It’s no secret that Oregon is producing more marijuana than it’s consuming. By one estimate, Oregon sold slightly more than 10 percent of what it produced in 2017. Mind you, some of that excess will be made into extracts and concentrates, which require large amounts to produce small quantities of useable product. Still, the issue […]
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Cannabis Love: Oregonians talk the industry
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, […]
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Industry Panic
As a new regulatory deadline passes, pot businesses call for an extension
As of Oct. 1, Oregon Liquor Control Commission rules require cannabis products to meet new, higher standards for testing, packaging and labeling. The new rules center around product testing, and are designed to ensure more accurate tests for potency and pesticides. As of the end of September, the OLCC has approved just six labs in […]
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Ganja Grows Up
The evolution of craft cannabis, one year after pot sales went legit
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 […]
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A Look at OLCC’s Draft Regulations
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission has cleared a few important hurdles in its process of regulating the new recreational cannabis industry. In anticipation of its January 4 deadline for accepting applications for commercial growers, processors, wholesalers, and retail outlets, OLCC has signed an agreement with NIC USA, Inc to build the online license application form. […]
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Smoke Signals
City’s new committee begins drafting regulations for cannabis businesses
The City of Bend has appointed a 10-member Marijuana Technical Advisory Committee to guide it in adding a third, local layer of regulation of Oregon’s new cannabis businesses. The City describes its pending regulations as “reasonable time, place, and manner regulations” and hopes to have them in place by Jan. 1 2016. The Committee will […]
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A Friend of Weed is a Friend Indeed
Rep. Earl Blumenauer predicts an end to pot prohibition in five years
Congressman Earl Blumenauer looks more like Bill Nye the Science Guy than some tie-dyed, Cheech & Chong-loving marijuana activist. But the 67-year-old member of Oregon’s delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives is at the vanguard of the effort to change pot policy on a national scale. Blumenauer is pro-pot for many of the same […]
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The Not-So Wild West
The slow burn of legal weed in Bend
When the clock struck midnight on July 1, a large pro-pot contingent gathered on Portland’s Burnside Bridge under a cloud of smoke, celebrating the historic occasion with free cannabis, freely smoked. But in Bend, the celebration was more subdued. On July 1, Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel let it be known that the legalization […]
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Letters 2/24-3/10
IN REPLY TO “OPEN YOUR EARS” (2/25) It is my understanding that local government and law enforcement officials attended a meeting just before the public session. That being said, perhaps the author should have contacted these agencies directly to inquire about their perceived lack of attendance. —Accurate Reporting Matters via bendsource.com You also might want […]
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Open Your Ears
Last Thursday, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission hosted the first official “listening session” on Measure 91 in Central Oregon. The ballot measure legalizing the recreational use of marijuana was passed by statewide voters in November (and passed in Deschutes County 51.9 percent to 48.1 percent), and will take effect on July 1. As evidenced by […]