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U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley helps deliver $70,000 marijuana tax payment to Salem

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Oregon's legal marijuana business owners are hauling massive amounts of cash into Salem each month to deliver their tax payments. On his latest trip to the Oregon Department of Revenue, dispensary owner Tyson Haworth had company: U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley.

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The video, paid for by Oregon's Finest and produced by Crimson & Clover Media, opens with Haworth standing alongside Merkley and U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenaur, D-Oregon. Haworth said the company approached the politicians to appear in the video and both readily agreed.
The Revenue Department has asked for additional staff to help handle the influx of cash payments. One official told lawmakers in May that the agency has received individual cash payments as large as $90,000.
 
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