The OLCC announced several changes to the tax compliance rule this weekend at the Cannabis & Psychedelic Section of the Oregon Bar Association’s annual conference… On June 15, 2023, the OLCC approved temporary rules requiring marijuana retailers to obtain a Certificate of Tax Compliance (“Certificate”) from the Oregon Department of Revenue (“DOR”) as a condition…
“In 2022, we were $170 million in tax dollars to Oregon, and we’re tracking the same for this year,” Hudson said of the cannabis industry’s impact on the Oregon economy. “And those funds go to education, they go to law enforcement and they go to health and rehabilitation.” …the lion’s share of cannabis tax dollars…
Local 555 says there is plenty of reason for Holvey’s long-time constituents to send him packing. The union moved to recall Holvey in May [2023] after it became clear one of its signature bills was dead. The proposal, House Bill 3183, would have required cannabis dispensaries to agree not to stand in the way of…
“We legalized cannabis and didn’t give anybody a place to actually smoke,” said former Boston, MA, City Councilor Tito Jackson… “Our objective would be to prepare and have a chef-guided menu, just as many other parts of our society, to really normalize cannabis…” A place where adults 21 and up can smoke, eat an edible…
A federal appeals court on Wednesday [9/13/23] ruled that a decades-old law prohibiting users of illegal drugs from owning firearms was unconstitutional as applied to the case of a marijuana user… …the opinion overturns the conviction of a Mississippi man… who had two guns… pistol and semi-automatic… found in his car during a traffic stop……
The DEA confirmed… that it received the letter… the DEA is not required to follow Department of Health and Human Services recommendation. The Biden administration’s Department of Health and Human Services is recommending that the Drug Enforcement Administration significantly loosen federal restrictions on marijuana but stopped short of advising that it should be entirely removed…
The Aug. 25, 2023 ruling comes just one month after the state’s largest marijuana trade association, the Cannabis Industry Alliance of Oregon, alongside three small weed companies, asked the Court of Appeals to halt the ban on aspergillus, arguing it could destroy cannabis businesses. The appeals court found the state didn’t consider less restrictive alternatives…
…rejected a bill that would have created a State Public Bank Task Force. Chief sponsors included Rep. Mark Gamba, Rep. Jules Walters, and Sen. Jeff Golden, who introduced House Bill 2763 in January. The bill steadily made its way through the House and Senate and was passed by both by the end of June before it was…
“We don’t have any research or data to cite that show people have fallen ill from inhaling Aspergillus through cannabis products,” [said] Oregon Health Authority spokesman Jonathan Modie. The Oregon Health Authority began requiring March 1, 2023 that cannabis farmers and producers test their products for aspergillus, a fungus that thrives around organic matter… if…
Gov. Tina Kotek… called for the Oregon Government Ethics Commission to investigate Fagan’s actions and for the Department of Justice to look at the cannabis audit… Kotek said she supported Fagan’s decision to step down. Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan is stepping down amid calls for her resignation after she took a… cannabis consulting…
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