DENVER – Alarmed by a rash of explosions and injuries caused when amateurs make hash, lawmakers in Colorado and Washington are considering spelling out what’s allowed when it comes to making the ...

What does butane have to do with recreational marijuana? And why does the 319-page law that made Minnesota the 23rd state to legalize marijuana ban the home extraction of cannabis concentrates using ...

A residential fire Wednesday was most likely caused by an explosion during illegal production of hash oil, Portland Fire & Rescue officials said Friday. Portland police arrested Christopher Ellett, 32 ...

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Christopher Ellett had been making butane hash oil for over a year, his mother told investigators, before his alleged illegal hobby exploded in his face last week, court records show. Ellett, 32, was ...