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Oregon’s Cannabis Businesses Are Raking in Cash – and IRS Will Take Most of It

The line along Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard looked like a windfall for Farma. A crowd started gathering outside the Portland medical-marijuana dispensary shortly before 10 am on Oct. 1, the first day of legal recreational pot sales in Oregon. By the end…

Washington Dispensaries Warily Watching Oregon’s Marijuana Sales

October 6, 2015
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Oregon's recreational marijuana industry is open for business, and that may already taking a toll on pot businesses in Washington state. Medical dispensaries in Oregon started were allowed to start selling recreational marijuana Thursday after the state made recreational pot…

Oregon’s Legal Sales Go Well on Day 1, But Violations Are a Concern

October 2, 2015
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Oregon opened its recreational market Thursday to festive and orderly crowds eager to make their first legal purchase of pot. Statewide, the Oregon Health Authority gave 245 medical marijuana dispensaries the go-ahead to sell cannabis to anyone 21 and older, though…

How Oregon’s New Marijuana Law Compares With Neighboring Washington’s

With Voodoo doughnuts in hand, some Portlanders got their first taste of legal, recreational, purchased-in-Oregon weed early Thursday morning. With cheaper taxes, legal home grow and a regulated medical marijuana system, some in the Washington pot industry worry the state…

Lines Form at Midnight as Recreational Sales Finally Kick Off in Oregon

With just a half-hour to go before recreational pot sales began in Oregon, the staff of AmeriCanna Rx scrambled to package marijuana while learning new sales and security procedures. The Northeast Portland dispensary's owners just learned three days ago they…

Not Everyone Is Happy About Recreational Sales Starting in Oregon Oct. 1

When recreational cannabis sales start Thursday in Oregon, consumers will be able to buy the drug at most of the state's 300-plus medical marijuana dispensaries. But some communities — ranging from Portland suburbs to cities in eastern Oregon — are…

Some 200 Dispensaries Have Signed Up to Sell Pot to All Oregon Adults Oct. 1

September 28, 2015
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In less than a week, Oregon’s medical marijuana dispensaries will be allowed to sell weed to all adults. They’re ready. Nearly 200 dispensaries have sent state officials a form declaring their intent to sell recreational marijuana starting Thursday, Oct. 1. That’s…

Oregonians Getting Ready For Full Legalization: Questions Leading Into Oct. 1

In less than two weeks, Oregonians -- and any one else 21 and older -- will be able to walk into a marijuana shop and buy pot, the latest milestone in the state's long history with the drug. Though the…

Will “Florida Cannabis Act” Fly With Sunshine State Voters?

Michael Minardi is on a mission to make recreational marijuana legal in Florida next year. Asked how he would do that, considering that a ballot measure to legalize just medical marijuana didn’t pass in 2014, he says, “We’re going to…

Colorado Gears Up For One-Day Tax Break on Recreational Marijuana

Colorado’s unusual tax law is forcing the state to suspend taxes on recreational marijuana for one day. The sales-tax break on Sept. 16 will shave $20 off the price of a mid-grade ounce of pot in the Denver area, where…

First Adult-Use Marijuana States Have Collected More Than $200 Million in Taxes

The first two states to legalize recreational marijuana have collectively raked in at least $200 million in marijuana tax revenue, according to the latest tax data -- and they're putting those dollars to good use. In Colorado, after about a…

New Research Suggests That Shakespeare May Have Used Marijuana

Legendary authors of the 16th and 17th centuries — they're just like us! Well, like some of us anyway. According to a study originally published in the South African Journal of Science, William Shakespeare may very well have been a…

Washington State’s Recreational Sales Drop For First Time in July

Washington's recreational marijuana sales dropped for the first time in July. But despite the trend, it was the most lucrative month yet for Clark County's pot shops. Overall, Washington's marijuana producers, processors and retailers sold more than $45.4 million worth…

First TV Ad For Recreational Marijuana Put on Hold In Colorado

Denver television station and ABC affiliate KMGH-Channel 7 planned to air the first commercial advertising the sale of recreational cannabis, but has since put its plans on hold. The two possible ads, which were slated for a 10:35 p.m. slot on July…

A New Era For Recreational Marijuana Dawns Wednesday in Oregon

Wednesday marks the dawn of a new era in the Northwest recreational marijuana market. While possession becomes legal in Oregon for adults 21 and older that day, a bill ushering in a number of sweeping changes to Washington's recreational marijuana…