Oregon’s Clean Air Rules May Stifle Portland’s Cannabis Clubs and Cafes December 4, 2015 AggregatedNews News & Insights, Retail 0 Comments New clean air rules prohibiting marijuana smoking and vaping in work and public places may spell the end for Portland's cottage industry of lounges and clubs where people light up and hang out. A Multnomah County tobacco program specialist visited the World… Read More→
Thanksgiving Baskets Get Rejected in Oregon Due to Cannabis Connection November 20, 2015 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments Earlier this month a group of women in Oregon's marijuana industry came up with a plan to donate baskets complete with turkeys and the fixings for a Thanksgiving Day meal for 20 needy families in Eugene. The group, Women Leaders… Read More→
Portland Considers Tougher Rules to Protect Existing Marijuana Shops October 15, 2015 AggregatedNews Retail 0 Comments Portland continues to consider changes to its recently approved rules for the marijuana industry, such as adding safeguards to protect businesses from new and out-of-state sellers. The City Council debated additional protections Wednesday that would exempt existing medical marijuana dispensaries… Read More→
Push on For Oregon to Limit Edibles and Ban Marijuana Delivery Services October 12, 2015 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments Oregon should ban marijuana delivery services, limit cannabis-infused edibles and impose strict limits on how those products are packaged and labeled, leading pediatricians, local public health officials and child welfare experts told a state commission Friday. An estimated 130 people packed… Read More→
Oregon’s First Week of Recreational Marijuana Sales Hits $11 Million October 9, 2015 AggregatedNews Oregon, Policy & Legal 0 Comments PORTLAND, Ore. -- After just one week of recreational marijuana sales, Oregon dispensaries have raked in an estimated $11 million. That figure could mean the state's estimate is shockingly low for how much money it'll make when pot taxes kick in this January.… Read More→
Oregon’s Cannabis Businesses Are Raking in Cash – and IRS Will Take Most of It October 8, 2015 AggregatedNews Oregon, Policy & Legal 0 Comments The line along Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard looked like a windfall for Farma. A crowd started gathering outside the Portland medical-marijuana dispensary shortly before 10 am on Oct. 1, the first day of legal recreational pot sales in Oregon. By the end… Read More→
Washington Dispensaries Warily Watching Oregon’s Marijuana Sales October 6, 2015 AggregatedNews Retail 0 Comments Oregon's recreational marijuana industry is open for business, and that may already taking a toll on pot businesses in Washington state. Medical dispensaries in Oregon started were allowed to start selling recreational marijuana Thursday after the state made recreational pot… Read More→
Oregon’s Recreational Rollout Shows States Are Finally Learning From Each Other October 5, 2015 AggregatedNews News & Insights, Oregon 0 Comments With Oregon legalizing marijuana for recreational use Thursday, there are early indications that states are learning from one another’s experiences. Oregon is the third state to allow the sale of recreational marijuana, following Colorado and Washington, and its rollout is… Read More→
Oregon’s Legal Sales Go Well on Day 1, But Violations Are a Concern October 2, 2015 AggregatedNews News & Insights, Oregon, Policy & Legal, Uncategorized 0 Comments Oregon opened its recreational market Thursday to festive and orderly crowds eager to make their first legal purchase of pot. Statewide, the Oregon Health Authority gave 245 medical marijuana dispensaries the go-ahead to sell cannabis to anyone 21 and older, though… Read More→
How Oregon’s New Marijuana Law Compares With Neighboring Washington’s October 1, 2015 AggregatedNews Oregon, Policy & Legal, Washington 0 Comments With Voodoo doughnuts in hand, some Portlanders got their first taste of legal, recreational, purchased-in-Oregon weed early Thursday morning. With cheaper taxes, legal home grow and a regulated medical marijuana system, some in the Washington pot industry worry the state… Read More→
Lines Form at Midnight as Recreational Sales Finally Kick Off in Oregon October 1, 2015 AggregatedNews News & Insights, Oregon 0 Comments With just a half-hour to go before recreational pot sales began in Oregon, the staff of AmeriCanna Rx scrambled to package marijuana while learning new sales and security procedures. The Northeast Portland dispensary's owners just learned three days ago they… Read More→
Not Everyone Is Happy About Recreational Sales Starting in Oregon Oct. 1 September 30, 2015 AggregatedNews Oregon, Policy & Legal 0 Comments When recreational cannabis sales start Thursday in Oregon, consumers will be able to buy the drug at most of the state's 300-plus medical marijuana dispensaries. But some communities — ranging from Portland suburbs to cities in eastern Oregon — are… Read More→
Some 200 Dispensaries Have Signed Up to Sell Pot to All Oregon Adults Oct. 1 September 28, 2015 AggregatedNews Oregon, Policy & Legal, Retail, Uncategorized 0 Comments In less than a week, Oregon’s medical marijuana dispensaries will be allowed to sell weed to all adults. They’re ready. Nearly 200 dispensaries have sent state officials a form declaring their intent to sell recreational marijuana starting Thursday, Oct. 1. That’s… Read More→
Why Is the Portland Newspaper Is Running So Many Stories on Marijuana? September 25, 2015 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments Every week, without fail, reader Dick Thomas sends me a detailed four- or five-page memo critiquing our coverage of marijuana in The Oregonian and on OregonLive. And I mean detailed. He breaks it down by the day – even when… Read More→
Oregonians Getting Ready For Full Legalization: Questions Leading Into Oct. 1 September 21, 2015 AggregatedNews Oregon, Policy & Legal 0 Comments In less than two weeks, Oregonians -- and any one else 21 and older -- will be able to walk into a marijuana shop and buy pot, the latest milestone in the state's long history with the drug. Though the… Read More→