Cyd Maurer’s story has struck a chord with the cannabis community and people who believe in fairness across the country. A talented young news anchor with poise well beyond her 25 years, losing her job for off-the-job marijuana use has elevated the national discourse surrounding marijuana rights. While ending the […]

After much speculation, it is official that existing Oregon medical marijuana dispensaries will sell cannabis to adults on October 1st. Licensed dispensaries will be able to provide up to 7 grams of cannabis flower to all adults starting on October 1st, as Governor Kate Brown signed Senate Bill 460 into […]

Oregon cannabis consumers are still wondering whether they will be allowed to start purchasing marijuana from dispensaries this October as Senate Bill 460 still sits on Governor Kate Brown’s desk. The bill only legalizes the sale of marijuana flowers, products such as concentrates, extracts and infused edibles will not be available […]

The Senate Appropriations Bill passed a key piece of marijuana legislation today that allows Washington, D.C., to license and regulate cannabis commerce and to allow banks to offer financial services to regulated marijuana businesses. The Financial Services Bill adopted by the U.S. Senate committee deletes previously approved language that prevented […]

This past Oregon legislative session, I was pleased to learn about House Bill 3372, Representative Lew Frederick’s bill designed to release nonviolent marijuana offenders from prison. I set up a meeting to discuss the bill with Rep. Frederick and to see if he was open to amending HB 3372 so that […]

If your dog dies suddenly, your horse goes blind, your 1-month-old baby vomits for 24 hours straight, and you develop a chronic cough, runny nose, sore throat, nausea, diarrhea, and bleeding from the lungs, then, according to Oregon State Senator Jeff Kruse, it’s evidence that you’re just succumbing to the […]

Weed and seeds! More strain talk with Master Grower Bushido! We discuss how to identify a strain, how to get the seeds out, and how to stabilize a phenotype. And some other stuff. Enjoy.

When we were drafting the Measure 91 legalization measure, we had the benefit of following in the footsteps of Colorado and Washington and also building upon the foundation of Oregon’s already progressive marijuana laws. I am very proud of what we managed to accomplish with Measure 91, particularly of the […]

Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have consistently led in freeing cannabis from its current idiotic persecution. Proving again that Oregon leads, both Beaver State senators were joined by both Colorado senators and Kentucky republican Senator Rand Paul in addressing dismal marijuana industry banking problems. The Marijuana Business Access […]

The 2015 Oregon legislative session is in the books as the Legislative Assembly adjourned Sine Die July 6, at 6:04 PM this evening. It has been an eventful legislative session for the Oregon cannabis community, with some good changes to our marijuana laws, some bad, and some ugly. The most […]

Recently there have been changes to the medical marijuana programs in Washington State and Oregon following the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes in both states. But the way medical marijuana advocates are reacting, you’d think the entire medical marijuana programs had been repealed. Most recently in Oregon, House Bill […]

Independence Day has arrived in the United States of America and that means barbeques, fireworks, celebrations and memorials all across the nation. This Independence Day might mean a little bit more to millions of people across the country who feel that they are more equal under the eyes of the […]

The Portland Police, for the most part, have been very sensible on marijuana policy in recent history. Realizing that they have more important issues to tackle, law enforcement, both in the police bureau and district attorney’s office have reasonably concluded that marijuana is a very low law enforcement priority, especially […]

Well, marijuana became legal after July 1st in Oregon and the sky didn’t fall, so the Oregon Legislature has deemed it acceptable for adults to be able to purchase marijuana earlier than expected following the passage of Measure 91 last November. Measure 91 explicitly established a deliberate process that won’t […]

The countdown to Oregon’s Legalization Day has come and gone, as well as the first public party, organized by Portland NORML Executive Director (and Marijuana Politics blogger) Russ Belville and Oregonians are waking up to a day that has been more than 9 decades in the making. Some, are simply […]