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You’ve made it to Oregon’s Outdoor Theme Park—high five! Here in the High Desert, we work hard at our jobs at craft breweries, kombucha factories and tech firms—but we play even harder. Whether it’s bike season or ski season, it’s always shred season, and our sunny skies and outdoor playlands are probably why Bend continues […]
Happy weekend! Unless you’ve been hiding away in your mama’s basement with no access to the innermets for the past two-three years, chances are you’ve heard about this lil ol’ thing called legal cannabis in Oregon. The industry, legal since 2015 in Oregon, brought in a few pennies in 2017… $70 million in tax dollars, […]
Nutty notes of chestnut and coffee. Flowery violet and honey. If you thought that was in reference to a wine someone’s drinking, you’d be wrong…kind of. These days, descriptions like that are almost as likely to be thrown around while shopping for marijuana as they would be when buying a fine wine. October 1, 2016 […]
On July 1, 2015, a little over a year ago, it became legal for Oregonians 21 and older to grow and consume cannabis. Although Oregonians voted to legalize so-called recreational cannabis consumption in 2014, state officials still have not begun issuing business licenses for the recreational market. That is expected to happen around October, nearly […]
Legal sales of so-called “recreational” cannabis have been ongoing in Oregon for only about eight months. Non-medicinal cannabis became legal on July 1, 2015, but sales through existing medical marijuana dispensaries did not begin until Oct. 1, 2015. Data from those initial sales are starting to become public, and show that Oregon’s new legal cannabis […]
Letter to the VA: End Prohibition One of the key benefits of military service is free health care provided by the federal Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). However, for our many veterans who return from their deployment with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or other painful and debilitating medical conditions, that benefit is seriously limited by […]
Last week, Westword, a Denver weekly, published a list of “Top Ten Things to Expect When Your State Legalizes Marijuana.” The list is filled with simple, straightforward observations.In the spirit of that list, here is a list of “Top 10 Things NOT to Expect When Your State Legalizes Cannabis.” 10. People will not start calling […]
The Oregon Legislature will consider some important changes to the cannabis market in the short legislative session that starts Feb. 1. Perhaps the best change for cannabis businesses would be one that would allow cannabis to be grown and processed in the same facility. This change would greatly lower costs for cannabis businesses, since only […]
City regulations preclude “green light districts” The Bend City Council has approved local regulations for cannabis businesses in the city. The regulations are effective immediately and are intended to supplement the Oregon Liquor Control Commission’s rules for cannabis businesses statewide. The Council included two significant restrictions on cannabis businesses in Bend that go beyond what […]
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