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[Robrites]

Pendleton city attorney OKs pot sales ballot questions

Pendleton city attorney OKs pot sales ballot questions

PENDLETON — City Attorney Nancy Kerns has given the OK for Pendleton to place three ballot questions regarding marijuana sales on the November ballot.

The East Oregonian newspaper reports she initially advised against the approach, but changed her opinion after consulting with the League of Oregon Cities.

If the council follows through and approves the questions, voters would be asked whether to allow recreational marijuana sales and whether to repeal the city's prohibition of medical marijuana producers and dispensaries.

They would also be asked whether to assess a 3 percent tax on the revenue.

Though Pendleton voters would have the option to support medical over recreational, or vice versa, both must be approved for the city to collect any tax revenue. That includes its share of the state's 17 percent tax.

-- The Associated Press

 

[Robrites]

Lane County commissioners endorse idea of local tax on pot sales

Lane County commissioners endorse idea of local tax on pot sales

EUGENE — The Lane County Board of Commissioners has given the initial nod of approval to a 3 percent county tax on recreational marijuana sales.

The Register-Guard reports the tax would only apply only on marijuana sales outside city limits in the county that includes Eugene and Springfield.

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The tax would be on top of the permanent 17 percent state tax on all sales.

Commissioner Pete Sorenson supported drafting an ordinance and hearing public comment, but expressed some concern that local taxes on marijuana would push prices too high and send consumers back to the black market.

All 12 cities in Lane County are at least considering an identical tax on sales within their boundaries.

-- The Associated Press

 

[Ilikesade]

I practice apitherapy down here in GP, I sting myself on purpose all the time, 2 on top of each hand yesterday. does it hurt? not really, itches a bit. I send bees out all over the USA
through my apitherapy website.

My brother was a bee keeper for a while, my dad had multiple sclerosis. So my brother would sting him on the legs regularly to stimulate nerves. My dad missed several sessions and when he got stung again he had a severe allergic reaction. Watch out for that obsidian!

 

[Biosynthesis]

I am a grower here in southern Oregon. Thanks for all the great info folks!

 

[Ilikesade]

I am a grower here in southern Oregon. Thanks for all the great info folks!

Garden of Eden and Oregon are redundant don't ya think?

 

[Phenome]

Degenerate flame off this weekend

 

[Aota1]

Oregon Homegrown Challenge awards ceremony and a couple bands at hifi music hall in Eugene tonight. Starts in an hour! 6-all night

 

[Aota1]

Thanks for all of the articles robrites! It's appreciated.

 

[Aota1]

"The Register-Guard reports the tax would only apply only on marijuana sales outside city limits in the county that includes Eugene and Springfield."

This makes it sound like the 3% wouldn't be applied in city limits. Sorry for the 50 posts. Mt Hood Magic Durban plus Cotton Candy live resin gets me thinking

 

[Aota1]

I practice apitherapy down here in GP, I sting myself on purpose all the time, 2 on top of each hand yesterday. does it hurt? not really, itches a bit. I send bees out all over the USA
through my apitherapy website. Hive products do us well.
I have my grow in my apiary. pics in my album, and documented in the thread I'm slowly updating. My plants are only knee high about a month behind my schedukle, oh well ftw!

That's wild but right on. I honestly did not know this existed. It doesn't surprise me but for the fact i'd never heard of it. I'm going to check it out. What's your main benefit?

 

[PDX Dopesmoker]

Degenerate flame off this weekend

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That dab is fukken HUGE

 

[Robrites]

Sales could make pot Oregon’s top crop

Sales could make pot Oregon’s top crop

SALEM — Sales and tax figures collected by state agencies may finally solve one of Oregon’s long-running farm crop questions: whether marijuana is indeed the state’s most valuable crop, as cannabis advocates have always maintained.

Tight controls and reporting requirements by the Oregon Department of Revenue and Oregon Liquor Control Commission should result in accurate information about pot, said Bruce Pokarney, spokesman for the state Department of Agriculture. The department compiles an annual list of the state’s most valuable crops.

The sale of recreational marijuana became legal in Oregon last October, in addition to medical use, which was already legal. The state revenue department collects a 25 percent tax on recreational pot purchases, while the OLCC licenses producers, processors, retailers, wholesalers and labs. The department said it has processed $14.9 million in marijuana tax payments through May.

The information, however, poses another head-scratcher. Most agricultural statistics published by the ag department come from the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, or NASS. Although it’s now legal in several states, the feds still classify marijuana as an illegal drug. Dave Losh, Oregon state statistician for NASS, said the agency won’t include marijuana in its annual crop statistics due to federal policy.

For the same reason, people can’t use water from federal projects to irrigate marijuana, he said, and such things as Natural Resources Conservation Service programs can’t be applied to pot crops.

Pokarney, of ODA, joked the department might have to put an asterisk beside the pot crop value in its annual report. “We will have sales numbers, but I don’t know how we would report it,” he said.

Oregon crop statistics from 2014 list cattle and calves as the state’s top agricultural product, at $922 million value. Greenhouse and nursery plants was second at $829 million, and hay was third, at $703 million.

Seth Crawford, an Oregon State University sociology professor who teaches a pot policy class, estimated in 2015 that Oregon’s marijuana crop had an annual value approaching $1 billion.

Meanwhile, the OLCC continues to process license applications as entrepreneurs seek opportunities in the state’s recreational cannabis market.

As of June 21, there were 723 applications to grow pot in Oregon. Of those, 122 were in Jackson County and 91 were in neighboring Josephine County. Southern Oregon has long been the state’s cannabis production hotbed, legal or illegal. The tri-county Portland area, including Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties, accounted for 250 of the license applications.

Of processing facilities, 25 of the 82 license applications were from Multnomah County, as were 69 of 193 retail outlet applications.

The state also received applications from seven testing labs, 57 wholesalers and one research facility.

Some licenses have been approved, many others are in draft form or are being reviewed for land-use compliance by local governments.

http://www.dailyastorian.com/da/capital-bureau/20160622/sales-figures-could-make-pot-to-oregons-most-valuable-crop?utm_source=Daily+Astorian+Updates&utm_campaign=55460d565e-TEMPLATE_Daily_Astorian_Newsletter_Update&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e787c9ed3c-55460d565e-109859765&ct=t(TEMPLATE_Daily_Astorian_Newsletter_Updat6_21_2016)

 

[Aota1]

That dab is fukken HUGE

I was lucky enough to hit up DFO Saturday night. I've never seen such a display of so much incredible talent in one place. A friend broke a $300 mini tube that was right next to a Phil Siegel wizard for 3200. Both blowers were right there. She obviously bought the tube and it's getting fixed but the wizard! Oh man she was lucky it wasn't him.

 

[Phenome]

Lucky, That would have been a cheap wizard.
Those things can get up to 14k

 

[Phenome]

Saturday had some sick demos (buck&darby collab sabertooth, snodgrass skull )
If this was your first time aota, make sure next year you go Friday so you can catch the flame off. It's insane!
If your into glass, check out my brothers Instagram.
We hide glass around Oregon, a lot around pdx.
Some dc glass (Darby's crew) is hidden now, if you know where the picture is took from you can go find it now, normally no locations cost money to get into or find.
#Hiddenglassoregon

 

[Aota1]

Saturday had some sick demos (buck&darby collab sabertooth, snodgrass skull )
If this was your first time aota, make sure next year you go Friday so you can catch the flame off. It's insane!
If your into glass, check out my brothers Instagram.
We hide glass around Oregon, a lot around pdx.
Some dc glass (Darby's crew) is hidden now, if you know where the picture is took from you can go find it now, normally no locations cost money to get into or find.
#Hiddenglassoregon

Super rad! Yeah i just moved up here about 10 months ago. Definitely into glass and will make a point of it next year. Thanks for that info!

 

[Robrites]

$9M illegal marijuana grow near Willamette River raided

$9M illegal marijuana grow near Willamette River raided

A massive marijuana grow connected to a Mexican drug trafficking organization was raided early Tuesday morning, resulting in one arrest and the seizure of more than 6,500 plants.

A two-month long investigation in rural Dayton led the Yamhill County Interagency Narcotics Team to the illegal marijuana grow in the wetlands near the Willamette River, according to the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office.

In the early morning darkness, the team, with tactical help from the Oregon State Police SWAT, raided the production site. They discovered thousands of plants valued at more than $9 million.

Officials found an elaborate living area and kitchen hidden underneath a tarp within the marijuana gardens. They discovered 42-year-old Manuel Madrigal hiding in the secret living area. Deputies detained Madrigal, a resident of San Antonio, Texas, who had previous drug arrests.

Madrigal was arrested on federal charges of drug trafficking and transferred into U.S. Marshal custody in Portland.

Yamhill County Sheriff Tim Svenson said the raid was a good example of the dangers Oregon faces from marijuana, even though it is now legal in certain quantities.

"There is still a profit to be made in marijuana by these illegal organizations," Svenson said. "As long as this continues, we will need to remain diligent in our investigations to keep this money from being routed to other areas of criminal activity."

The grow was the first-large scale drug trafficking organization operation Yamhill County has seen in several years.

"Historically, these grows have been located on public lands in the mountains of western Yamhill County, and were difficult to access due to steep, dangerous terrain," a sheriff's official said in a statement. "This shows a shift in tactics by the drug trafficking organizations."

The sheriff's office said the investigation remained ongoing and encouraged anyone with information about the operation to contact the narcotics team at 503-472-6565.
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/crime/2016/06/29/9-million-illegal-marijuana-grow-near-willamette-river-raided/86516650/

 

[PDX Dopesmoker]

"There is still a profit to be made in marijuana by these illegal organizations," Svenson said. "As long as this continues, we will need to remain diligent in our investigations to keep this money from being routed to other areas of criminal activity."

yeah, they recovered the documents where he has his plans to convert all his weed profits directly to child pornography, murder and terrorism. thanks tim svenson you're my hero!

 

[Sluicebox]

Hey Neighbors. I asked this earlier and never heard yay or nay. Is it legal to grow in two different locations as long as you are under the limit of 4 patients? Such as growing your own meds at home, then growing for another patient at a different location. He tried to grow his own and was way too much physical work for him. Now has asked me to register as his grower using his small room.

Sent letter to OMMP to ask and no reply, shocker!

I see no where in the rules that this would be prohibited.

I see in the rules that a Caregiver would be able to help others at multiple locations.

You'd think they would be quite happy getting another $200 grow site fee.

Considered having him register himself and I'd help out, but he wants me to handle it all. Going downhill sadly.

Thoughts?

 

[Robrites]

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley helps deliver $70,000 marijuana tax payment to Salem

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley helps deliver $70,000 marijuana tax payment to Salem

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