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

[LowFalutin]

You can bypass the commercial world, but you're still not quite free enough to compete with it on quality and variety because of plant counts. ...
4 plants is an OK start, but that limit was only put in place as part of marijuana controls that were part of Oregon's side of the deal to comply with the Cole Memo agreement. ...

looking forward to being able to grow more personal plants > 4.
right now i use that limit to grow strains i can’t find at the store-
long-flowering pure sativas (e.g., oldtimers haze) and use the
stores for hybrid, indica, and concentrate purchases. tryin’ to
make the best of the situation, as it currently stands.

 

[OregonBorn]

As for legality, greed, taxation and making a profit on weed, there is a history of that. However, there is a much longer history on another plant that is commonly smoked, most notably tobacco. The very addictive evil weed from North America. Medical science says that nicotine is the most addictive substance out there. Though I found it harder to quit drinking coffee than it was to quit smoking cigarettes. But that is what they say.

As it happens, I have been doing research lately on my ancestors that came to North America early on from Europe. The earliest came here about 1610 to Virginia to trade tobacco. Some claim that the early Europeans came to Jamestown only to search for gold, but my research says otherwise. There was other gold to be had in North America. My great x 8 grandfather was Edmund Percell. He was rather well off as a merchant and importer of worldly products in London in 1610. As it happened, and no one knows why or how, he managed to get the only import license from the crown in 1610 for tobacco from the North American colonies. The license was good for 15 years and basically gave the Percell family the ~exclusive~ monopoly on tobacco imported into England and any English colony anywhere in the world, which was extensive at that time. This was to make him insanely rich. He became one of the richest men that ever lived. As it turned out he later gambled heavily and invested it into many ventures that failed. He also bought a grandson of his an earldom, which was insanely expensive to do. But he had the means. In 1625 his exclusive tobacco license ran out and it was not renewed by the crown. Too many other merchants wanted the rights, and the crown wanted the royalties and taxes on tobacco that was by then all the rage in Europe. Sadly Edmund kept spending and investing like he still had the exclusive tobacco import license, and he eventually died a pauper in the debtor's prison in London. But that is not the end of the story, or my point here.

Meanwhile, one of Edmund's sons Thomas was my great 7x grandfather. He was sent to Amsterdam around 1612 to trade tobacco with the rest of Europe. He then went to Virginia with his younger brother to oversee the tobacco trade from there, and to also make deals with the tobacco growers and governors in Maryland and Delaware. That all went fine and well until after 1625 when the family's exclusive English royal tobacco import license expired, and when the crown imposed a hefty tax on tobacco. So rather than pay the tax and deal with England, my great grandfather Thomas moved to Long Island, then a colony of the Dutch, in what was New Holland. It was a reasonable move as he had already established the family business in Amsterdam (he likely spoke English and Dutch) and the Dutch did not tax tobacco trade like the English. He settled in what would become Brooklyn, NY. By the mid 1600s Brooklyn became the hub for tobacco growing and trade (around what is now the Brooklyn Navy shipyards). The best tobacco found in Europe at that time came from Brooklyn through Amsterdam. He never became as rich as his father was, but he did not die a pauper in debtor's prison either. He married into a wealthy Dutch family and I am here as a 7th generation later result of that.

Anyway, plants have been taxed by the government for about 400 years now in what would become the US of A. New Holland was swapped in a deal with England in 1664 and New Amsterdam became New York. Which was significant, as in early English colonial times, colonies could not trade directly with each other. Goods had to be shipped to England and then shipped back here to another colony. That and taxes were the main reasons that many of my later ancestors here took up arms against the British crown and fought for American independence from England.

So another plant and another story about taxes and wealth and cartels and monopolies and government fickle meddling in people's rights and trade. And this all happened starting about 400 years ago.

 

[Robrites]

May 3, 2018

Oregon's Medical Marijuana Growers Prepare for Tracking

OHA & OLCC Holding Information Sessions across the State​

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• Medical growers required to use Cannabis Tracking System starting this Summer
• OHA & OLCC helping OMMP registrants prepare during May & June

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Portland, Ore -- This summer approximately 2,000 medical marijuana growers will need to start using Oregon’s Cannabis Tracking System (CTS) to ensure the marijuana they grow for patients is tracked and reported. This week the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) launched a series of information sessions and workshops to help growers registered with the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) begin the sign-up process to use CTS.​

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Oregon Senate Bill 1544, enacted during the 2018 legislative session, requires all OMMP medical marijuana grow sites with three or more patients to use CTS tracking, on or before July 1, 2018. OMMP registered processors and dispensaries are also required to start using CTS by the July 1st deadline.​

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More than 1800 licensees in Oregon’s Recreational Marijuana system are already using the CTS, which tracks marijuana and marijuana products from seed to sale. OHA and OLCC are holding a series of information sessions and workshops around Oregon to help OMMP registrants understand the tracking and reporting requirements, and learn how to use the CTS.​

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OHA identified about 2,000 OMMP registered grow sites, where there are three or more patients registered at the grow site address. Under SB 1544 medical marijuana grow sites limited to two or fewer growers and two or fewer patients are exempt from using CTS.​

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The first step for a grow site required to use CTS is to designate one grower at the grow site address as the grow site administrator (GSA). OHA is conducting a series of community outreach sessions for registered medical growers to help them understand reporting and tracking requirements for all grow sites.​

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In a second and separate series of meetings, OHA and OLCC will provide registered medical growers, processors, and dispensaries information on the requirements for using CTS. Also, the State’s CTS provider, Metrc will provide a workshop for the OMMP registrants explaining how to use the CTS.​

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GSAs will be allowed to sell up to 20 pounds of marijuana into the OLCC regulated recreational marijuana system in a 12 month period. However, the GSAs must provide proof of legal access to water before the marijuana can be sold into the OLCC market. This sell-in option applies to a grow site as a whole, so a grow site with four growers would only be allowed to sell a total of 20 pounds into the recreational market, not 80 pounds.​

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In July 2018, the OLCC will begin auditing OMMP grow sites, processors, and dispensaries subject to tracking in CTS. Later in 2018 OLCC inspectors will begin visiting OMMP grow sites required to use CTS to verify CTS tracking information, check to make sure CTS is being used properly, and look for any other violations. However, because OHA regulates the OMMP program, OHA will determine any enforcement based on investigations conducted by OLCC.

OHA will hold its GSA information meetings in Portland & Albany on May 4, Salem on May 8, Portland and Tillamook on May 10, Portland on May 11, Madras on May 14, Grants Pass on May 16 & 17. Webinars will be held for those that are unable to attend a session in person. More information and registration information can be found on the OHA OMMP website under the section “Informational Workshop Sessions.”​

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The combined OHA & OLCC information sessions and workshops will be held in Portland on May 8 and 9, in Grants Pass on May 23, in Ashland on May 24, in Eugene on May 31, in Newport on June 1, in Roseburg on June 7, and Sunriver on June 12. Additional details and registration information can be found on the OLCC Eventbrite page.​

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Mark Pettinger, Marijuana Program Spokesperson​

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[email protected] 503-872-5115​

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Jonathan Modie, Lead Communications Officer​

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Oregon Health Authority​

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[email protected] 971-673-1102​

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[Robrites]

Today's Weather

Today's Weather

Thunderbolt and Lightning

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[jumpincactus]

And don't try to tell me what the fuck you think I think. Who the fuck are you? Do you have graduate degrees in philosophy? Have you studied Hobbes, Lock, Smith, Hegel, Marx, Adorno, Zizek, Negri & Hardt, and Hayek with renowned scholars whose work revolves around the aforementioned thinkers?

No? Well I have. Keep your political grumbling to yourself or -- better yet -- get off your high horse altogether.

Wow man whole lot of hate going on here.You sound like a bitter man.

And to be clear, the most dangerous people in the world are the ones that consider themselves "highly educated" and are doing the "right" thing for the masses. Whether it be under capitalism or socialism.

Stand down homey. Remember always, its the energy you throw out into the cosmos that is what you will receive in kind.


"He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy." T. Hobbes

 

[OregonBorn]

Thunderbolt and Lightning
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Thunder and lightning here last night. Freaked the cat out. Sounded and felt like someone was moving and banging furniture around here on the front porch.

 

[HorseMouth]

Just paid the latest fee ($480) to the state of Oregon. Including all the cards and myself, easily up over $1200. I'll take it though. Ladies going in the ground tomorrow. Good luck this summer everyone!
Peace

 

[Robrites]

OLCC Commissioners Ratify Stipulated Settlement on Recreational Marijuana License

OLCC Commissioners Ratify Stipulated Settlement on Recreational Marijuana License

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OLCC Commissioners Ratify Stipulated Settlement on Recreational Marijuana License

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Portland, OR -- At its monthly meeting April 19, 2018, the Commissioners of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission ratified the following fines and/or marijuana license suspensions and destruction orders based on stipulated settlement:​

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Jenny’s Dispensary, Deschutes County; will pay a fine of $6,105 or serve a 37-day recreational marijuana retailer license suspension for two violations. The first violation is for the licensee or its employees, agents, or representatives failing to keep surveillance recordings for a minimum of 90 calendar days.​

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The second violation is for is for the licensee or its employees, agents, or representatives failing to store marijuana items for sale in such a manner that the items were only accessible to authorized representatives until such time as the final sale to the consumer was completed. Licensee is Jenny’s of Oregon, Inc.; David Rosen, President/Secretary.​

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CBD Oil; permitted its processor license to expire, accepted a Letter of Reprimand for the charged violations, and withdrew its request for a hearing for four violations. The first violation is for the licensee or its employees, agents, or representatives operated other than as its license permits by delivering marijuana items to or on an area that was not a licensed premises, and/or by selling, transferring, delivering, transporting, purchasing, or receiving marijuana items other than as provided in OAR 845-025-3215(1), when it sold, transferred, delivered and transported the product “Modern Medicinals CBD Oil,” a cannabinoid extract, to non-licensed retailers and entities including, without limitation, Mandala Medicine & Wellness in Portland, Oregon, and Salem Hypnosis Solutions in Salem, Oregon.​

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The second violation is for the licensee or its employees, agents, or representatives intentionally failed to accurately enter data into the cannabis tracking system (CTS) that fully and transparently accounted for all inventory tracking activities, by adjusting the weight of packages in order to divert product out of the licensed system and elude the seed-to-sale CTS.​

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The third violation is for the licensee or its employees, agents, or representatives failed to accurately enter data into the cannabis tracking system (CTS) that fully and transparently accounted for all inventory tracking activities, by failing to finish and create manifests for 32 packages in its CTS inventory that were not present on the licensed premises on October 24, 2017, and that licensee claimed to have shipped on October 23, 2017; by failing to discontinue packages in CTS that had no content; and by failing to account for at least seven missing packages that did have content according to CTS.​

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The fourth violation is for the licensee or its employees, agents, or representatives distributed printed materials advertising its recreational marijuana product “CBD Oil” as having “comprehensive pain relief properties” and “medicinal effects” such as “relieves pain and inflammation,” “has antipsychotic effects,” “reduces anxiety,” “helps fight cancer,” “relieves nausea,” “may treat seizures and other neurological disorders,” and “promotes cardiovascular health.” On or about December 1, 2017, Licensee’s website at http://modern-medicinals.com/ claimed that its recreational marijuana product “CBD Oil” has curative or therapeutic effects in that it was stated to be highly effective in treating pain.​

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Licensee is Modern Medicinals, LLC; Jeffrey Hilber, Managing Member.​

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Medigreen Collective, Multnomah County; will surrender its retail license upon the transfer of ownership of the business for one violation, which was the licensee’s third Category I violation within two years.​

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The violation is for the licensee or its employees, agents, or representatives failing to keep surveillance recordings for a minimum of 90 calendar days. Licensee agrees to accept a Letter of Reprimand for this violation. This reprimand will become a permanent part of Licensee’s Commission file and may be considered in any future application for any license by Licensee.​

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Licensee is MTO Holdings, Inc., Luay Tomeka, President/Stockholder.

 

[HorseMouth]

Jenny's is in my part of the world, and they constantly advertise on the radio.

 

[OregonBorn]

Its insane the requirements to sell weed now. Same with growing rec. Look online at the rec grow application (PDF pointer below). Look at all the crap that you need to have to get a grow license now, along with the limitations and added endorsements that they have piled on. OLCC rules change seemingly every day.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjM19Hb7ojbAhXMz1QKHYAPDGsQFjACegQIARBH&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oregon.gov%2Folcc%2Fmarijuana%2FDocuments%2FLicensing_Forms%2Fmj_app_pro_packet-FILLABLE.pdf&usg=AOvVaw14FyRAbLTjxc6Dca-5IJkq

 

[OregonBorn]

Medical Mary's last breath in Oregone

Medical Mary's last breath in Oregone

[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]MEDICAL MARIJUANA INFORMATION BULLETIN 2018-05[/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Subject: Reminder of Grow Site Administrator Deadline Approaching May 31, 2018[/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]The Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) would like to remind growers at grow sites that are required to use the Cannabis Tracking System (CTS) that a Grow Site Administrator (GSA) must be designed no later than May 31, 2018.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Growers at grow sites with three or more patients are required to designate a GSA and use CTS. The GSA will be responsible for ensuring compliance with all CTS rules. A grower designated as a GSA for a grow site must have a current grower card issued at that site.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]To begin the process to designate a GSA, the growers at a grow site must select one grower to be designated. The selected grower must login to their Oregon Medical Marijuana Online System (OMMOS) account. Within the OMMOS account, click on the “Grow Site Administrator” tab. From there, click on the “Payment Needed” button and follow the instructions. The annual, non-refundable CTS user fee of $480.00 will also be paid at this time. Payment processing may take up to two days. Please communicate with all other growers at your site to ensure that only one person per grow site pays the $480 CTS user fee.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Designating a GSA will begin the process for activating a CTS account. Approval of a GSA designation request will be processed by OMMP and then the information for the grow site will be sent to Metrc® to credential a CTS account. Please watch for a “Welcome to Metrc®” email to activate and set up your CTS account. You must activate your CTS account within 10 days of being contacted by Metrc®. For more detailed information on setting up a CTS account, review the CTS checklist.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]For more information visit the new Grow Site Administrator web page: healthoregon.org/ommpgsa[/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Review the reporting and tracking requirements web page for more information: healthoregon.org/ommpreporting[/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Informational Workshop Sessions[/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]CTS Info for Medical Registrants: During May and June, OMMP and the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) will embark on a CTS “roadshow” to provide an overview of the GSA and CTS requirements. Information on how to designate a grow site administrator will also be reviewed by OMMP. [/FONT]

• [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]OHA and OLCC CTS Information Session - A complete list of locations and dates may be found on the OLCC Eventbrite page - look for "OHA OMMP Cannabis System Workshop."[/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]For growers: OMMP has scheduled a series of community outreach sessions in May on the reporting and tracking requirements for medical marijuana growers, along with instruction on how to designate a grow site administrator.
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[Robrites]

GRANT COUNTY: Ban overturned on rec. marijuana sales

GRANT COUNTY: Ban overturned on rec. marijuana sales

Last night was Election Night and the unofficial results are in. According to the Secretary of State’s website, Grant County had the highest voter turnout in the entire state at just under 66%. The final unofficial results for Grant County came in from County Clerk Brenda Percy around 9:00 p.m.
Scott Myers will remain the County Judge with around 51% of the vote. Sam Palmer led the County Commissioner Pos. 1 race with around 42% of the vote. Gordon Larson came in second with around 34%. Kathy Stinnett will remain Justice of the Peace with around 76%, and Jim Carpenter will remain the District Attorney.
Just over 53% of Grant County voters opted to overturn the current county-wide ban on recreational marijuana commerce and development. Measure 12-71 passed, allowing taxes to be collected on recreational marijuana sales which can be budgeted however the county sees fit.
A total of 3,416 Grant County ballots were counted, putting voter turnout over 65%–the highest in the entire state by nearly 5 full percent.


https://www.myeasternoregon.com/201...overturn-ban-on-recreational-marijuana-sales/


Time To Move?

 

[Robrites]

Meghan Markle's Oregon nephew is using the royal wedding to sell weed

Meghan Markle's Oregon nephew is using the royal wedding to sell weed

If you are about to marry one of the princes of England, suddenly all your distant relatives want a piece of that sweet royal spotlight.
Take, for example, Meghan Markle's half-brother's son, Tyler Dooley, 25, of Grants Pass, who is using the upcoming nuptials of his half-aunt to sell a cannabis strain he is calling: "Markle Sparkle."
Tyler DooleyCourtesy of Leafbuyer.com
The strain, a Sativa hybrid, "makes you feel positive, happy, and energetic," according to Leafbuyer.com.
"It is uplifting and has been known to create a tingling body sensation of numbness," the website adds.
Markle Sparkle is a hybrid of three strains: Blue City Diesel, Blueberry Northern Lights and a "third secret strain" that will be revealed when Markle Sparkle is launched June 2 at the High Times Cannabis Cup Northern California.
That's right: Though Dooley is "a licensed medical marijuana grower in Grants Pass, Oregon who is legally growing the special strain of marijuana in honor of his aunt," according to a press release from Leafbuyer.com, the strain will first be available in California.
A spokesperson for Leafbuyer.com said over email Wednesday that Dooley is looking for an Oregon distributor for his royal strain.
"It could be for sale in Oregon within the next few weeks if all goes well," she added.
Markle Sparkle is grown in Grants Pass and in Northern California.

 

[Robrites]

Feds will target marijuana black market, overproduction in Oregon

Feds will target marijuana black market, overproduction in Oregon

By Noelle Crombie
[email protected]
The Oregonian/OregonLive

Federal prosecutors will target the illicit marijuana market, organized crime, outlaw grows and operations that "pose a substantial risk of violence" under new guidelines for cannabis enforcement in Oregon made public Friday.
Billy Williams, the U.S. attorney for Oregon, issued the guidelines in response to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' decision earlier this year to scrap an Obama-era policy that largely tolerated marijuana in states where the drug is legal.
The memo represents the first marijuana policy announcement by a U.S. attorney in a state that's home to a legal market since the Sessions' move.
Williams' enforcement priorities in some ways represent a continuation of the approach under President Obama, such an emphasis on overproduction and trafficking, protecting minors and going after organized crime.
After hearing from property owners across the state upset about the cannabis industry's drain on natural resources, Williams also singled out pesticide use on illegal growing operations and consumption of large amounts of water without "proper authorization" as additional priorities.
Gov. Kate Brown has pressed Williams to pledge he won't go after legal marijuana businesses, but he said, "I will not make broad proclamations of blanket immunity from prosecution to those who violate federal law."
Marijuana, though legal in Oregon, remains prohibited under federal law.
Read the memo
Representatives of the marijuana industry said Williams' guidelines don't represent a sharp departure from the past.
"I am not going to advise clients to shutter their businesses and I frankly don't think this will change anyone's view on investment," said Dave Kopilak, a Portland lawyer who advises cannabis businesses. "I don't think this will have a chilling effect on the investment side of things.
"It could have been worse," he added. "It could have been better, but this is definitely down the middle of the road and a continuation of what we have done for years."
Williams makes clear that he remains frustrated with the state's failure to contain production.
He called for state regulators to collect "comprehensive and accurate data" on the scope of marijuana production and distribution and chided officials for not devoting enough resources to oversee and enforce their own regulations.
A state audit earlier this year found that the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, the agency charged with regulating legal marijuana, lacks "robust" monitoring and enforcement controls to track the $480 million industry, making illegal sales difficult to detect.
An analysis done last year concluded that the state remains a top source for black market marijuana. That report, which the Oregon State Police and the governor later discredited as outdated, also found marijuana production in Oregon far outpaces demand.
Williams said he has pressed state officials ever since about the status of that report.
"I have asked repeatedly, 'Will we see a final report?' and I have never gotten an answer," he said. "I had been told a year ago that there were multiple drafts of that report and then I just stopped hearing about it."
On Friday, State Police Superintendent Travis Hampton told The Oregonian/OregonLive that his agency does not plan to issue any analysis of marijuana data or trends. He said he expects that work to be completed by the federally funded regional High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program.
Williams said he also has told the governor's senior policy adviser on marijuana, Jeff Rhoades, that he'd like to see limits on licenses for marijuana producers and retailers. He said Rhoades has told him that officials want to encourage black market operators to enter the legal arena.
"I don't understand that thinking," Williams said, "because that is not occurring."
Williams called the flood of cannabis out of state a top priority, saying large amounts of Oregon-grown marijuana have been seized in 30 states.
"There can be no doubt that there is significant overproduction of marijuana in Oregon," Williams said in his memo. "As a result, a thriving black market is exporting marijuana across the country, including to states that have not legalized marijuana under their state laws."
Williams said in addition to criminal prosecution, his office will use asset forfeiture, civil litigation and administrative enforcement to carry out his priorities.
Dwight Holton, former U.S. attorney for Oregon who attended a recent marijuana summit Williams organized, said the new guidelines strike a balance between "divergent interests ranging from respect for the state law and the desires of the community he represents and very different and powerful forces he faces from Washington."

 

[OregonBorn]

Different day. SOS in Oregon weed laws and politics.


But Grant Co. voting in legal weed? The eastern counties are flopping. Though I cannot see high retail rec sales volumes ever happening in John Day. Growers are not taxed if the county becomes a boom grow zone.



But I will shade in another Oregon county on my state map here in GREEN.

 

[Robrites]

Stuck Them Green Girls Out

Stuck Them Green Girls Out

Fucking
1 Billion hailstones.

 

[Robrites]

Oregon recreational pot growers scale back to match demand

Oregon recreational pot growers scale back to match demand

State regulators say Oregon produced enough recreational cannabis last year to supply every adult resident with more than 5 ounces (140 grams) of legal marijuana.



BEND, Ore. (AP) - State regulators say Oregon produced enough recreational cannabis last year to supply every adult resident with more than 5 ounces (140 grams) of legal marijuana.
The Bend Bulletin reports there were more than 1 million pounds (453,592 kilograms) in the state's supply chain.
Data provided by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission says only 108,330 pounds (45,359 kilograms) of usable recreational marijuana were sold last year at the retail level, leaving 891,670 pounds (404,455) in the pipeline to be stored for later sales or used in the manufacture of concentrates and edibles.


With more cannabis being grown than consumed, growers have dropped wholesale prices and some are scaling back production or getting out of the market.
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission will evaluate the supply and demand from July 2017 to June 2018 in a report for state lawmakers.

 

[PDX Dopesmoker]

Fucking
1 Billion hailstones.

I used to have a Subaru that got brutalized out on the Crescent cutoff road by one of those east side summer hailstorms about a decade or so ago. I'm pretty sure the dimpling my car got improved the fuel milage a little bit.

 

[socioecologist]

The Bend Bulletin reports there were more than 1 million pounds (453,592 kilograms) in the state's supply chain.
Data provided by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission says only 108,330 pounds (45,359 kilograms) of usable recreational marijuana were sold last year at the retail level

10% of current inventory sold as flower last year...even I didn't think it was that bad. This will become a bit more dramatic when the order to destroy inventory is handed down.

 

[OregonBorn]

The numbers for weed grown per capita are rather skewed though. A lot of weed is sold here to people in Washington, Idaho ad California, as well as to others out of state. They come from Washington because of the number of rec shops, and they can buy plants here. In Idaho weed is still illegal. In California grow, sales and excise taxes will force retail prices up even with wholesale prices in the basement. Also in NYC, Chicago, Philly and Florida, weed is still steep. I have a friend who owns a rec shop near PDX airport, and all they do there is sell to weed tourists from out of state.