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New Oregon marijuana rules let customers buy more, and from farther away

January 3, 2022
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Oregon has approved multiple changes to the regulation of the cannabis industry for the new year, including doubling how much marijuana customers can purchase and allowing home delivery across city and county lines. In a Dec. 28 meeting, Oregon's Liquor and Cannabis…

Michigan’s marijuana industry surpasses Oregon in cannabis jobs, report says

February 16, 2021
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More than 18,000 workers are employed in Michigan’s marijuana industry, nearly double the number of cannabis jobs in the state a year ago, according to a new cannabis industry jobs report. “There are now more cannabis workers than cops in…

Oregon marijuana sales soared to new heights in 2020, topping $1 billion overall

January 7, 2021
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Oregon recreational-cannabis sales surged in 2020, peaking during a difficult summer of protests and lockdowns. The result was a record year of business for the state’s marijuana purveyors, based on data from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, which oversees marijuana sales.…

Oregon wildfires destroyed at least seven marijuana businesses: ‘confirmed total loss’

September 23, 2020
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The sudden wildfires that torched more than 1 million acres across Oregon this month completely destroyed at least seven marijuana businesses and damaged at least dozen more, according to preliminary state survey data. Marijuana has rapidly grown into a major…

Oregon’s marijuana businesses face threat from devastating wildfires; 1 in 5 under some evacuation level statewide

September 10, 2020
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Southern Oregon wildfires this week have plowed through small towns, leveled hundreds of homes and businesses and now threatens part of the state’s prized – and lucrative – outdoor cannabis crop. Statewide, an estimated 20 percent of state-licensed marijuana businesses…

Oregon sees record breaking $89 million in marijuana sales in April

There is one bright spot in the economy: marijuana sales. In April, Oregon saw $89 million in legal marijuana sales. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission reports marijuana sales were up 45% in April, compared to last year, making April 2020…

Cura Cannabis will pay record penalty for ‘dishonest conduct,’ misrepresenting marijuana vapes

Oregon’s biggest marijuana company will pay a record $110,000 penalty to settle state allegations that it mislabeled its Select brand of vaping products, incorrectly claiming more than 186,000 vapes were 100% marijuana. The settlement includes a “dishonest conduct” sanction. The…

Let’s be blunt, Idaho. You’re buying a lot of marijuana in Oregon, and it shows

Idahoans are supporting Oregon’s economy in a major way: It’s where they’re buying marijuana, because it’s legal there but not here. “In things you cannot make up, Oregon sales per adult along the Idaho border are 420% the statewide average,”…

Oregon Marijuana Surplus a Cautionary Tale for Other States

Five years after Oregon legalized recreational marijuana, its lawmakers now are trying to rein in production, fearing the state’s big weed surplus will tempt some licensed businesses to sell their products out of state or on the illegal market. Such…

Oregon has too much cannabis. Two laws may help the state manage its surplus

Matt Miller’s family has farmed pot in Oregon since well before it became legal. But since the market flooded after recreational use was approved by state voters in 2014, prices have plummeted, putting strain on the operation he runs with…

Behind Portland’s blockbuster marijuana deal: a Russian billionaire, cannabis consolidation

A billion dollars for a Portland marijuana company. It’s an astonishing figure. Last month’s deal for Cura Cannabis was the biggest acquisition in the history of legalized marijuana in the United States. It’s a sign of just how quickly the market is…

Oregon, awash in marijuana, takes steps to curb production

Oregon is awash in pot, glutted with so much legal weed that if growing were to stop today, it could take more than six years by one estimate to smoke or eat it all. Now, the state is planning to…

Oregon’s marijuana surplus not gloom and doom of booming market

The Oregon Liquor Control Commission at the end of January issued a study claiming there’s enough marijuana to supply the state’s recreational market for 6.5 years. The “2019 Recreational Marijuana Supply and Demand Legislative Report” stated the finding was in…

Oregon aims to create an export market for marijuana

February 12, 2019
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What a difference a state makes. Last week cannabis industry watchers had their eyes on Idaho, where news broke about the Idaho State Police arresting a truck driver for transporting hemp across the border. That same week the state of…

Signs of maturity: Facts and figures for Oregon’s marijuana market, three years in

January 18, 2019
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Oregon’s marijuana market is reaching maturity, more than three years into the state’s grand experiment. The once-illegal drug already has brought in more tax money to Oregon than expected. A robust industry has sprouted in Lane County. And marijuana production…

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