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Oregon produces more cannabis than it consumes, causing endless consternation from regulatory and law enforcement agencies. This oversupply has resulted in threats from the state’s attorney general that authorities needed to step up their efforts to deal with it. It’s also sent weed prices plunging 50 percent last year, and predictions are that wholesale prices will drop again this year.

A new cannabis audit by the Oregon Secretary of State’s office assesses just how overcome we are with what I would have never thought would be a “problem”: too much weed. The audit resulted in four key findings:

Joshua Jardine Taylor is the Mercury's Senior Cannabis columnist and correspondent, and has written "Cannabuzz" since 2015.