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One ounce marijuana with jar, joints and grinder against black background

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Updated Apr 28, 2026

Today’s smoked marijuana has about 35% THC, and there is upward of 90% THC in oils and edibles, up from 3-5% in the 1980s and 1990s. Adobe Sto…

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Updated Apr 28, 2026

Today’s smoked marijuana has about 35% THC, and there is upward of 90% THC in oils and edibles, up from 3-5% in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Tobacco is behind store counters but alcohol is everywhere, survey finds

By Neita Cecil Columbia Gorge News
Updated Apr 7, 2026

Free news: The good news from a statewide survey last year of local stores selling alcohol and tobacco is that none of the stores placed tobacco where it would be easily accessible for youth, a local survey participant said.

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Health risks of nicotine subject of teen vape talk

By Neita Cecil, Columbia Gorge News
Updated Jan 27, 2026

THE DALLES — Parents may learn their kid is vaping and think, “At least they’re not smoking.” But the nicotine itself is a serious health risk…

No Smoking and No Vaping sign with blurred children playing at outdoor playground at park.

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Updated Jan 26, 2026

Vapes, or e-cigarettes, include a wide variety of products aimed at youth. Studies show more youth vape than adults. Adobe Stock image

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YouthThink lecture focuses on vaping

By Neita Cecil Columbia Gorge News
Updated Jan 27, 2026

THE DALLES — Picture an unfinished house with no roof on it yet. Next door is a sturdy, finished house. Now imagine a powerful storm comes through. Which house will fare better?

Senior Living: Celebrating the joys of ‘oldness’

By Scott McKay
Apr 28, 2021

Along my journey of growing older, I desperately tried to avoid my preconceived ideas of what old looked like, such as wearing hearing aids — …

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OR sees few ballot measures

By Gary A. Warner For the Oregon Capital Bureau
Updated Aug 27, 2020

Drug decriminalization, a cigarette tax increase and limits on political campaign financing are on a historically short list of ballot measure…

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OR sees few ballot measures

By Gary A. Warner, for the Oregon Capital Bureau
Updated Jul 27, 2020

Drug decriminalization, a cigarette tax increase and limits on political campaign financing are on a historically short list of ballot measure…

HAHRC BEATS: The e-cigarette alarm is a real one

By Ross McLeod, County Prevention
Sep 21, 2019

The Oregon Tobacco Prevention and Education Program (TPEP), was introduced in 1997 to reduce tobacco-related illness.

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One ounce marijuana with jar, joints and grinder against black background

Marijuana

Tobacco is behind store counters but alcohol is everywhere, survey finds

Health risks of nicotine subject of teen vape talk

No Smoking and No Vaping sign with blurred children playing at outdoor playground at park.

YouthThink lecture focuses on vaping

Senior Living: Celebrating the joys of ‘oldness’

OR sees few ballot measures

OR sees few ballot measures

HAHRC BEATS: The e-cigarette alarm is a real one

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