Portland’s ambitions for regulating pot are more confused than ever, but that didn’t stop city commissioners from passing them into law this morning—a day before Oregonians are allowed to purchase recreational weed. For the third week in a row, members of the marijuana industry showed up to council chambers to rail against proposed licensing rules […]
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The City Can’t Fine Pot Dispensaries For Midnight Openings, After All
It turns out the City of Portland can’t legally rain on midnight pot parties after all. Yesterday, we reported the city’s Office of Neighborhood Involvement was considering levying fines on Portland dispensaries that opened at 12:01 am on Thursday, the very first minute people 21 and up can buy recreational pot. Marijuana Program Specialist Victor […]
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The Mercury‘s First-Ever Oregon Cannabis Guide!
GUUYYYYYYS!! Recreational cannabis sales in Oregon start on Thursday—that’s just two days away! Are you ready for this historical moment? More importantly, are you ready for recreational cannabis to become an (even more) common facet of everyday life? Even if you don’t smoke, there’s no way to avoid the impact that this new industry is […]
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At Least 98 Portland Dispensaries Will Sell You Pot On Thursday
The list of Portland dispensaries that plan to sell you legal pot on Thursday is growing in real time. Earlier today, the Oregon Health Authority posted a database on its Medical Marijuana Dispensary Program page that lets you sort the state’s dispensaries by city, and whether or not they plan to sell recreational pot once […]
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Ask a Pot Lawyer: What’s So Hard About Opening a Pot Business? THIS.
I’m getting serious about starting my pot business. What’s my biggest challenge? THERE ARE MANY. To start with: banking, tax fairness, bankruptcy, trademarks, and even regulatory certainty. The pot trade has access to none of these things. You also have black-market competition, premium costs for real estate and insurance, civil and criminal asset forfeiture as […]
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The City Might Fine Pot Dispensaries that Open at Midnight Thursday
Nick Patton EDITOR’S NOTE: We’ve written a new post updating this situation. Check it out here. Legal weed sales don’t start for three days, and already the city’s harshing Portland’s collective mellow. City officials are threatening to fine any of the 120-plus Portland medical marijuana dispensaries planning to usher in the beginning of recreational sales […]
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With Recreational Weed a Week Away, The City’s Having a Really Hard Time Licensing Shops
Nick Patton For a town hell-bent on regulating marijuana shops, the City of Portland is having an exceedingly hard time regulating marijuana shops. Last week, City Council delayed new regulations on pot businesses after outcry from medical dispensaries that their existence could be imperiled. Now they’ve had to push back the rules again. The problem? […]
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The Pot Industry Just Argued Successfully For Fewer Pot Shops in Portland
Morgaine Faye Maybe you’ve never been to Lottery Row, that fetid strip on Hayden Island packed with video lottery dens, but it’s going to affect where and how you buy pot in Portland. Portland City Council for the first time this afternoon took up just how Portland would clamp down its incoming marijuana market. But […]
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Planning On Opening A Weed Shop in Portland? That’ll Be $3,750
Alex Chiu Marijuana will be big business in Portland a year from now, when the state plans to finally roll out recreational cannabis shops (you’ll be able to buy limited quantities of pot from medical dispensaries in less than a month). But for entree into that market, would-be magnates are going to need to pony […]
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NoPo’s Loophole-Exploiting Pot Cart Was Robbed Today
Last month, the St. Johns’ Smoke Buddy pot cart caught headlines with its loophole-exploiting scheme: Selling containers, then “giving away” pot to fill them. The cops admitted at the time they had no interest in paying the cart a visit, so long as its owners weren’t toting around more than an ounce of cannabis, the […]