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One toke over the state line

Traveling in the clouds

“Marijuana tourists” are expected to converge on Colorado and Washington, hoping to score without fear of handcuffs, because voters in those states legalized recreational pot last November. That “already, hotels in Seattle and Denver are reporting numerous requests for reservations by pot...

Betsy Marston is the editor of Writers on the Range, an op ed service of High Country News hcn.org. Tips of Western weirdness are always appreciated.

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The opening to every zombie movie

Editor:
If our president is an emperor, then Larry Tradlener is a royal subject like the rest of us, but we know that is not the truth.
Didn't we just stand up and be counted? The country voted for a president and the man, who won with a majority of the peoples votes, got elected. Grumble grumble, la-dee-da.

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Dude! A bear-spray pot-shop robbery!

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Man needs protection — from himself

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That only happens in Montana

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