The Oregon Weed Thread -Grows, News and Laws and Whatever

[Phenome]

I agree aota, stuff is getting so much worse now that these large scale farms run things.
Any tier 2 I've been to has pm, botrytus, and aphids. Since they have so much invested, they can't afford to trash a crop like normal people. The industry is getting much worse than everyone thinks. At this point I don't trust ANYthing at dispensaries anymore.

 

[OregonBorn]

Well, bugs and diseases are only going to get worse as more people grow weed here in the west on a much larger scale than ever before. Never mind outdoor pollen drift and bunk genetics. Thank Shiva that we can grow our own here!

 

[Sluicebox]

Any update to that House Bill regarding Medical? Did it pass, signed? Effective when? Nothing on Ommp site about it yet. Thank you.

 

[Phenome]

Any update to that House Bill regarding Medical? Did it pass, signed? Effective when? Nothing on Ommp site about it yet. Thank you.

I think it's still in the introduced phase
Sb 306 "
Specifies that Oregon Health Authority may not register marijuana grow sites, marijuana pro- cessing sites and medical marijuana dispensaries. Repeals provisions regulating marijuana grow sites, marijuana processing sites and medical marijuana dispensaries on June 30, 2018. Updates and creates provisions providing for licensing of marijuana grow sites, marijuana processing sites and medical marijuana dispensaries by Oregon Liquor Control Commission.
Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die."
https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB306/Introduced

Edit:my bad, I see now you wrote house bill, you must be referring to somthing else.

 

[Robrites]

2nd Place

2nd Place

LINK U CAN READ

 

[OregonBorn]

Any update to that House Bill regarding Medical? Did it pass, signed? Effective when? Nothing on Ommp site about it yet. Thank you.

According to the OregonLive site, SB 306 was introduced but never voted on by the state senate.
Also HB 2198 was introduced but has not been voted on by the house.

SB 1057 has passed the house and the senate, and is awaiting signature by the governor. It takes full effect on July 1, 2018. The OR SB 1057 bill information is here:

https://gov.oregonlive.com/bill/2017/SB1057/

Accordingly, no bills in the 2017 state legislature session have been signed by the governor as of yet. They are still in session for all the budget crap.

 

[OregonBorn]

SB 1057 is available for reading here

https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1057

 

[OregonBorn]

Amusing that just 4 counties have the majority (60%) of weed grow license apps in Oregon. Clackamas, Josephine, Lane, and Jackson. Multnomah and Washington also have a fair amount of them, giving these 6 counties roughly 3/4 of all grow license applications in the state. Meanwhile retail license apps are dominated by only two, Multnomah and Lane counties, with almost half of the state number.

I'm not sure most of the rec outdoor farms were up and running last year due to the lengthy application process, time needed to secure land and do build outs, and lack of testing facilities creating an artificial shortage.

As of now there's 1509 producer apps in:

https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/marijuana/Documents/mj_app_stats_by_county.pdf

I'll be surprised if you dont start seeing that flood hit big time this fall. I look for eventual pricing under $500/lb and that's still about 10x more than any other commodity on the same acreage.

 

[Robrites]

Oregon landowners accuse marijuana-growing neighbors of racketeering

Oregon landowners accuse marijuana-growing neighbors of racketeering

A couple of Oregon landowners have accused marijuana operations on two neighboring properties of violation the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

A couple of rural Oregon landowners are accusing their neighbors of operating marijuana-growing operations in violation of federal anti-racketeering laws.
The lawsuit filed by Rachel and Erin McCart of Beavercreek, Ore., accuses 43 defendants — including neighboring property owners as well as affiliated marijuana growers and retailers — of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
Because it remains illegal under federal law, Oregon’s “regulatory scheme” for marijuana does not protect the defendants from RICO charges for conspiring to grow, process and sell the controlled substance, according to the plaintiffs.
“Given the strict federal prohibitions against each of those purposes, defendants knew these purposes could only be accomplished via a pattern of racketeering,” the complaint said. “In furtherance of that goal, defendants pooled their resources and achieved enterprise efficiency that no one defendant could have achieved individually.”
Beginning in late 2014, the defendants began installing equipment to produce marijuana on two properties neighboring the McCarts, who own nearly 11 acres of fenced pastures and forestland, the complaint said.
While the neighborhood was once quite and safe, the marijuana operations have drawn unwanted visitors who litter nearby properties, play loud music, ride loud all-terrain vehicles and harass landowners, the plaintiffs claim.


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[socioecologist]

A couple of Oregon landowners have accused marijuana operations on two neighboring properties of violation the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

A couple of rural Oregon landowners are accusing their neighbors of operating marijuana-growing operations in violation of federal anti-racketeering laws.
The lawsuit filed by Rachel and Erin McCart of Beavercreek, Ore., accuses 43 defendants — including neighboring property owners as well as affiliated marijuana growers and retailers — of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
Because it remains illegal under federal law, Oregon’s “regulatory scheme” for marijuana does not protect the defendants from RICO charges for conspiring to grow, process and sell the controlled substance, according to the plaintiffs.
“Given the strict federal prohibitions against each of those purposes, defendants knew these purposes could only be accomplished via a pattern of racketeering,” the complaint said. “In furtherance of that goal, defendants pooled their resources and achieved enterprise efficiency that no one defendant could have achieved individually.”
Beginning in late 2014, the defendants began installing equipment to produce marijuana on two properties neighboring the McCarts, who own nearly 11 acres of fenced pastures and forestland, the complaint said.
While the neighborhood was once quite and safe, the marijuana operations have drawn unwanted visitors who litter nearby properties, play loud music, ride loud all-terrain vehicles and harass landowners, the plaintiffs claim.


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THIS is a serious problem. RICO charges on state-legal cannabis were upheld by federal circuit court (10th or 2nd, can't remember ATM) recently. This is serious and, unless Congress magically provides a fix, could be used against any rec cannabis business. Medical is still safer in that regard, but little comfort that provides in Oregon's market today. Thanks for sharing this important local development.

 

[OregonBorn]

Yes, lots of asshole Oregonians acting like shit will definitely result in more lawsuits. Legal weed has yet to be tested in the courts. One neighbor here has had a medical grow operation going for years, and no one even is aware of it. He is quiet as a mouse and never causes anyone any problem. He also has filters on his greenhouses and my home grows here masks the smell of his. I have no filters, and some of my strains really reek.

 

[OregonBorn]

It looks like SB 1057 will be the only Oregon weed bill left that will be signed into law this session. SB 1057 takes effect July 1, 2018, but there are ramp-up dates in the bill that take effect sooner than that. So in one year the law of the land in this state will be:

Regulation and oversight of commercial medical weed (and any weed grown for someone else or sold into the commercial medical or rec market) will move from OHA to OLCC. That will include labeling, testing, and packaging, as well as inventory (using METRC) and reporting to the OLCC rather than the OHA. Medical dispensaries will be licensed by the OLCC. Like it or not, this is a defensive measure in case the feds come down on rec weed. In which case licensed OLCC rec stores can rapidly switch to being licensed OLCC medical stores. For those OMMP growers designated by other OMMP card holders, new regulations will require reporting to the OLCC and paying new higher fees (as yet to be determined). If you will be required to report grows to the OLCC, the OLCC will have the authority (as the OHA does now) to inspect your grows on site.

Also the plant grow limits are changing. Rec plant growing will remain the same, with 4 plants per address. Medical grow limits will be reduced to 12 clones per OMMP card, and the mature plant limit remains at 6 per card. With an OMMP card, you will also be able to grow the 4 rec plants per address. So with one OMMP card, you will be able to grow 12 clones and (6 + 4 =) 10 mature plants. That (according to several sources) will be the overall limit for any one address regardless of the number of OMMP cards at that address (if that address is not listed as a grow site in the OLCC system). Meaning a maximum of one usable OMMP card per address, with a limit of 10 plants and 12 clones growing at that address.

With 2 OMMP cards per address or more, you will fall into and under the OLCC inventory and reporting requirements. The current limit of not being able to grow more than 12 OMMP plants with 2 OMMP cards inside city limits in an area zoned residential will remain. Outside of that you will be able to grow multiples of 6 mature plants and 12 clones per card. The numbers and specific limits of OMMP cards that can be grown are listed in the SB 1057.

So overall the squeeze is on. Clone limits are being reduced from unlimited to 12 per card. A usable OMMP card limit is being put in place and reduced to one per address, unless you grow for other OMMP card holders or grow at an address other than your own, in which case you fall under the list of OLCC requirements. Which all basically sucks the big weenie.

 

[PDX Dopesmoker]

Pretty papaver somniferum growing in a Portland front yard where hemp and marijuana are both illegal

really makes u think

 

[PDX Dopesmoker]

I got this one plant that looks like it might have been shocked into early flowering during that heatwave 10 days ago. I was on a camping trip during the high temps so they were suffering in the brutal heat with no love. This is the only clone I have, but the same plant (also from grown from clone) didn't do this last year & none of my seed plants decided to start up early.

My biggest plant from seed - which is a first cousin of the clone - did start producing what seems like more than normal resin for a plant in veg, but that might not be abnormal behavior for it's strain.

 

[Sluicebox]

bites tongue and says "Rock Lobstah"

thank you for the update OregonBorn

 

[Orrie]

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[OregonBorn]

Pretty papaver somniferum growing in a Portland front yard where hemp and marijuana are both illegal

really makes u think

Especially since the feds blame weed as being the primary and principal gateway drug to heroin addiction. Ironic as ever.

Nice poppy heads growing there. Are they going to score them for harvesting the black goo?

 

[PDX Dopesmoker]

Especially since the feds blame weed as being the primary and principal gateway drug to heroin addiction. Ironic as ever.

Nice poppy heads growing there. Are they going to score them for harvesting the black goo?

It looks like it may have been completely genuine innocent ornamental planting, I didn't notice any evidence of a harvest taking place.
I used to grow a variety called Hungarian Blue for the edible qualities of the seeds, I only got wasted on the stuff a few times (for testing purposes). The constipation problem with opium based meds bothers me more than I enjoy the buzz, but its a good topical pain reliever for sure.

 

[Robrites]

Oregon

Oregon

 

[mojave green]

don't seem much in the way of concetrates in oregon.