How Oregon Fought the Black Market and Won One of the biggest hurdles within the legal cannabis industry is trying to weed out the black market. Irrespective of most legalization efforts, there is always a sector of black market activities that simply do not go away. We have previously discussed…
Legal Cannabis In Oregon: The Free Trade System Sinking The Ship? When Ian first told me that a pound of top shelf around here went for 600 a pop and pounds of B‘sters for 60, I had a hard time believing my ears. I’m from the east, down…
PORTLAND — Two of the first states to broadly legalize marijuana took different approaches to regulation that left Oregon with a vast oversupply and Colorado with a well-balanced market. But in both states prices for bud have plummeted. A new Oregon report by law enforcement found nearly 70 percent of…
GILLIAN FLACCUS PORTLAND, Ore. — When Oregon lawmakers created the state’s legal marijuana program, they had one goal in mind above all else: to convince illicit pot growers to leave the black market. That meant low barriers for entering the industry that also targeted long-standing medical marijuana growers, whose product…
ASTORIA, Oregon (AP) — Clatsop County voters might have the option in November to institute a tax on retail marijuana sales. The Daily Astorian reports that county commissioners will hold the first reading Wednesday of an ordinance that would impose a 3 percent tax on sales. Staff estimates the tax, applied to…
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Officials in an Oregon county who have tried to restrict commercial marijuana production sued the state in federal court, asserting state laws that made pot legal are pre-empted by federal law that criminalize it. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court escalated a long-running battle…
Published: Feb 21, 2018, 6:59 am • Updated: Feb 21, 2018, 6:59 am By Andrew Selsky, Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon sheriff and district attorney blasted efforts to regulate legalized marijuana, saying Tuesday the state is allowing black market operations to proliferate. The issue is especially sensitive…
Published: Feb 8, 2018, 9:30 am • Updated: Feb 8, 2018, 9:30 am By The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. — An audit released by the Oregon Secretary of State finds regulators charged with tracking the state’s recreational marijuana business have been too lax. The audit of the Oregon Liquor Control…
What to do with Oregon’s Cannabis Surplus Oregon has a cannabis problem…they have way too much! Apparently, the State is producing three times more cannabis than it is legally allowed to consume. Where these numbers come from is anyone’s guess, however to be fair, we do need to acknowledge that…
Published: Jan 26, 2018, 9:27 am • Updated: Jan 26, 2018, 9:27 am By The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon has announced it will temporarily increase penalties for those who unintentionally sell marijuana to minors. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the announcement was made Thursday by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission,…