[Robrites]

SPRINGFIELD — A 35-year-old Springfield resident suffered life-*threatening burns Sunday night when a duplex on Second Street went up in flames.

Although the cause of the fire has not been confirmed, Springfield police detective David Lewis said the fire has “all the earmarkings of someone cooking hash without ventilating the room properly.”

Many residents reported hearing explosions coming from the building just before the upper half of the residence ignited at 8:42 p.m., police said. The explosions continued once the fire began.

Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire, but the only person home at the time, Jacob Donald Eisel, was found with severe burns. He was taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend for treatment, according to authorities.

Deputy fire marshals from Eugene *Springfield Fire are investigating the cause of the blaze.

Police on Monday morning said criminal conduct had not been substantiated. On Monday afternoon, Lewis said cooking hash and extracting oil is a criminal offense.

Hash oil is typically made by dissolving marijuana leaves in liquid butane and cooking it.


https://registerguard.com/rg/news/loc...tives.html.csp

[Robrites]

OLCC Announces Workshops for Cannabis Tracking System (CTS)

Licensees Required to Understand, Implement CTS

First Workshops Slated for Portland - February 3rd & 4th

January 26, 2015

Portland, Oregon – The Oregon Liquor Control Commission along with Franwell Metrc™, its vendor partner, will provide a series of workshops across the state of Oregon to give prospective licensees in Oregon’s Recreational Marijuana system an overview of the state’s Cannabis Tracking System (CTS). The workshops are the first of four phases of training that will be made available to prospective licensees and licensees.

The first workshops will be presented on Wednesday, January 3 and Thursday, January 4, 2016 at the Portland Expo Center. There will be two sessions each day; the morning session starts at 8:30 a.m., and the afternoon session begins at 1 p.m.

Additional workshops are scheduled in:

Ashland on Wednesday, February 10

Salem on Thursday, February 11

Eugene on Wednesday, February 17

Newport on Thursday, February 18


A workshop will be scheduled for the Bend area the week of February 22 – 26. Locations will be announced at a later date.

Participants can register for the workshops here.

The workshops will be open to the following: a recreational marijuana businesses’ primary point of contact (e.g. – business manager, operations manager) plus one employee who has submitted recreational marijuana applications to the OLCC; Oregon Health Authority Medical Marijuana Dispensary licensees; law enforcers. Other individuals, who have a compelling reason for attending, may contact the OLCC to attend a workshop, but attendance is at the discretion of the OLCC and Franwell and will be on a space available basis.

During the half-day workshops, Franwell will provide a detailed overview and demonstration of the Metrc CTS. Workshop participants will learn about Metrc’s functionality, its utilization, and how it will be deployed. Franwell and OLCC representatives will lead a discussion and answer questions about Metrc and the CTS program.

The workshop will include a presentation covering the importance of the CTS, the Metrc implementation schedule, system hardware and cloud requirements, credentialing, serialization and tagging, transfers and sales, and technical support.

An on-demand video version of the workshop will be available to the general public in late February.

A link to the workshop registration tool can be found on the OLCC Recreational Marijuana website at www.marijuana.oregon.gov.

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[_tessarecting]

Texas is big, lots of texans, maybe they drive, maybe they mail, theres a novelty factor living in the balls of the police state. All this shit happening in cali makes me look up north to you guys in Oregon enviously. But it looks like you guys are dealing with a lot of local bans too?

[Bradley_Danks]

Originally Posted by _tessarecting

Texas is big, lots of texans, maybe they drive, maybe they mail, theres a novelty factor living in the balls of the police state. All this shit happening in cali makes me look up north to you guys in Oregon enviously. But it looks like you guys are dealing with a lot of local bans too?

We are dealing with major changes too up north!!

[Robrites]

Advantis Corp. Steps Toward Oregon Cannabis Market

ADVANTIS CORPORATION (OTC PINK: ADVT) announced last week that they were searching for a west coast distribution hub in Oregon. The company posted pictures of various prospects on their Facebook page, and announced today that they have formed a new Oregon subsidiary, Advantis Cannabis, LLC.

Company consultants toured several possible buildings and guided CEO, Jeremy Foti, to inspect what he said was the ideal location. Company Director and Media Relations contact, Woo Kim, said, "We are excited to have found what we were looking for. Once we secure this warehouse, we will finally have a place to house our Supercritical CO2 Extraction machine and efficiently create concentrates, vapor oils, beverages, and edibles; predictively large revenue streams will soon follow."

Oregon law currently states that only companies within the state can do business in the legal marijuana industry, however, there are current bills in the legislature that will allow others to participate. The company specifically formed Advantis Cannabis, LLC to comply with the local laws. "This is a calculated movement to ensure proper compliance with Oregon marijuana laws. We are applying for the necessary licensing and are establishing our footprint in the state," Kim said, "Advantis Cannabis, LLC will only operate and provide its products within the state of Oregon, and we will create several new job opportunities for Oregonians."

With the new LLC, efforts to attain proper licensing, and the prospect of the new manufacturing and distribution hub, Advantis is poised to be a leader in the burgeoning Oregon legal cannabis industry. Kim was excited for the prospects in the state, saying, "This is an exciting new marketplace with tremendous opportunity, and Advantis may well be on its way to being on the leading edge." Kim later stated that there will be several updates in the coming weeks as they work to secure the building and licenses to begin the operations of Advantis Cannabis, LLC.

Kim encouraged shareholders to visit the Advantis Facebook site to view pictures from the Oregon warehouse visits.

ABOUT Advantis Corporation Advantis Corporation (ADVT) focuses on the development of innovative products that supply the medical, research, and pharmaceutical industries. The company additionally establishes domestic and international partnerships with businesses that develop and sell proprietary consumer products and services. Product lines for consumer health care, music and entertainment sectors are in development.

money.cnn.com

[Robrites]

When House Bill (HB) 3400 was signed in to law by Oregon’s new Governor, Kate Brown, on June 30th, 2015, which regulated and restricted the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP), patients expected to be able to study the 111 page document and plan for how to operate legally. Typically bills that change state laws will stipulate several months or multiple years before implementation which helps people learn the new changes and plan accordingly. These changes have major implications to the people in the OMMP who would be committing a crime if they are ill-informed.

Northwest Alternative Health which runs medical marijuana clinics is one of my clients and I am in charge of helping run their Eugene clinics. The last time there was a change to the medical marijuana program was when the state added a reduced rate for an OMMP application for veterans deemed 100% disabled or receiving 100% pension by the VA. When this change occurred, a letter was sent to OMMP clinics to inform us of the change.

Roughly two months after HB 3400 was signed, medical marijuana patients who signed up after July 1st, 2015 started receiving letters from the OMMP stating that they needed to submit a grower residency form. Clinics, patients and growers were caught off guard wondering why the OHA was implementing this part of the bill so early. HB 3400 states on page 109 Section 173. (2) “the authority may not require proof of residency for any person whose name is included in the application for renewing a marijuana grow site registration or renewing a medical marijuana dispensary registration until January 1, 2016.” This means the OHA could have waited until January 1st 2016 to institute grower residency rules but they chose to do it on the earliest possible date. The OHA decided the rule went into effect July 1st 2015 with no warning, which was the day after the Governor signed the bill.

https://marijuanapolitics.com

[Robrites]

The Oregonian is embracing state-legal marijuana and sharing the experience.

The Oregonian, a major daily newspaper based in Portland, has created its own marijuana strain and shared the harvesting and preparation process in a recent post.

Oregonian writer and reporting cannabis cultivator Teresa Mahoney’s pot diary details what it was like to grow marijuana indoors, a process that took about 12 weeks.

She says the indoor-grown plants turned out to be much more “attractive” than previous outdoor-grown plants did.

Mahoney shares a few useful pot-growing tips, too, like how to tell when your marijuana is ripe and how to harvest, trim and cure cannabis for consumption.

As more states legalize medical and recreational marijuana, home cultivation is growing in popularity — as have the number of devices invented to make indoor home growing easier.

https://extract.suntimes.com/informat...rijuana-strain

[solofoe]

Hey Oregon brothers and sisters I am going to be visiting my in-laws in Oregon the second half of March we will be in vacouver Washington also and this is a borderline cry for help.... I would love nothing more than to find some quality seeds to bring back to my prohibition state if anyone knows how or could help me make this happen I would be extremely grateful.

[Robrites]

Oregon's medical marijuana advocates say the state's proposed rules for production impose expensive and unnecessary burdens on growers and will ultimately harm patients who rely on the drug to cope with a wide range of health problems.

The Oregon Health Authority's draft rules, set to take effect March 1, are part of a sweeping law passed last year that regulates Oregon's cannabis industry.

The proposed requirements represent regulators' efforts to put some checks on medical marijuana production in a state where growers have operated largely without oversight for more than a decade. The rules call for round-the-clock security and regular reports to the health authority about how many plants a grower has and where their harvests ended up.

The health authority also may inspect grow sites with more than a dozen plants or those selling marijuana to processors or dispensaries.

Growers who plan to move cannabis into the dispensary market or those who grow for more than two patients or for a patient who doesn't live on the property are most affected by the proposed rules. Patients who grow their own medical marijuana or those who grow for one other person on their property also face new requirements, though they are not as extensive.

Many in Oregon's medical marijuana community have pressed the state to delay implementing the rules until next year. They argue that the health authority has not notified growers of the particular changes that impact them and that those who do know about the rules don't have enough time to comply.

"Most growers and patients have no idea about this yet," said Cedar Grey, a Williams grower with the Oregon Sungrown Growers Guild, which represents outdoor growers in southern Oregon. "And it completely changes the program."

Sen. Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene, a staunch advocate of the state's medical marijuana program, blasted the health authority in an interview Thursday with The Oregonian/OregonLive, saying the agency has "run amok."

"The proposed rules are a direct assault on the (medical marijuana) program and the small family farm," said Prozanski.

Among the new requirements:

Record keeping: Growers must establish online accounts with the health authority where they are required to file monthly reports on the number of plants they have, their harvests and how much they transferred overall to dispensaries and patients.

Reporting requirements: Medical marijuana growers producing cannabis for dispensaries, more than two patients or patients who live off the property must track their use of pesticides and fertilizers. They are required, under the draft rules, to list the names of products they use, the dates they used them, the names of those who applied them and how much was used. Those records must be kept for two years.

Plant limits: Starting March 1, medical marijuana growers who grow in residential areas within city limits can have up to a dozen plants. If the site isn't in a residential zone or is outside of city limits, then growers are allowed up to 48 plants.

"Grandfathered" grow sites: Some medical marijuana producers may be eligible to have more plants, depending on the number of patients who were on their rolls on Jan. 1, 2015. Those limits are capped at 24 plants for people living in residential areas within a city and 96 for those outside of those areas.

Residency requirements: For the first time, the Oregon Legislature has imposed a residency requirement for growers and patients. People registered as growers on or before Jan. 1, 2015, must prove they've lived in the state for the past year. Otherwise, they must show proof that they've lived in Oregon for the previous two years. Patients also must be Oregon residents.

Water rights: The proposed rule requires that growers have a water right for irrigation or "nursery use" and that they have "legal authorization" to use the water.

Under a provision of last year's landmark marijuana regulatory law, growers may be reimbursed by patients for their labor, something previously not allowed.

That change, health authority officials said, means marijuana production becomes a "commercial enterprise," which subjects growers to "existing water laws that they haven't been subject to before," health authority spokesman Jonathan Modie said.

Security: Growers must install round-the-clock camera surveillance with video backup for two years. The system must be equipped with motion sensors. Cannabis must be stored in a locked safe or vault.

Ourso said growers may apply for waivers from the security requirement. He said growers may cite cost and practicality as reasons for the request.

[Robrites]

Leaders of a Native American church have sued the U.S. Postal Service in federal court after the government seized marijuana that church leaders say was intended for religious use by a member in Ohio.

Leaders of the Utah-based Oklehueha Native American Church said the federal government violated their right to religious freedom when authorities seized marijuana intended for use as part of "Native American spiritual healing practices" by a member who suffers from cancer.

Joy Graves leads a Cottage Grove branch of the church. Graves and James Mooney, the church's spiritual leader, are listed as plaintiffs in the suit, filed this month in U.S. District Court in Portland.

The church, which the suit says serves the Oglala Sioux Tribe of Pine Ridge as well as other Native American tribes, incorporates "medicine men," cannabis "and various other natural herbs and plants" into its religious practices, according to court documents.

The suit claims that the church's use of the U.S. Postal Service to send "sacramental cannabis" to a member in Ohio are protected by the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which among other things protects Native American use of peyote.

In a written statement, the U.S. Postal Service said the package was seized "based on obvious signs that it contained a controlled substance... Under federal law, regardless of state law, a person is prohibited from sending controlled substances -- such as marijuana -- through the mail."

In early December, Graves attempted to mail a package that included about five ounces of marijuana to the Ohio church member. Graves sent the package via priority mail from a Eugene post office.

Later that month, Graves learned that law enforcement seized the package at a postal facility in Portland. Graves, according to the suit, told the official that the marijuana was to be used as part of the church's "spiritual healing practices."

oregonlive.com