Category Archives: Local News

Federal Legalization of Industrial Hemp Expected to Drop Prices

Farmers in Oregon are expecting the 2018 Farm Bill, which includes hemp legalization, to drive [...]

Pot in the workplace: Oregon is No. 1 for positive drug tests

By Lizzy Acker We’re number one! In people failing drugs test for weed! According to [...]

Will Oregon Be The First State to Allow Weed Shipments Across State Lines?

Legal weed shipments across state lines would transform the cannabis industry.

‘Dirt Is Inert, Soil Is Alive’

A low-input cannabis farm in Southern Oregon supports biodiversity.

Oregon’s Cannabis Industry Is In Crisis. The Craft Cannabis Alliance Has a Solution: Let Other States Buy Our Weed.

Smith can see a trajectory that makes export legislation a real possibility within five years.

Long wait for Oregon rec cannabis permits

New recreational cannabis applicants in Oregon have to wait at least a year for a [...]

How Avitas’ Jason Smit Works: Cannabis Workspace

In a new web series, CBT presents an up-close look at the tools and habits [...]

Oregon Considering New Regulations for Growers to Combat Illicit Market

The Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC), the regulatory body also in charge of cannabis, plans [...]

Oregon’s cannabis business is going through some growing pains

Oregon has some issues. It has been 20 years since it became (with Washington in [...]

State Legislatures Address Hemp Policies During 2018 Sessions

It’s, so far, been a banner year for hemp policy as Alaska, Kansas, Arizona, and [...]

Marijuana growers in southern Oregon prevail in court

The Oregon Court of Appeals rejected an appeal by county commissioners in a prime marijuana-growing [...]

OLCC Intends to Severely Tighten Outdoor Harvest Regulations

The Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) will hold a public hearing that will focus on [...]

Oregonians Keep Getting Caught Selling Tons Of Weed In Neighboring States

-TOBIAS COUGHLIN-BOGUE Oregon is already in hot water with the feds for cannabis diversion. Billy [...]

This Portland Edibles Company Is Helping Defend Detained Migrant Children

-MIROSLAV TOMOSKI A Portland Oregon edibles company is donating part of their sales to help [...]