Member Blog: Advice for Surviving and Thriving in the New Era of Legal Cannabis From Those Who Have Climbed The Mountain (Part 1)
CaliforniaColoradoMarijuana Laws, Regulations, & PoliticsOregonUncategorized January 28, 2019 0
Signs of maturity: Facts and figures for Oregon’s marijuana market, three years in
Marijuana Industry NewsOregonRecreational Marijuana January 19, 2019 0
Oregon Cannabis: Are the Days of Administrative Settlement Over? Not Entirely.
OregonRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized January 18, 2019
I’ve been suspicious the last few months that the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) is starting to set a zero tolerance policy for marijuana rule violations. Unfortunately, the extrinsic evidence seems to be proving my suspicions. As I’ve previously written, the OLCC settlement policies seemed to shift last September. In a first for the commission,…
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Member Blog: Tackling Oregon’s Cannabis Oversupply Problem
Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & PoliticsOregon January 15, 2019 0
Oregon Marijuana Company Sued in FLSA Wage Claim
OregonUncategorized January 11, 2019
I recently wrote about a case in the Tenth Circuit, Kenney v. Helix TCS, Inc., where the Court of Appeals is asked to decide if the Federal Labor Standards act (FLSA) provides wage and hour protection to employees of cannabis businesses. That case hasn’t seen much movement since I wrote about it, but its decision…
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Once again, Oregon is working on becoming a marijuana maverick. The Beaver State is on the verge of introducing a bill that would allow marijuana exports to other states by 2021. In an attempt to tackle the oversupply crisis that has plagued Oregon the last few years, the Craft Cannabis Alliance, an Oregon-based membership association…
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It’s 2019 and Oregon employees can still be terminated for off-work marijuana use. That includes not just recreational use, but off-work medical use by registered cardholders in the Oregon Health Authority system– even patients with debilitating medical conditions like cancer or epilepsy. This means that Oregon, which has been on the forefront of decriminalization and…
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Here we are at the end of 2018, which means it’s time for the third annual “State of the State” post on Oregon cannabis (the 2017 post is here and the 2016 post is here). The year 2018 was truly remarkable in the Oregon industry, and we saw a lot of change, from regulatory evolution…
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The 2018 Farm Bill – What it Means for Hemp Farmers’ Tax Bill
CaliforniaCBDColoradoHempIndustrial HempMarijuana Industry NewsOregon December 27, 2018 0
Oregon Cannabis: Five Common Early Stage Mistakes
OregonRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized December 13, 2018
Running a cannabis business is difficult and many people fail. There are a myriad of reasons why these ventures bottom out, although owners tend to blame federal law issues first of all. It’s true that federal law creates a tough environment for cannabis businesses (banking issues, tax issues, branding issues, etc.), but federal prohibition also…
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