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Oregon hemp growers would be free to propagate the crop from cuttings and propagate it from cuttings under a bill that's headed for a vote in the House. Under current law, hemp can only be seeded directly outdoors in fields at least 2.5 acres in size, which was intended to facilitate...

As GoLocal reported, medical marijuana advocates expressed concern late last year at an Oregon Health Authority announcement that it would be proposing an increase in fees for medical marijuana growers. Now, a new bill in the state senate would make medical cannabis more available. Senate Bill...

"The Oregon Health Authority is proposing to destroy the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program by over-regulation that will make criminals out of thousands of patients and the growers who provide for them." - John Sajo Were Oregon voters boondoggled when they "legalized" marijuana? Some say "Yes"...

Representatives with the Oregon Cannabis Association visited the Oregon State Capitol in Salem last week to testify regarding residency requirements for marijuana growers and other issues in the marijuana community. The group is seeking to end residency requirements, which require that any...

Special One-Day Cannabis Crash Course on April 24, 2016 The OLCC will start accepting applications for marijuana wholesalers, growers, processors and retailers on January 4, 2016. The Oregon Marijuana Business Conference will have the latest information on all cannabis regulations from...

Oregon this week opened an online application system for marijuana licenses, a significant milestone in the state's plans for regulating its recreational marijuana market. For businesses that intend to sell, grow, produce, process, or lab test marijuana in Oregon, the Oregon Liquor Commission...

The price of recreational marijuana rose by 25 percent Monday after a statewide sales tax went into effect. The rise may surprise people who had gotten used to the tax-free sales at medical dispensaries since Oct. 1. The tax coincides with the first day the Oregon Liquor Control Commission...

For the uninitiated, eating a marijuana-infused edible may invoke an intense, overwhelming episode if overdone. For others like Rodger Voelker, who says he's only touched marijuana "with gloves on," edibles represent a more disconcerting experience that lasts longer than a few hours. "I can't...

Eighty-two Oregon cities and counties have banned recreational pot shops from operating; in 36 of those jurisdictions–from Manzanita to Fairview to Lake Oswego–residents will vote on those bans in the November 2016 general election. That's because the Oregon Legislature's rules for recreational...

I live in Oregon and just trying to decide what to grow this spring.... I have Honeysuckle , Mojave OG kush, Spliff Sweet & sour, OG Berry, Northern lights, and assorted auto's.... looking forward to another spring/ summer. Any one from Oregon?

A newly-formed group of hemp farming advocates will ask state lawmakers to loosen regulations holding back Oregon's hemp industry. The Oregon Industrial Hemp Farmers Association plans to lobby hemp-friendly legislators to fix issues that the state's nine hemp farmers faced during the first...

State officials have appointed 15 members to a new cannabis research task force charged with studying and recommending legislation on the development of the medical marijuana industry. The body – officially called the Task Force on Researching the Medical and Public Health Properties of...

The marijuana movement, for lack of a better phrase, is growing like a weed. Looking back only two decades we would not find a single state allowing marijuana to be legally sold in a shop or prescribed by a physician, and only a quarter of respondents in Gallup's national survey shared a...

Next year, anyone seeking and winning a license to sell recreational marijuana in Oregon will be barred from selling medical marijuana under the same roof. Conversely, anyone already holding a treasured medical marijuana license but wishing to sell recreational marijuana must surrender his or...

Next year, anyone seeking and winning a license to sell recreational marijuana in Oregon will be barred from selling medical marijuana under the same roof. Conversely, anyone already holding a treasured medical marijuana license but wishing to sell recreational marijuana must surrender his or...

As I have posted in other threads on this forum, the new laws in Oregon about recreational marijuana are in a state if flux. I am still confused about many of the issues here. In trying to sort it out, I found this web site by the Oregon State Bar Association which has posted a good easy to...

Along North-east Sandy Boulevard in Portland, Oregon, there's a stretch known as the "Green Mile". Here, medical marijuana dispensaries are budding. Almost two years ago, when Matt Walstaller opened Pure Green in the area, there was only one competitor. Today there's close to 10. In the...

Every month, Randy Huff, owner of a medical marijuana dispensary, writes a check for about $500 to the city of La Pine. Huff owns Green Knottz, one of two dispensaries in the central Oregon community where leaders last spring decided to impose a 5 percent tax on medical marijuana...

Every month, Randy Huff, owner of a medical marijuana dispensary, writes a check for about $500 to the city of La Pine. Huff owns Green Knottz, one of two dispensaries in the central Oregon community where leaders last spring decided to impose a 5 percent tax on medical marijuana...

There is backlash against the initiative to grow/produce, process, wholesale/distribute and retail sales (G-P-W-R) of recreational marijuana in the state of Oregon. I just got the updated OLCC email about the new list of counties and cities that are either banning recreational marijuana or...