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The City’s Got A Hotline For Its Insanely Confusing Pot Regulations
Portland’s marijuana regulation process is endlessly confounding (more on that in a minute), but at least its hotline game is on point. Today, the city’s Office of Neighborhood Involvement (ONI) formally announced the creation of a new number—503-823-WEED—that you can call with all your questions about Portland’s pot rules. “Yes, we really do have a […]
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Christmas, The Night Before, and “Every Drug in the Whole World”
THE NIGHT BEFORE Along with Die Hard, this is the only Christmas movie worth a damn. “There’s such a thing as trying too hard, and with The Night Before I thought what would be cooler than just showing up and being with my friends, making each other laugh and having a blast, which is exactly […]
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Cannabuzz: The New OLCC Regulations Could Have Been Worse. Much Worse.
Ryan Alexander-Tanner Those seeking to participate in Oregon’s recreational (AKA adult-use) cannabis industry are feverishly preparing license applications for January 4, 2016. Meanwhile, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) on October 22 released rules for those who wish to grow, process, and sell adult-use cannabis in 2016: 78 pages of government-crafted regulations, covering a wide […]
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Ask a Pot Lawyer: How Did Ohio Blow It?
Dear Pot Lawyer, What’s up with Ohio? How did they blow their bid for marijuana legalization? AFTER NOVEMBER’S election day, marijuana is still not legal in Ohio, and that might be for the best. Although it’s always sort of sad to see a legalization measure fail, it was hard to get behind Ohio’s Issue 3—even […]
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Cannabuzz: Trimmigrant’s Song
Ryan Alexander-Tanner AN INTERESTING THING about living in a state with legal pot is the frequency with which I’m asked if I know of any job openings. So do I? Yes and no. We're only a few months along on the rollout of Oregon’s adult-use (AKA recreational pot) laws. We won’t have recreational dispensaries until […]
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Ask a Pot Lawyer: How Did We Get Here?
Dear Pot Lawyer, Whoa, it just hit me. Cannabis is totally legal, dude! Wait… HOW did this happen again? IT’S A LONG and sort of sad story. When I give presentations about marijuana laws, I sometimes start by saying something like, “For most of American history, cannabis was legal to grow and consume.” This tends […]
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Cannabuzz: This Week in Cannabis
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Oregon’s Been Celebrating Pot Sales That May Well Be Fiction
Illustration: Sarah Hayes THE FIGURE looked like validation. A week into Oregon’s historic, and largely problem-free, experiment in recreational pot sales, there were whispers—then shouts—that dispensaries had moved an eye-popping $11 million in product. It was a number with the potential to satisfy lingering doubts about legal pot. After all, $11 million in weekly sales […]