Oregon is producing three times more marijuana than it can consume with “formidable” amounts now ending up on the black market, officials have warned. US Attorney Billy Williams told law enforcement representatives from across the US on Friday that the …
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s top federal prosecutor will hold a marijuana summit Friday to hear how the state, law enforcement, tribal and industry leaders plan to address a pot surplus that he says has wound up on the black …
Wildfires scorching hundreds of acres in southern Oregon are prompting evacuations, canceling popular performances of the Ashland Shakespeare Festival and casting a smoky cloud over the region’s most famous crop. Marijuana growers say the wildfires have turned what normally would …
Beginning August 30, 2017, Oregon now requires all cannabis product batches be tested for pesticides according to the the Oregon Health Authority. The temporary rules that had governed testing for pesticides expired and now the permanent rules are in place …
Armed men transporting bundles of marijuana in unmarked vans might seem like an illegal activity, but in states such as Colorado and Oregon it’s a legitimate business. There’s a growing need to transport cannabis from farms to dispensaries, and with …
The Oregon Legislature during the session that concluded earlier this month moved to bring the production of medical marijuana under greater control while also giving medical advocates reason to believe the program, established in Oregon almost 20 years ago, still …
Oregon’s former first lady Cylvia Hayes is broadening the focus of her consulting business yet again, this time in an attempt to land clients in the flourishing legal marijuana industry. Hayes sent out the first issue of her new sustainable …
When Oregon voters in 2014 approved the ballot measure legalizing recreational pot, they specified that pot use in public places would remain unlawful. But as marijuana growing, processing, retailing and consumption have swelled in Oregon, so has the chorus pushing …
Ed Keating is co-founder of Cannabiz Media, a database that keeps track of more than 16,000 licensed marijuana businesses nationwide. As the chief data officer, it is Keating’s job to oversee data research on cannabis markets across the U.S. Oregon …
Dr. Reggie Gaudino had a lot of cannabis at his disposal, but none of it fit the bill. His father, who had suffered from a stroke a few years prior, had been unable to eat, talk or walk until trying …