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PDX Dopesmoker
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That all seems so incredibly improbable that I'll won't believe its not a bullshit election year stunt until after it passes. Politicians on both sides have been courting public opinion and campaign cash by dangling legislation in the cannabis sphere that never comes to pass for too many years. Sure would be nice if it did pass and maybe watching john mccain die of potentially treatable or preventable cancer has them all thinking differently, but reallistically based on track record fat chance.
Every past time one of those Congressional douchebags has opened their pie hole about impending good news from the federal government on the cannabis front, potheads worldwide have taken to the internet to spread the good news for free and they shower their professional politician hero with public affection. Its that type of enthusiastic greeting which lets senator shithead know that he can pull the same scam again again like they do with the gun nuts and the anti-abortion people and the pro-abortion people and the anti-gun nuts all of whom they've been jerking around for decades.
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Don't forget it was "Honest Abe" who came with the idea that you can fool some people all of the time and he hasn't been proved wrong yet.
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I am just posting some interesting news here. If you think I am showering [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mitch McConnell with affection, you are serious fukking mistaken. That flip flop moron is the biggest douch bag of the lot, and IMO he and Nancy Pisslossi are even worse than Trump. Trump and Clinton were a terrible choice, and I did not bother voting. Actually I quit voting after Gore lost to Shrub, as Gore won the popular vote, and lost the election. Proving that this is not a democracy, and the majority does not rule here. The same thing happened this last 'election'.
For the record, I am pro gun, and I am also pro choice. I also agree with the wall being built and I also know for a FACT that global warming is human caused. Hence I am represented by no party in office, and likely never will be. I am sure all the radical lefties/ANTIFA types will rally against me. As will the radical right Nazis. I do not really give a shitt. The left and right have split so far apart now we are teetering on civil war. And we are being shoved farther apart by Facebook web crawlers and financial backing from the Russian oligarchs and corporate America. To accept one party's platform hook line and sinker in my view is stupidity.
Honest Abe was a Republican. I actually agree with Arnie, the Governator on where the Republican Party should go these days. Not that it will. I have lost track of where the Democrats are. Biden is and always has been very anti Marijuana. He is also a douche bag. At any rate, McConnell says he is putting hemp legislation on the table next week. Sure it is a political stunt for his home state of Kentucky. But that is what politicians do. And it is a move in some direction. I do not think it is being done to appease any pot heads, as you suggest, since you cannot get high on hemp.
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For the record, I am pro gun, and I am also pro choice. I also agree with the wall being built and I also know for a FACT that global warming is human caused. Hence I am represented by no party in office, and likely never will be. I am sure all the radical lefties/ANTIFA types will rally against me. As will the radical right Nazis. I do not really give a shitt. The left and right have split so far apart now we are teetering on civil war. And we are being shoved farther apart by Facebook web crawlers and financial backing from the Russian oligarchs and corporate America. To accept one party's platform hook line and sinker in my view is stupidity.
Honest Abe was a Republican. I actually agree with Arnie, the Governator on where the Republican Party should go these days. Not that it will. I have lost track of where the Democrats are. Biden is and always has been very anti Marijuana. He is also a douche bag. At any rate, McConnell says he is putting hemp legislation on the table next week. Sure it is a political stunt for his home state of Kentucky. But that is what politicians do. And it is a move in some direction. I do not think it is being done to appease any pot heads, as you suggest, since you cannot get high on hemp.
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PDX Dopesmoker
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Yeah I wasn't trying to shoot the messenger on that, sorry if it sounded like I was. I just feel bad for the people who read the promising news every time and always end up disappointed so now every time I see that kind of stuff it makes me angry. Earl Blumenaur comes off as a sadistic, greedy carnival barker every I see him talk on the topic. Some people might even be dissuaded from taking control of their own situation and entering a life of crime by the endless empty promises. I've been hearing about impending legalization rumors since the 90s at least, imagine all the nice weeds I'd have never smoked if I'd just waited.
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Grants Pass Residents Still Can't Grow Cannabis Outside, Court Rules
Grants Pass Residents Still Can't Grow Cannabis Outside, Court Rules
The Oregon Court of Appeals has affirmed a Grants Pass ordinance that requires marijuana plants grown at home for personal use to be grown indoors.
The City Council approved the ban on outdoor cultivation shortly after recreational marijuana became legal. The council members were concerned about offensive odors.
Activist Rycke Brown took the matter to court, saying the ordinance conflicts with a state law that prohibits a local government from enacting or enforcing local limits on the production or use of plant seeds.
The Appeals Court on Wednesday agreed with a lower court that marijuana plants do not apply to that law.
Grants Pass Residents Still Can't Grow Cannabis Outside, Court Rules
The Oregon Court of Appeals has affirmed a Grants Pass ordinance that requires marijuana plants grown at home for personal use to be grown indoors.
The City Council approved the ban on outdoor cultivation shortly after recreational marijuana became legal. The council members were concerned about offensive odors.
Activist Rycke Brown took the matter to court, saying the ordinance conflicts with a state law that prohibits a local government from enacting or enforcing local limits on the production or use of plant seeds.
The Appeals Court on Wednesday agreed with a lower court that marijuana plants do not apply to that law.
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Marijuana Dispensaries Are Keeping Cannabis Out Of The Hands Of Minors In Oregon
Marijuana Dispensaries Are Keeping Cannabis Out Of The Hands Of Minors In Oregon
All 25 marijuana dispensaries in Oregon passed the latest round of state minor decoy operations. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC), which regulates the marijuana industry, periodically sends minors to try to buy marijuana from retail outlets. The latest operations targeted dispensaries in Portland, Bend and Salem, all of which had a compliance rate of 100 percent.
After a spate of dispensaries failed the checks in December and January, regulators tripled the penalties for selling to minors. Retailers now face a 30-day suspension or $4,950 fine for a first-time offense, with increasing penalties for additional offenses. The penalties are also three times those for selling alcohol or tobacco to minors.
Steve Marks, Executive Director of the OLCC, expressed dismay at the early failures in January. “These overall results are unacceptable,” he said in a statement. “This is a wake-up call to our licensed retailers. Oregonians have entrusted you with a responsibility that includes NOT selling marijuana to minors.”
It seems that the wake-up call has worked. In five minor decoy operations conducted since January 24, all 43 dispensaries passed the checks. The OLCC sends those under the age of 21 to buy cannabis with their actual IDs under the supervision of a commission inspector. Regulators had planned to visit every licensed retailer over the course of the year, but stepped up the checks after the industry’s early spotty compliance rate.
Some in the industry have expressed skepticism that increasing penalties would be effective in combating sales to minors. “Increasing the penalty on a merchant isn’t going to stop an employee who thinks he’s doing someone a favor by allowing them to buy when they’re 19 or 20 years old,” Don Morse, chairman of the Oregon Cannabis Business Council, told the Portland Business Journal.
But the checks have certainly prompted some retailers to take additional measures to ensure their employees comply with state law. Herbal Remedies, a retailer who failed one of the checks last December, started requiring its staffers to enter a potential customer’s driver’s license number into a computer, reported the Statesman Journal. The dispensary also fired the employee who sold cannabis to the minor.
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Marijuana Dispensaries Are Keeping Cannabis Out Of The Hands Of Minors In Oregon
All 25 marijuana dispensaries in Oregon passed the latest round of state minor decoy operations. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC), which regulates the marijuana industry, periodically sends minors to try to buy marijuana from retail outlets. The latest operations targeted dispensaries in Portland, Bend and Salem, all of which had a compliance rate of 100 percent.
After a spate of dispensaries failed the checks in December and January, regulators tripled the penalties for selling to minors. Retailers now face a 30-day suspension or $4,950 fine for a first-time offense, with increasing penalties for additional offenses. The penalties are also three times those for selling alcohol or tobacco to minors.
Steve Marks, Executive Director of the OLCC, expressed dismay at the early failures in January. “These overall results are unacceptable,” he said in a statement. “This is a wake-up call to our licensed retailers. Oregonians have entrusted you with a responsibility that includes NOT selling marijuana to minors.”
It seems that the wake-up call has worked. In five minor decoy operations conducted since January 24, all 43 dispensaries passed the checks. The OLCC sends those under the age of 21 to buy cannabis with their actual IDs under the supervision of a commission inspector. Regulators had planned to visit every licensed retailer over the course of the year, but stepped up the checks after the industry’s early spotty compliance rate.
Some in the industry have expressed skepticism that increasing penalties would be effective in combating sales to minors. “Increasing the penalty on a merchant isn’t going to stop an employee who thinks he’s doing someone a favor by allowing them to buy when they’re 19 or 20 years old,” Don Morse, chairman of the Oregon Cannabis Business Council, told the Portland Business Journal.
But the checks have certainly prompted some retailers to take additional measures to ensure their employees comply with state law. Herbal Remedies, a retailer who failed one of the checks last December, started requiring its staffers to enter a potential customer’s driver’s license number into a computer, reported the Statesman Journal. The dispensary also fired the employee who sold cannabis to the minor.
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Damn thats harsh.
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Oregon rules determine when, where and how marijuana deliveries may occur
Oregon rules determine when, where and how marijuana deliveries may occur
Oregon was the first state to legalize recreational and medical marijuana delivery, with California and Nevada recently following suit.
The first delivery sale in Oregon was made on Jan. 31, 2017, in Bend, according to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. Just a week and a half later, on Feb. 10, 2017, Eugene had its first state-sanctioned marijuana delivery sale. Springfield’s first delivery sale came more than five months later on July 29, 2017.
The state’s recreational pot legalization law — Measure 91, which Oregon voters passed in 2014 — opened the door to marijuana delivery, but the state had to create rules before deliveries could take place.
The OLCC set the guidelines for pot delivery, establishing when and where deliveries may occur and what information customers must provide.
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OLCC requirements include:
Daily purchase limits apply, including 1 ounce of marijuana flower, 5 grams of concentrate, 72 ounces of liquid or a pound of pot-infused food. Marijuana plants or seeds are not allowed to be delivered.
Orders for marijuana delivery may come into state licensed retailers between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., and the marijuana shop must fulfill the orders by 9 p.m.
Customers must provide their name and date of birth. Deliverers must check the identification of the customer upon delivery, verifying they are 21 or older.
Marijuana may only be delivered to a house or an apartment on private property. Deliveries are not allowed to dormitories, hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts, or commercial businesses. Pot also is not allowed to be delivered to homes located on public land.
Retailers may only deliver marijuana to customers within the same city or unincorporated part of a county as the shop.
Marijuana delivery vehicles are subject to OLCC rules, including:
The retailer cannot carry more than $3,000 worth of marijuana products at a time.
The marijuana must be carried in a lockbox that is affixed to the car or truck.
The state also limits delivery to an address to no more than one per day, and retailers must not deliver to anyone who is visibly intoxicated.
— Dylan Darling
http://registerguard.com/rg/news/lo...d-how-marijuana-deliveries-may-occur.html.csp
Oregon rules determine when, where and how marijuana deliveries may occur
Oregon was the first state to legalize recreational and medical marijuana delivery, with California and Nevada recently following suit.
The first delivery sale in Oregon was made on Jan. 31, 2017, in Bend, according to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. Just a week and a half later, on Feb. 10, 2017, Eugene had its first state-sanctioned marijuana delivery sale. Springfield’s first delivery sale came more than five months later on July 29, 2017.
The state’s recreational pot legalization law — Measure 91, which Oregon voters passed in 2014 — opened the door to marijuana delivery, but the state had to create rules before deliveries could take place.
The OLCC set the guidelines for pot delivery, establishing when and where deliveries may occur and what information customers must provide.
[ Stay in the know. Sign up for RG Newsletters and get the news delivered directly to your inbox. ]
OLCC requirements include:
Daily purchase limits apply, including 1 ounce of marijuana flower, 5 grams of concentrate, 72 ounces of liquid or a pound of pot-infused food. Marijuana plants or seeds are not allowed to be delivered.
Orders for marijuana delivery may come into state licensed retailers between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., and the marijuana shop must fulfill the orders by 9 p.m.
Customers must provide their name and date of birth. Deliverers must check the identification of the customer upon delivery, verifying they are 21 or older.
Marijuana may only be delivered to a house or an apartment on private property. Deliveries are not allowed to dormitories, hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts, or commercial businesses. Pot also is not allowed to be delivered to homes located on public land.
Retailers may only deliver marijuana to customers within the same city or unincorporated part of a county as the shop.
Marijuana delivery vehicles are subject to OLCC rules, including:
The retailer cannot carry more than $3,000 worth of marijuana products at a time.
The marijuana must be carried in a lockbox that is affixed to the car or truck.
The state also limits delivery to an address to no more than one per day, and retailers must not deliver to anyone who is visibly intoxicated.
— Dylan Darling
http://registerguard.com/rg/news/lo...d-how-marijuana-deliveries-may-occur.html.csp
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Josephine County Sues Oregon To Invalidate Cannabis Laws
UPDATE (10:45 a.m. PT) — Josephine County is suing the state over Oregon’s laws allowing recreational and medical cannabis.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Medford, is an attempt by one of the state’s largest marijuana-producing counties to win power to regulate cannabis production as it struggles with limited public safety resources. But the case could have far wider implications.
Josephine County Lawsuit Against Oregon Seeking To Invalidate State’s Cannabis Laws
Josephine County attorneys have asked a federal judge to throw out Oregon’s cannabis laws — two ballot measures approved by voters and regulatory legislation passed by state lawmakers.
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The county is essentially asking a federal judge to delegitimize Oregon’s cannabis laws — two ballot measures approved by voters and regulatory legislation passed by state lawmakers — because they conflict with stricter federal drug laws. The federal government regulates marijuana through the Controlled Substance Act, which lists cannabis as a schedule 1 drug and thus illegal to possess, distribute or grow.
A spokeswoman for Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, who is named as a defendant in the suit, says her office is still reviewing the lawsuit and won’t comment on pending litigation. But the attorney general’s office says Rosenblum “will defend the state laws of Oregon related to legal marijuana.”
The lawsuit is the latest step in an ongoing fight over cannabis regulation in Josephine County. Last year, officials in the southern Oregon county enacted a law clamping down on marijuana growing operations.
The ordinance outlawed commercial growing operations on plots of land that were five acres or less and zoned for rural or residential purposes. For larger parcels, the law set limits on the size of growing operations well below what’s allowed under state law.
A group of cannabis growers appealed the ordinance, winning a ruling from state land use officials that said the process for passing the law was improper.
Josephine County officials are appealing that decision. In the meantime, they decided to sue.
“This was drafted and filed in anger,” said Will Patterson, a Portland-based cannabis industry attorney who is not involved in the case. “This is a massive overcorrection from what they really want.”
Josephine County officials have another view. Wally Hicks, the county’s attorney, said the county is simply trying to regulate cannabis “in the way the that the people of the county and the governing body of the county have expressed that they would like to regulate it.”
In May 2017, voters in the county approved a non-binding ballot question about regulating cannabis production with roughly 64 percent of the vote.
“That’s what’s really at issue here,” Hicks said. “We’re asking the court to declare whether the state lawfully has that ability to limit those options.”
In fact, the suit could have far larger implications, says Patterson, who called it the “nuclear option.” If all of the county’s arguments are successful, he says, laws allowing cannabis in other states could be affected. Recreational marijuana is legal in the District of Columbia and eight states, and medical cannabis is legal in 29 states.
“This is Josephine County asking a federal court to terminate legal recreational and medical regimes,” Patterson said.
The suit is playing out in one of Oregon’s marijuana hot spots — what Patterson called “the bread basked of cannabis.”
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Josephine County Sues Oregon To Invalidate Cannabis Laws
UPDATE (10:45 a.m. PT) — Josephine County is suing the state over Oregon’s laws allowing recreational and medical cannabis.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Medford, is an attempt by one of the state’s largest marijuana-producing counties to win power to regulate cannabis production as it struggles with limited public safety resources. But the case could have far wider implications.
Josephine County Lawsuit Against Oregon Seeking To Invalidate State’s Cannabis Laws
Josephine County attorneys have asked a federal judge to throw out Oregon’s cannabis laws — two ballot measures approved by voters and regulatory legislation passed by state lawmakers.
view document »
The county is essentially asking a federal judge to delegitimize Oregon’s cannabis laws — two ballot measures approved by voters and regulatory legislation passed by state lawmakers — because they conflict with stricter federal drug laws. The federal government regulates marijuana through the Controlled Substance Act, which lists cannabis as a schedule 1 drug and thus illegal to possess, distribute or grow.
A spokeswoman for Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, who is named as a defendant in the suit, says her office is still reviewing the lawsuit and won’t comment on pending litigation. But the attorney general’s office says Rosenblum “will defend the state laws of Oregon related to legal marijuana.”
The lawsuit is the latest step in an ongoing fight over cannabis regulation in Josephine County. Last year, officials in the southern Oregon county enacted a law clamping down on marijuana growing operations.
The ordinance outlawed commercial growing operations on plots of land that were five acres or less and zoned for rural or residential purposes. For larger parcels, the law set limits on the size of growing operations well below what’s allowed under state law.
A group of cannabis growers appealed the ordinance, winning a ruling from state land use officials that said the process for passing the law was improper.
Josephine County officials are appealing that decision. In the meantime, they decided to sue.
“This was drafted and filed in anger,” said Will Patterson, a Portland-based cannabis industry attorney who is not involved in the case. “This is a massive overcorrection from what they really want.”
Josephine County officials have another view. Wally Hicks, the county’s attorney, said the county is simply trying to regulate cannabis “in the way the that the people of the county and the governing body of the county have expressed that they would like to regulate it.”
In May 2017, voters in the county approved a non-binding ballot question about regulating cannabis production with roughly 64 percent of the vote.
“That’s what’s really at issue here,” Hicks said. “We’re asking the court to declare whether the state lawfully has that ability to limit those options.”
In fact, the suit could have far larger implications, says Patterson, who called it the “nuclear option.” If all of the county’s arguments are successful, he says, laws allowing cannabis in other states could be affected. Recreational marijuana is legal in the District of Columbia and eight states, and medical cannabis is legal in 29 states.
“This is Josephine County asking a federal court to terminate legal recreational and medical regimes,” Patterson said.
The suit is playing out in one of Oregon’s marijuana hot spots — what Patterson called “the bread basked of cannabis.”
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OregonBorn
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Grants Ass = AVOID! Boycott Jo. Co.
Also plant really stinky Hemp there.
Also plant really stinky Hemp there.
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State denies Deschutes DA, sheriff list of pot grow sites
State denies Deschutes DA, sheriff list of pot grow sites
SALEM — The Oregon Health Authority has refused to provide the Deschutes County sheriff and district attorney with a list of medical marijuana grow sites, marking the latest friction over marijuana between local and state officials.
On March 13, Oregon Health Authority official Carole Yann told Sheriff Shane Nelson and District Attorney John Hummel the law doesn’t permit the agency to provide the list. Instead, local law enforcement — on a case-by-case basis — can verify the registration status of a site through a database or call the medical marijuana program managed by Yann, she said.
On Thursday, Hummel and Nelson challenged that justification and said they need the list to help identify illegal grow sites. “I respectfully suggest that providing Sheriff Nelson and I with the addresses of medical marijuana grow sites does not run afoul of Oregon statutory law,” Hummel wrote to Yann in a letter that was also signed by Nelson.
On Tuesday, officials in Josephine County sued the state in federal court, asserting that Oregon laws that made pot legal are pre-empted by a federal law that criminalizes it.
The cases illustrate a continuing struggle by local, state and federal officials over pot.
Oregon voters legalized medical marijuana in 1998 and recreational cannabis in 2014. Some jurisdictions in Oregon were allowed to opt out of allowing recreational marijuana businesses. Deschutes County decided in 2016 to allow them after previously banning them in unincorporated areas. But county commissioners said this week they may try to prohibit new marijuana businesses until the rules are better enforced.
Hummel and Nelson complained in their Feb. 7 letter to the health authority, which regulates medical marijuana, that local law enforcement often can’t tell whether medical marijuana grow sites are legal or illegal because the agency hasn’t provided a list of authorized sites. They asked for a list of licensed medical growers.
Hummel said Thursday state law doesn’t prohibit the health authority from providing the list. He asked Yann to specify if the Legislature prohibits it, or if the health authority chose to require law enforcement to make case-by-case requests for information.
In their letter, Hummel and Nelson included a thumb drive containing every address in Deschutes County. They told Yann to verify whether each is a registered grow site.
http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/6145254-151/state-denies-deschutes-da-sheriff-list-of-pot
State denies Deschutes DA, sheriff list of pot grow sites
SALEM — The Oregon Health Authority has refused to provide the Deschutes County sheriff and district attorney with a list of medical marijuana grow sites, marking the latest friction over marijuana between local and state officials.
On March 13, Oregon Health Authority official Carole Yann told Sheriff Shane Nelson and District Attorney John Hummel the law doesn’t permit the agency to provide the list. Instead, local law enforcement — on a case-by-case basis — can verify the registration status of a site through a database or call the medical marijuana program managed by Yann, she said.
On Thursday, Hummel and Nelson challenged that justification and said they need the list to help identify illegal grow sites. “I respectfully suggest that providing Sheriff Nelson and I with the addresses of medical marijuana grow sites does not run afoul of Oregon statutory law,” Hummel wrote to Yann in a letter that was also signed by Nelson.
On Tuesday, officials in Josephine County sued the state in federal court, asserting that Oregon laws that made pot legal are pre-empted by a federal law that criminalizes it.
The cases illustrate a continuing struggle by local, state and federal officials over pot.
Oregon voters legalized medical marijuana in 1998 and recreational cannabis in 2014. Some jurisdictions in Oregon were allowed to opt out of allowing recreational marijuana businesses. Deschutes County decided in 2016 to allow them after previously banning them in unincorporated areas. But county commissioners said this week they may try to prohibit new marijuana businesses until the rules are better enforced.
Hummel and Nelson complained in their Feb. 7 letter to the health authority, which regulates medical marijuana, that local law enforcement often can’t tell whether medical marijuana grow sites are legal or illegal because the agency hasn’t provided a list of authorized sites. They asked for a list of licensed medical growers.
Hummel said Thursday state law doesn’t prohibit the health authority from providing the list. He asked Yann to specify if the Legislature prohibits it, or if the health authority chose to require law enforcement to make case-by-case requests for information.
In their letter, Hummel and Nelson included a thumb drive containing every address in Deschutes County. They told Yann to verify whether each is a registered grow site.
http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/6145254-151/state-denies-deschutes-da-sheriff-list-of-pot
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Pearl District pot shop says it's not smelly, asks judge for help to stay put
Pearl District pot shop says it's not smelly, asks judge for help to stay put
One of Oregon's oldest licensed pot shops -- ensconced in the heart of Portland's Pearl District -- is in danger of losing its posh retail digs after its landlord received complaints about a telltale smell permeating the area.
The store, Oregon's Finest, is fighting back.
The owners are suing the landlord, claiming they weren’t aware the odor poses an ongoing problem. They also contend their kerfuffle with the landlord over upgrading the ventilation system might have contributed to the marching orders.
In the lawsuit filed last month in Multnomah County Circuit Court, the owners are asking a judge to intervene by declaring that the landlord has no just reason to expel them from the property they've leased since December 2013.
On Friday, an ever-so faint scent of pot was detectable directly in front of the business at 1327 N.W. Kearney St. Oregon’s Finest is within steps of the Title Nine women’s athletic wear company, furniture seller Design Within Reach, outdoor retailer REI and a man-cave-esque barber shop, Throne.
Several employees of neighboring businesses told The Oregonian/OregonLive that they haven’t noticed any smell. One worker said it has most often come from people puffing a joint out in public as they walk by, not from the store. Another worker said he used to detect the marijuana smell blowing through the building’s ventilation system, but the aroma stopped long ago.
Inside the wood-paneled lobby of Oregon's Finest, the smell was slightly stronger. An employee said most of the customers seem to like the aroma and many of them live in nearby high-rises.
The stink over the smell is far from the first example of the odiferous product drawing ire as marijuana has gained a legal foothold in Oregon over the past 20 years. In 1998, voters legalized marijuana for medicinal use. In 2013, the Legislature gave medical marijuana dispensaries the OK to operate with the state’s blessing. In 2015, cannabis shops began selling recreational weed to anyone 21 and older.
That same year, the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed the conviction of a Philomath man who was convicted of criminal mischief after his neighbors complained about the constant stench of his pot smoke wafting over to their apartments. The Appeals Court said marijuana isn’t a “physically offensive” smell to everyone and creating it didn’t constitute a crime.
In 2017, a Yamhill County winery sued to stop the marijuana farm next door from processing weed on site because the vintners believe the skunk-like smell could taint the delicate flavors of their wines. That suit is ongoing.
The lawsuit filed by Oregon's Finest doesn't stay how many alleged complaints the landlords have received about the smell. The suit says only that the landlords didn't disclose who was making the complaints.
In addition for the right to stay put, Oregon’s Finest also is asking a judge to force its landlord to negotiate a rental rate that’s not exorbitant.
Under its original lease, the store has been paying a base rent of about $4,200 per month for its 2,400-square-foot space. The store has since renewed its lease, according to the suit, but hasn’t been able to agree with its landlord on a fair price.
The building’s landlord -- Lovejoy Square LLC, which is managed by Brix Law Service Co. -- declined comment.
Lawyers for Oregon’s Finest didn’t respond to a request for comment and more information about the dispute.
The store is owned by a collaboration of marijuana growers, according to its website. Oregon’s Finest is one of two marijuana retailers in the Pearl District. More than 500 pot shops are licensed statewide.
Read the lawsuit here.
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2018/04/pearl_district_marijuana_shop.html
Pearl District pot shop says it's not smelly, asks judge for help to stay put
One of Oregon's oldest licensed pot shops -- ensconced in the heart of Portland's Pearl District -- is in danger of losing its posh retail digs after its landlord received complaints about a telltale smell permeating the area.
The store, Oregon's Finest, is fighting back.
The owners are suing the landlord, claiming they weren’t aware the odor poses an ongoing problem. They also contend their kerfuffle with the landlord over upgrading the ventilation system might have contributed to the marching orders.
In the lawsuit filed last month in Multnomah County Circuit Court, the owners are asking a judge to intervene by declaring that the landlord has no just reason to expel them from the property they've leased since December 2013.
On Friday, an ever-so faint scent of pot was detectable directly in front of the business at 1327 N.W. Kearney St. Oregon’s Finest is within steps of the Title Nine women’s athletic wear company, furniture seller Design Within Reach, outdoor retailer REI and a man-cave-esque barber shop, Throne.
Several employees of neighboring businesses told The Oregonian/OregonLive that they haven’t noticed any smell. One worker said it has most often come from people puffing a joint out in public as they walk by, not from the store. Another worker said he used to detect the marijuana smell blowing through the building’s ventilation system, but the aroma stopped long ago.
Inside the wood-paneled lobby of Oregon's Finest, the smell was slightly stronger. An employee said most of the customers seem to like the aroma and many of them live in nearby high-rises.
The stink over the smell is far from the first example of the odiferous product drawing ire as marijuana has gained a legal foothold in Oregon over the past 20 years. In 1998, voters legalized marijuana for medicinal use. In 2013, the Legislature gave medical marijuana dispensaries the OK to operate with the state’s blessing. In 2015, cannabis shops began selling recreational weed to anyone 21 and older.
That same year, the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed the conviction of a Philomath man who was convicted of criminal mischief after his neighbors complained about the constant stench of his pot smoke wafting over to their apartments. The Appeals Court said marijuana isn’t a “physically offensive” smell to everyone and creating it didn’t constitute a crime.
In 2017, a Yamhill County winery sued to stop the marijuana farm next door from processing weed on site because the vintners believe the skunk-like smell could taint the delicate flavors of their wines. That suit is ongoing.
The lawsuit filed by Oregon's Finest doesn't stay how many alleged complaints the landlords have received about the smell. The suit says only that the landlords didn't disclose who was making the complaints.
In addition for the right to stay put, Oregon’s Finest also is asking a judge to force its landlord to negotiate a rental rate that’s not exorbitant.
Under its original lease, the store has been paying a base rent of about $4,200 per month for its 2,400-square-foot space. The store has since renewed its lease, according to the suit, but hasn’t been able to agree with its landlord on a fair price.
The building’s landlord -- Lovejoy Square LLC, which is managed by Brix Law Service Co. -- declined comment.
Lawyers for Oregon’s Finest didn’t respond to a request for comment and more information about the dispute.
The store is owned by a collaboration of marijuana growers, according to its website. Oregon’s Finest is one of two marijuana retailers in the Pearl District. More than 500 pot shops are licensed statewide.
Read the lawsuit here.
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2018/04/pearl_district_marijuana_shop.html
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ODA Orders Halt to Sales and Distribution: Pyrethrins Not Listed in Product
ODA Orders Halt to Sales and Distribution: Pyrethrins Not Listed in Product
Oregon Department of Agriculture Issues Pesticide Advisories
The ODA Guide List for Pesticides & Cannabis can be found here.
For additional information or questions, contact the Oregon Department of Agriculture at (503) 986-4635, or email [email protected]
ODA Orders Halt to Sales and Distribution: Pyrethrins Not Listed in Product
Oregon Department of Agriculture Issues Pesticide Advisories
The Oregon Department of Agriculture has issued a notice of statewide detainment and stop sale and removal order for a pesticide product manufactured by McLaughlin Gormley King Company after finding the presence of two pesticide active ingredients not listed on the product label, EPA Registration No. 1021-2560.
The label lists the active ingredient pyrethrins. ODA's investigation of the product and laboratory analysis found the presence of piperonyl butoxide and MGK-264, which are not listed on the label.
The order calls for the product manufacturer to immediately cease all sales, offers of sale, or other distribution in Oregon. In addition, ODA is asking growers who may have purchased the product not to use it. Use of Evergreen Pyrethrum Concentrate could cause cannabis growers to fail pesticide testing requirements.
Current pesticide issues can be found on the ODA Pesticide website.
For additional information or questions, contact the Oregon Department of Agriculture at (503) 986-4635, or email [email protected]
Robrites, thank you for posting all this information. Looks like most issues will be able to be worked out in the end. Peace
Anybody here grow Homegrown Natural Wonders' seeds?
I'm looking at their "TARDIS" which is a cross of their Oregon Diesel and Timewreck from TGA Subcool.
I'm looking at their "TARDIS" which is a cross of their Oregon Diesel and Timewreck from TGA Subcool.
I have friends in OR who run a large rec op and Quantum Kush and Tardis (both via HNW) are two of their best sellers.
Trump strikes deal with senator on legalized marijuana
https://www.oregonlive.com/marijuana/index.ssf/2018/04/trump_strikes_deal_with_colora.html
By The Washington Post
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has promised a top Senate Republican that he will support congressional efforts to protect states that have legalized marijuana - defusing a months-long standoff between Sen. Cory Gardner and the administration over Justice Department nominees.
In January, the Colorado Republican said he would block all DOJ nominations after Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo that heightened the prospect of a federal marijuana crackdown in states that had legalized the substance. Gardner's home state made recreational marijuana legal in 2014.
But in a phone call late Wednesday, Trump told Gardner that despite the DOJ memo, the marijuana industry in Colorado won't be targeted, the senator said in a statement Friday. Satisfied, the first-term senator is now backing down from his nominee blockade.
"Since the campaign, President Trump has consistently supported states' rights to decide for themselves how best to approach marijuana," Gardner said Friday. "Late Wednesday, I received a commitment from the President that the Department of Justice's rescission of the Cole memo will not impact Colorado's legal marijuana industry."
He added: "Furthermore, President Trump has assured me that he will support a federalism-based legislative solution to fix this states' rights issue once and for all. Because of these commitments, I have informed the administration that I will be lifting my remaining holds on Department of Justice nominees."
Gardner, who heads the campaign operation charged with hanging on to the Republicans' Senate majority, was irate in January when Sessions revoked guidance from the Obama administration, known as the Cole memo, that had discouraged prosecutors from enforcing federal marijuana laws in states that had legalized the drug. Especially infuriating, from Gardner's perspective, was that Sessions had pledged during his confirmation process for attorney general that he would leave states that had legalized marijuana alone, according to the senator.
The January memo from Sessions stated that prosecutors should use their discretion in weighing whether charges were warranted, rather than abiding by the Obama-era guidance.
But Trump has held a sharply different view from Sessions on the issue. During the presidential campaign, Trump said in an interview with KUSA-TV in Colorado that he said "it's up to the states" on the marijuana issue.
Trump "does respect Colorado's right to decide for themselves how to best approach this issue," White House legislative affairs director Marc Short said in an interview Friday.
Gardner held up about 20 Justice nominees, a significant number considering Senate Republicans and the White House have for months accused Democrats of slowing down consideration of other Trump picks.
"Clearly, we've expressed our frustration with the delay with a lot of our nominees and feel that too often, senators hijack a nominee for a policy solution," Short said. "So we're reluctant to reward that sort of behavior. But at the same time, we're anxious to get our team at the Department of Justice."
A bill has not been finalized, but Gardner has been talking quietly with other senators about a legislative fix that would, in effect, make clear that the federal government cannot interfere with states that have voted to legalize marijuana.
"My colleagues and I are continuing to work diligently on a bipartisan legislative solution that can pass Congress and head to the President's desk to deliver on his campaign position," Gardner said.
In addition to Gardner's holds, DOJ has faced notable bipartisan pushback from Capitol Hill when it comes to marijuana.
Sens. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Kamala Harris, D-Calif., wrote to Sessions this week, urging him to back off efforts to curtail medical marijuana research at the Drug Enforcement Administration. The Washington Post reported in August that Sessions' DOJ was effectively hamstringing the agency's research efforts by making it harder to grow marijuana.
Separately, former House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced this week that he was joining the board of directors for a cannabis company and engaged in efforts to allow veterans to access marijuana for medicinal use. He has opposed decriminalizing the substance as an elected official.
--The Washington Post
https://www.oregonlive.com/marijuana/index.ssf/2018/04/trump_strikes_deal_with_colora.html
By The Washington Post
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has promised a top Senate Republican that he will support congressional efforts to protect states that have legalized marijuana - defusing a months-long standoff between Sen. Cory Gardner and the administration over Justice Department nominees.
In January, the Colorado Republican said he would block all DOJ nominations after Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo that heightened the prospect of a federal marijuana crackdown in states that had legalized the substance. Gardner's home state made recreational marijuana legal in 2014.
But in a phone call late Wednesday, Trump told Gardner that despite the DOJ memo, the marijuana industry in Colorado won't be targeted, the senator said in a statement Friday. Satisfied, the first-term senator is now backing down from his nominee blockade.
"Since the campaign, President Trump has consistently supported states' rights to decide for themselves how best to approach marijuana," Gardner said Friday. "Late Wednesday, I received a commitment from the President that the Department of Justice's rescission of the Cole memo will not impact Colorado's legal marijuana industry."
He added: "Furthermore, President Trump has assured me that he will support a federalism-based legislative solution to fix this states' rights issue once and for all. Because of these commitments, I have informed the administration that I will be lifting my remaining holds on Department of Justice nominees."
Gardner, who heads the campaign operation charged with hanging on to the Republicans' Senate majority, was irate in January when Sessions revoked guidance from the Obama administration, known as the Cole memo, that had discouraged prosecutors from enforcing federal marijuana laws in states that had legalized the drug. Especially infuriating, from Gardner's perspective, was that Sessions had pledged during his confirmation process for attorney general that he would leave states that had legalized marijuana alone, according to the senator.
The January memo from Sessions stated that prosecutors should use their discretion in weighing whether charges were warranted, rather than abiding by the Obama-era guidance.
But Trump has held a sharply different view from Sessions on the issue. During the presidential campaign, Trump said in an interview with KUSA-TV in Colorado that he said "it's up to the states" on the marijuana issue.
Trump "does respect Colorado's right to decide for themselves how to best approach this issue," White House legislative affairs director Marc Short said in an interview Friday.
Gardner held up about 20 Justice nominees, a significant number considering Senate Republicans and the White House have for months accused Democrats of slowing down consideration of other Trump picks.
"Clearly, we've expressed our frustration with the delay with a lot of our nominees and feel that too often, senators hijack a nominee for a policy solution," Short said. "So we're reluctant to reward that sort of behavior. But at the same time, we're anxious to get our team at the Department of Justice."
A bill has not been finalized, but Gardner has been talking quietly with other senators about a legislative fix that would, in effect, make clear that the federal government cannot interfere with states that have voted to legalize marijuana.
"My colleagues and I are continuing to work diligently on a bipartisan legislative solution that can pass Congress and head to the President's desk to deliver on his campaign position," Gardner said.
In addition to Gardner's holds, DOJ has faced notable bipartisan pushback from Capitol Hill when it comes to marijuana.
Sens. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Kamala Harris, D-Calif., wrote to Sessions this week, urging him to back off efforts to curtail medical marijuana research at the Drug Enforcement Administration. The Washington Post reported in August that Sessions' DOJ was effectively hamstringing the agency's research efforts by making it harder to grow marijuana.
Separately, former House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced this week that he was joining the board of directors for a cannabis company and engaged in efforts to allow veterans to access marijuana for medicinal use. He has opposed decriminalizing the substance as an elected official.
--The Washington Post
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Its time to reschedule Mj
Its time to reschedule Mj
Momentum is building for legalizing marijuana in a 180 degree flip for former Republican Speaker of the House, John Boehner:
"I'm joining the board of #AcreageHoldings because my thinking on cannabis has evolved," Boehner wrote. "I'm convinced de-scheduling the drug is needed so we can do research, help our veterans, and reverse the opioid epidemic ravaging our communities."
Acreage Holdings cultivates and distributes cannabis across 11 states, and as such, hopes to to roll back federal restrictions on the drug. Landing a partner with Boehner's influence and connections in Washington qualifies as a coup. But it's a startling about-face for Boehner, who in 2011 said he was "unalterably opposed" to the legalization of marijuana. In 1999, he voted against legalizing medical cannabis use in Washington D.C.; in 2015, Boehner wrote tp a constituent that he didn;t want to reschedule, or reclassify, cannabis as less dangerous under federal law, because he was "concerned that legalization will result in increased abuse of all varieties of drugs, including alcohol."
Its time to reschedule Mj
Momentum is building for legalizing marijuana in a 180 degree flip for former Republican Speaker of the House, John Boehner:
"I'm joining the board of #AcreageHoldings because my thinking on cannabis has evolved," Boehner wrote. "I'm convinced de-scheduling the drug is needed so we can do research, help our veterans, and reverse the opioid epidemic ravaging our communities."
Acreage Holdings cultivates and distributes cannabis across 11 states, and as such, hopes to to roll back federal restrictions on the drug. Landing a partner with Boehner's influence and connections in Washington qualifies as a coup. But it's a startling about-face for Boehner, who in 2011 said he was "unalterably opposed" to the legalization of marijuana. In 1999, he voted against legalizing medical cannabis use in Washington D.C.; in 2015, Boehner wrote tp a constituent that he didn;t want to reschedule, or reclassify, cannabis as less dangerous under federal law, because he was "concerned that legalization will result in increased abuse of all varieties of drugs, including alcohol."
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acreage seems to own the cannabliss dispensary chain
