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Biden’s Pardon Announcement is a Good Start

More significantly, Biden called on his Attorney General and the Secretary of Health & Human Services to re-evaluate how we schedule cannabis.
by Jeremy Dickman

On Oct. 6, President Joe Biden struck a blow against marijuana prohibition by announcing sweeping pardons for convicted marijuana users, and a new policy direction for cannabis. Not since Richard Nixon’s “War on Drugs” speech in 1971 has a single presidential edict impacted federal drug prohibition in such a way. Biden promised to pardon all […]

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U.S. Senate May Finally Take Up Federal Legalization

Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act would deschedule, decriminalize cannabis nationally
by Jeremy Dickman

More than 50 years of federal marijuana prohibition has devastated Black and brown communities, helped militarize police forces throughout the country and made criminals out of countless millions who dared to consume a naturally occurring plant whose greatest medical downsides may include excessive Doritos consumption. If a U.S. Senate miracle happens, however, this could be […]

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New Synthetic Marijuana Restrictions Will Further Squeeze a Flagging Cannabis Industry

Producers worry regulators are overreacting
by Jeremy Dickman

In a move that is the first of its kind in the nation, the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission is restricting the sale of some artificially derived synthetic cannabinoids in the state beginning July 1. The restricted compounds – namely artificially-derived CBN – will only be sold in OLCC dispensaries, and will be required to […]

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Lions, Tigers and Marijuana-Laced Fentanyl

The conflation of the dangers of other drugs with marijuana is hardly new
by Jeremy Dickman

The history of cannabis is in many ways a history of the psychology of fear. The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 weaponized white people’s fear of immigrants from the southern border and Black men to outlaw cannabis. This came on the heels of the notorious 1936 “documentary” film “Reefer Madness,” which gained infamy for its […]

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When Will Social Equity Matter to the OLCC?

Other states are making it possible for those prosecuted during cannabis prohibition to get licenses first. Will Oregon ever get its act together?
by Jeremy Dickman

For would-be cannabis entrepreneurs, the “Green Rush” is over and oversupply in the illicit market dominates all marijuana-related headlines in Oregon. For all but a few lucky players in the marijuana industry, the door is largely closed until federal law changes and turns Oregon into a cannabis-exporting giant. Oregon House Bill 4016, awaiting an inevitable […]

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Hemp, the Next Great COVID Fighter?

A chat with one of the researchers who discovered that hemp (but not its psychoactive cousin) molecules show vaccine-like potential to prevent COVID-19
by Jeremy Dickman

A new weapon to fight COVID-19 may have been uncovered by researchers at Oregon State University and Oregon Health & Science University this month. Richard van Breemen, a professor at OSU’s College of Pharmacy and the Linus Pauling Institute, released a study published Jan. 10 in the “Journal of Natural Products,” which demonstrates how certain hemp […]

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Marijuana,the Drought Boogeyman

When it comes to farm crops, hemp and marijuana aren’t the water hogs
by Jeremy Dickman

If you are reading this, it is likely that you have also read a recent rash of Oregon and national media outlets bemoaning the criminal marijuana conspiracy that is consuming Southern and Central Oregon’s water. “‘Blatant theft’: Illegal pot farms in Oregon taking drought-stricken state’s scarce water,” screamed Eugene’s The Register-Guard on Sept. 17 above […]

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Cannabis Advisory Panel to help steer marijuana tax revenue in Deschutes County

A new bill invites the advent of a commission to advise on marijuana issues
by Jeremy Dickman

A person could be forgiven for being a bit confused about the future of legal marijuana businesses in rural Deschutes County. First, the County voted—along with the rest of the state—in 2014 to legalize cannabis businesses. Then, in 2016, a panel of experts convened to help write rules for cannabis companies. After persecution by a cannabis-hostile […]

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Back to the YAC

Commissioners return a serve to LUBA in the case of a farm application started over two years ago
Jeremy Dickman

As I type this, all Oregon schools are closed, the federal government has declared a national emergency, and toilet paper is darn near a currency of its own. Still, legal wrangling over more marijuana farms in greater Deschutes County managed to sneak its way into the agenda for our County leadership. Ever since the Oregon […]

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Women CEOs in Cannabis

Shaking up the weed industry’s “dudebro” image in Central Oregon
Jeremy Dickman

That Fortune 500 companies tend not to be led by women isn’t exactly news. Only 33 of the businesses on the famed Forbes list are helmed by women—still, I held out more hope for the burgeoning marijuana industry. Spawned in a sort of egalitarian lawlessness, and without the constraints of traditional regulation and business structure, […]

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