Cannabis

Illustration by Alex Chiu There are more than seven six months until recreational pot use becomes legal in Oregon, but Portland police are getting a head start on our new reality. Following the example of District Attorney Rod Underhill, the police bureau has now conceded that small-time marijuana charges that will become legal July 1 […]

ARTWORK BY MORGAINE FAYE The charges came down on election day, as Oregonians were busy legalizing recreational pot. Cops say a homeless man named Kevin Rodriguez was smoking a joint near the train station. A 26-year-old Portlander named Charles Ellertson was allegedly talking on the phone while driving. A cop ticketed him for that and […]

So Multnomah County has stopped prosecuting pot offenses that will cease being illegal in less than eight months. Clackamas County, as we’ve reported, is expected to do something similar. But what of the third piece of the tri-county puzzle? What can our friends in earnest Beaverton and far-flung Hillsboro expect in changes as authorities around […]

Illustration by Alex Chiu It has not even been a week since you legalized recreational marijuana, Oregon, and there aren’t actually any changes to the state’s marijuana laws until next July. But that doesn’t matter, because Multnomah County District Attorney Rod Underhill says he’s done prosecuting any crimes that will become legal in eight months. […]