and earning huge utility rebates for installation.

When Juddy and Danielle Rosellison built their marijuana grow operation in 2014, using LED lighting wasn't as widely accepted as it is today. And that's saying something, because it's still not widely accepted.

What if using cannabis for the first time was as easy as making a cup of coffee?

This is the philosophy behind CannaCloud, the industry’s first pod-based cannabis vaporizing system by CannaKorp that works just like a Keurig coffee machine.

Users simply load the CannaCloud with small aluminum “CannaCloud Pods” filled with pre-ground, lab-tested strains. The machine then heats up the herb to vaporizing temperature with the press of a button, and users wait about 60 seconds until the display screen indicates they can take a hit. After use, the Pods can be tossed into the recycle bin.

Legal weed in the U.S. is impacting beer sales, according to a report.

Marijuana legalization is proving to be a downer for breweries in Colorado, Oregon and Washington.

A new report is revealing that markets in the three western U.S. states have moved away from tippling to toking.

Sales volumes have fallen by more than 2%, Cowan and Company said in the report, adding that even craft breweries’ sales have gone skunky.

Economy beer volumes for mainstream producers have fallen 2.4%. Premium brands like Coors Light and Bud Light are down 4.4%.

The report, quoted by the Daily Mail, says in Denver, the battle of the buzz is shifting faster to the bong from the beer bottle, with sales falling 6.4%.

A Washington cannabis business group is starting a fund to help patients defray the cost of medical marijuana.

The Washington CannaBusiness Association said Tuesday that the new charitable effort will expand patient access to medical marijuana.

Marijuana’s illegal status at the federal level can present challenges to patients seeking the assistance they can get with so many other medicines.

“People don’t have access to the same kinds of opportunities to get assistance for their medicine,” said WACA Executive Director Vicki Christophersen.

“We heard, and have been hearing from patients - legitimate patients who have an authorization - there are people having a difficult time accessing their medications.”

Legalized marijuana is harshing the buzz of three longtime craft beer meccas, according to a new report from Cowen and Company.

In Colorado, Oregon and Washington, where recreational cannabis use has been legalized, the beer business is underperforming, according to Vivien Azer, Cowen and Company’s managing director and senior research analyst specializing in the beverage, tobacco and cannabis sectors.

Azer unpacked the latest Nielsen data in those three states — beer markets that have “collectively underperformed” in the last two years — and found that “the magnitude of the underperformance has increased notably,” with beer volumes falling more than two percent year-to-date and trailing the overall U.S. beer market.

On Thanksgiving, most people show their appreciation for the year’s harvest by gluttonously stuffing it down their own gullets. But not the staff at 4:20 Friendly, a cannabis shop in Spokane, Washington. This year, these marijuana heroes are giving thanks for their green bounty by giving away $36,000 worth of free weed.

For those who call Colorado, Oregon and Washington home, growing cannabis outdoors has become the norm. And in most cases, these growers couldn’t be happier with the quality of the bud that bloomed from soil and sunshine.

After marijuana was made legal in Colorado and Washington in 2012, many green thumb enthusiasts jumped on the chance to grow their plants outdoors. Soon people in Oregon were doing the same, and outdoor growing quickly became part of the norm. Marijuana though, as it would soon turn out, wasn’t the only thing wasn’t the only kind of cannabis plant that would be legal to grow.

On Thursday, CanPay announced the first debit payment solution for the expanding legal marijuana industry has become available to retailers and consumers in the states of Washington, Oregon and Colorado. The service has already launched in 15 retail stores across Washington and Colorado, solving the cash-only problem that troubles the legal cannabis industry.

The first three months of 2016 saw spending on spirits exceed weed by $54.8 million.

This lead was reduced to $37 million in the April-June period. The alcohol statistics do not include wine and beer sales.

On November 16, Denver became the first US city to legalize marijuana in bars, restaurants and other businesses throughout the Colorado capital. The catch is that pot smoking will not be allowed inside, but it may signify an important step on the way to more widespread acceptance.

Marijuana sales in the US state of Washington have for the first time exceeded $200 million in the second quarter of 2016. Washington is one of a small number of states which went the legalization route, raking in massive dividends.

“Maybe it’ll make your slightly racist uncle a little bit more tolerable.”

First you'll hit the grocery store for a turkey, or sweet potatoes, or pie. Then maybe the liquor store for a bottle of wine to bring to dinner. And then, depending on where you live, perhaps the dispensary, for an extra Thanksgiving pick-me-up—some marijuana.