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OLCC’s drawn out application process a burden to the industry

If you’re intent upon breaking into the Oregon cannabis industry right now, you’ll find the regulatory sledding to be somewhere between tough and impossible.
Jeremy Dickman

Upon the passage of Oregon Senate Bill 218, signed into law by Gov. Kate Brown on June 17, 2019, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission instituted a moratorium on all new marijuana producer (farming) applications that will last until at least Jan. 2, 2022. As such, those who submitted a new producer application anytime within the […]

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OLCC Pulls Flavored Vaping Products from Dispensaries

The move comes after numerous serious lung illnesses reportedly related to vaping
Jeremy Dickman

In reaction to an apparent public health crisis, and Gov. Kate Brown‘s Oct. 4 executive order, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission and Oregon Health Authority last week filed temporary rules that prohibit marijuana dispensaries from selling flavored vaping products in their stores. The move comes after numerous serious lung illnesses reportedly related to vaping put […]

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Oregon is Ready to Get the Nation High

Some progress at the state and federal level; locally, however, another denial
Jeremy Dickman

Oregon’s weed industry has many enemies. From the Drug Enforcement Agency, to the U.S. Justice Department, to local-government hostiles who perpetuate reefer-madness myths, to an endless parade of complicated regulations and taxes; it’s a scary world out there for pot proprietors. But the biggest enemy may be a result of the sticky icky itself: Oversupply. […]

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About Those Benjamins

SAFE Banking Act could help decrease crime
Jeremy Dickman

As a one-time partner at a law firm representing cannabis and hemp entrepreneurs, I faced many of the same challenges as my clients. In other law firms, you bill a client monthly, draw from that client’s trust account to cover your expenses and send an invoice to your client. Not so when you’re representing weed […]

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Marijuana Rules

Here’s how to legally buy pot and other things to know about weed in Oregon
The Source Staff

If you’re traveling through Oregon, or you’re a resident, here’s the lowdown on the rules surrounding recreational and medical Mary Jane. Where you can buy some of that dank stuff: Buying legal weed is easy, just check out the dispensaries listed in this Leaflet—or find other dispensaries licensed by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. Where […]

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Lawmakers May Give OLCC Moratorium Power

Jeremy Dickman

Not long after the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, Billy Williams, warned that overproduction and interstate marijuana trafficking would attract his prosecutorial wrath, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission halted the processing of new recreational marijuana applications. Now, the state legislature may give the OLCC permanent power to issue moratoriums on producer licenses whenever […]

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