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Opting Out, and Beyond

Deschutes County Commissioners add a measure to the 2020 ballot, and debate fighting LUBA on rule changes

Jeremy DickmanAugust 28, 2019October 4, 2023

At the Barnes Sawyer Room, where the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners holds public meetings, anytime the issue of marijuana is on the agenda visitors will find anti-marijuana activists staring down speakers, nodding solemnly and doing their darnedest to guide the Board in stamping out the scourge of marijuana that creeps like a bad dream […]

News

Deschutes County Farm Bureau Appeals New Pot Rules

Will right-to-farm rules apply to marijuana after next legislative session?

Chris MillerNovember 28, 2018March 21, 2025

After the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners used an “emergency” clause Oct. 24 to quickly change some of its rules for growing recreational marijuana in the County, the Deschutes County Farm Bureau filed a motion to have the changes appealed. Matt Cyrus from the Deschutes County Farm Bureau says the agriculture advocacy group on Nov. […]

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State to County Commissioners: Arbitrarily Deny Cannabis Permits at Your Peril

Jeremy DickmanNovember 28, 2018February 3, 2024

Since Deschutes County has elected yet another anti-marijuana County Commissioner, it might be instructive to take a look at a recent Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals decision before you buy into the notion that pending marijuana land-use permits are dead in the water. First, a little procedural primer: When land-use applicants seek to grow, […]

Opinion

Don’t let legal businesses get the short shrift

The Source StaffNovember 14, 2018May 25, 2024

When Oregonians voted in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana, they did so, at least in part, to legitimize an industry that had benefited only the black market for decades. Voters saw that by legalizing the market and allowing producers to grow and sell marijuana out in the open, there would be a new stream of […]

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