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https://www.statesmanjournal.com/st...-worker-protections-marijuana-use/2339399002/
Oregon lawmakers revisit worker protections for off the clock pot use
Oregon lawmakers will consider making it illegal for businesses to fire employees who flunk drug tests for using marijuana off the clock, reviving a workers' rights campaign that failed in the statehouse last year.
A proposed bill, Legislative Concept 2152, would also rejigger state law to protect job seekers who use substances like pot that are legal here.
The proposal reflects a debate over whether Oregon workers should be forced to abstain from marijuana use — which is allowed under state law but remains federally illegal — for fear of getting fired or losing an employment offer.
Senate Bill 301, which represented a previous attempt to loosen employment restrictions, failed in 2017. That bill generally dealt with discrimination against medical marijuana cardholders who tested positive for the cannabis.
New bill is redrafted form of SB 301
The latest proposal has come before the Senate Interim Committee on Judiciary, chaired by Sen. Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene. Prozanski said Monday that the concept was a redrafted form of SB 301.
"We'll definitely have some discussions" on the proposal, he said.
The proposed bill wouldn't allow employees to use pot if their collective bargaining agreements prohibit partaking while off-duty, or if there is a "bona fide occupational qualification" associated with their job. It also does not permit working under the influence.
SB 301 included exceptions for labor agreements, workers doing their jobs while impaired and contracts between employers and federal officials that require employers to have " a drug-free workplace" to receive federal dollars.
Leland Berger, a Portland attorney and cannabis activist who's been involved in the campaign, said he got a call this week from a man who got turned down for a job because he was a medical marijuana patient.
Berger calls it "cannabigotry."
It's "straight up discrimination of consumers," he said. "Certainly the hardest hit are the medical patients."
"There are a lot of questions employers have when it comes to establishing workplace rules, particularly when it comes to cannabis," said Beau Whitney, a senior economist with Washington, D.C.-based cannabis think tank New Frontier Data.
Court rulings on the matter have largely favored employers, he said. "The employers have the say in terms of establishing expectation when it comes to their workers," Whitney said.
"Of the number of executives we have interviewed on the topic of labor, their main concern is impairment while working," he said.
Whitney said he has been increasingly asked about the topic, most recently at a conference in Kentucky.
"My response to legislators at the conference was that given the robust economy, there is a general shortage of labor," Whitney said. "Employers are starting to adjust pre-employment drug screens, particularly in legal states, so that they have access to more workers. So the market is starting to adjust on its own."
Email [email protected], call (503) 399-6714 or follow on Twitter @jonathanmbach.
Ps tell merkeley to get fucked over his cat legislation and support this instead
Oregon lawmakers revisit worker protections for off the clock pot use
Oregon lawmakers will consider making it illegal for businesses to fire employees who flunk drug tests for using marijuana off the clock, reviving a workers' rights campaign that failed in the statehouse last year.
A proposed bill, Legislative Concept 2152, would also rejigger state law to protect job seekers who use substances like pot that are legal here.
The proposal reflects a debate over whether Oregon workers should be forced to abstain from marijuana use — which is allowed under state law but remains federally illegal — for fear of getting fired or losing an employment offer.
Senate Bill 301, which represented a previous attempt to loosen employment restrictions, failed in 2017. That bill generally dealt with discrimination against medical marijuana cardholders who tested positive for the cannabis.
New bill is redrafted form of SB 301
The latest proposal has come before the Senate Interim Committee on Judiciary, chaired by Sen. Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene. Prozanski said Monday that the concept was a redrafted form of SB 301.
"We'll definitely have some discussions" on the proposal, he said.
The proposed bill wouldn't allow employees to use pot if their collective bargaining agreements prohibit partaking while off-duty, or if there is a "bona fide occupational qualification" associated with their job. It also does not permit working under the influence.
SB 301 included exceptions for labor agreements, workers doing their jobs while impaired and contracts between employers and federal officials that require employers to have " a drug-free workplace" to receive federal dollars.
Leland Berger, a Portland attorney and cannabis activist who's been involved in the campaign, said he got a call this week from a man who got turned down for a job because he was a medical marijuana patient.
Berger calls it "cannabigotry."
It's "straight up discrimination of consumers," he said. "Certainly the hardest hit are the medical patients."
"There are a lot of questions employers have when it comes to establishing workplace rules, particularly when it comes to cannabis," said Beau Whitney, a senior economist with Washington, D.C.-based cannabis think tank New Frontier Data.
Court rulings on the matter have largely favored employers, he said. "The employers have the say in terms of establishing expectation when it comes to their workers," Whitney said.
"Of the number of executives we have interviewed on the topic of labor, their main concern is impairment while working," he said.
Whitney said he has been increasingly asked about the topic, most recently at a conference in Kentucky.
"My response to legislators at the conference was that given the robust economy, there is a general shortage of labor," Whitney said. "Employers are starting to adjust pre-employment drug screens, particularly in legal states, so that they have access to more workers. So the market is starting to adjust on its own."
Email [email protected], call (503) 399-6714 or follow on Twitter @jonathanmbach.
Ps tell merkeley to get fucked over his cat legislation and support this instead
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New OLCC rulz effective Dec 28, 2018
New OLCC rulz effective Dec 28, 2018
New rulz coming down on all licensees (again). They take effect Dec 28, 2018. Note that medical cardholders will be able to buy up to a half pound of weed per day and up to 2 pounds a month, up from the current one ounce limit per transaction that anyone has in Oregon.
The new rulz are listed in this PDF file here or at the OLCC website.
December 21, 2018
OLCC Commissioners Adopt Marijuana Rule Changes,
Adjustment for Current Hemp Producers & Processors
Commission Also Approves Stipulated Settlements for
Recreational Marijuana Violations, Revokes Marijuana Worker Permit
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Oregon Liquor Control Commission at its December 20, 2018 meeting adopted changes in rules regulating recreational marijuana with a focus on tightening licensing and compliance requirements, providing licensees flexibility to conduct business, and improving access to medical marijuana for patients.
Under the rules change Oregon Medical Marijuana Program cardholders or a designated caregiver will be allowed to purchase a larger amount of marijuana during a single transaction. In August 2018, after noticing suspicious purchase activity in the state’s Cannabis Tracking System, the OLCC reduced the daily purchase limit to one (1) ounce for OMMP cardholders.
The rule changes approved by the Commission take effect on December 28, 2018.
Key elements of the rules changes include:
The Commission approved a temporary rule that enables industrial certificate holders (hemp producers and handlers [processors]) to continue to operate while the Commission completes its permanent hemp rule making.
The OLCC issued industrial hemp certificates expire one year after issuance; some of the issued certificates were set to expire beginning in January 2019. The Commission is set to complete permanent rule making for industrial hemp by the end of February 2019.
The temporary industrial hemp rule takes effect on January 7, 2019.
The Commission also approved the following fines and/or marijuana license suspensions based on stipulated settlements:
Positive Vibrations in Coos Bay, will pay a fine of $4,290 or serve a 26-day recreational marijuana retailer license suspension for four violations.
Greenway Ventures* will surrender its producer license for ten violations.
In addition, the Commission accepted the findings of an Oregon administrative law judge upholding the revocation of a Marijuana Worker permit held by Donald Morse, and also upholding the issuance of a final order for a letter of reprimand for The Human Collective, a defunct licensed marijuana retailer, which Morse formerly co-operated.
New OLCC rulz effective Dec 28, 2018
New rulz coming down on all licensees (again). They take effect Dec 28, 2018. Note that medical cardholders will be able to buy up to a half pound of weed per day and up to 2 pounds a month, up from the current one ounce limit per transaction that anyone has in Oregon.
The new rulz are listed in this PDF file here or at the OLCC website.
December 21, 2018
OLCC Commissioners Adopt Marijuana Rule Changes,
Adjustment for Current Hemp Producers & Processors
Commission Also Approves Stipulated Settlements for
Recreational Marijuana Violations, Revokes Marijuana Worker Permit
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Oregon Liquor Control Commission at its December 20, 2018 meeting adopted changes in rules regulating recreational marijuana with a focus on tightening licensing and compliance requirements, providing licensees flexibility to conduct business, and improving access to medical marijuana for patients.
Under the rules change Oregon Medical Marijuana Program cardholders or a designated caregiver will be allowed to purchase a larger amount of marijuana during a single transaction. In August 2018, after noticing suspicious purchase activity in the state’s Cannabis Tracking System, the OLCC reduced the daily purchase limit to one (1) ounce for OMMP cardholders.
The rule changes approved by the Commission take effect on December 28, 2018.
Key elements of the rules changes include:
- Creating a denial basis for licensees who fail to complete the renewal process, and for license applicants found to have an unauthorized interest in a licensed business;
- Ending the issuance of new licenses to processors as alternating proprietors (shared kitchen) on the same licensed premises for applications received after January 1, 2019, but grandfathering all current processors in alternating proprietorships;
- Clarifying camera coverage for waste material and amending the penalty structure for violations based on the amount of missing camera footage and the number of offenses;
- Redefining the allowable shape of canopy areas a producer may have and including an allowance for producers to obtain a professional survey in lieu of the quadrilateral shape requirement;
- Allowing wholesale licensees to provide retailers with samples from product lines originating from multiple licensees;
- Increasing trade sample amounts for cannabinoid products, and allowing licensees to share trade samples with employees as long as the transaction is tracked in the Cannabis Tracking System;
- Increasing medical patient purchase to eight (8) ounces of usable marijuana per day and no more than thirty-two (32) ounces per month;
- Clarifying that a retailer can only sell a customer five (5) grams of an inhalant per day; and
- Allowing retailers to apply for the ability to deliver to patients and primary caregivers throughout the state, even in opt-out jurisdictions.
The Commission approved a temporary rule that enables industrial certificate holders (hemp producers and handlers [processors]) to continue to operate while the Commission completes its permanent hemp rule making.
The OLCC issued industrial hemp certificates expire one year after issuance; some of the issued certificates were set to expire beginning in January 2019. The Commission is set to complete permanent rule making for industrial hemp by the end of February 2019.
The temporary industrial hemp rule takes effect on January 7, 2019.
The Commission also approved the following fines and/or marijuana license suspensions based on stipulated settlements:
Positive Vibrations in Coos Bay, will pay a fine of $4,290 or serve a 26-day recreational marijuana retailer license suspension for four violations.
Greenway Ventures* will surrender its producer license for ten violations.
In addition, the Commission accepted the findings of an Oregon administrative law judge upholding the revocation of a Marijuana Worker permit held by Donald Morse, and also upholding the issuance of a final order for a letter of reprimand for The Human Collective, a defunct licensed marijuana retailer, which Morse formerly co-operated.
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New OHA rulz effective Jan 1, 2019
New OHA rulz effective Jan 1, 2019
And in parallel to the new OLCC rulz above, these are the new rulz coming down the pipe from OHA for the few left that grow medical weed on a commercial basis (if there are any left?). Yes, confusing, complicated and very detailed. A shortcut to the OHA/OMMP rulz are posted here. Other hyperlinks are updated in the below post for clarifying the... insanity.
December 21, 2018
MEDICAL MARIJUANA INFORMATION BULLETIN 2018-08
Subject: New Division 7, 8 & 64 Rules Effective January 1, 2019
The Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) has adopted and amended permanent administrative rules that are effective January 1, 2019. This rulemaking permanently adopts rule amendments pertaining to the testing of marijuana. Changes being made will clarify testing requirements and will also clarify standards that cannabis laboratories need to follow. This rulemaking also amends the labeling rules to outline the transition of authority from OHA to OLCC per SB 1057 passed in the 2017 legislative session. Housekeeping changes are being made to Chapter 333 Division 8 which includes moving labeling definitions from Chapter 333 Division 7 and stating a timeframe for how long a grower needs to be in good standing to become a grow site administrator. Definitions are being amended in Chapter 333 Divisions 7, 8, and 64 to match modifications made by OLCC for consistency between the agencies.
This bulletin only provides a summary of the major rule changes. The full rules text may be found on the OMMP rules webpage at www.healthoregon.org/ommprules
Summary of Rule Changes
333-007-0310 Definitions for Cannabis Testing
For consistency and clarity, the following definitions have been modified or added: Batch, Cannabinoid product, Cannabinoid capsule, Cannabinoid tincture, Cannabis Tracking System (CTS), Cured, Finished cannabinoid concentrate or extract, Finished cannabinoid product, Food, High heat, Human use, Remediation, Texture, and Usable marijuana.
333-007-0330 - Testing standards for concentrates made using only animal fat or plant-based oil.
New testing standards are being adopted for a concentrate that is made only using food grade animal fat or food grade plant-based oil. A process lot of a concentrate of this kind is not required to be tested for pesticides if all the following are true:
333-007-0360 – Sampling for compliance testing
Samples being taken for testing must be from the finished cannabinoid concentrate, extract or product.
A clarification is being made to the rule language to state that both the primary sample and the field duplicate sample must always be tested for pesticides and have passing test results in order for an item to be considered passing.
333-007-0410, -0420, -0430
The relative standard deviation (RSD) has been reduced from 30% to 20% between the primary and field duplicate samples taken and the relative percent difference (RPD) has been reduced from 20% to 15% between the primary and field duplicate samples taken.
333-007-0420 and 333-007-0450
A sample fails for moisture content if it contains more than 15% moisture. A failed item may be remediated by further curing or may be transferred to be used to make an extract or concentrate if the method for making the extract or concentrate uses an effective sterilization method.
333-007-0440 Control Study
Amending language to outline specifics that a cannabinoid concentrate, extract, or product must meet in order to pass a control study. Also, extending the timeframe that a control study will be valid from one year to two years. Clarifying what is considered a change in the type of ingredient used by a processor that will not result in the control study being considered invalid.
Please refer to the control study guidance document for more information.
333-008-0638 Grow Site Administrators for CTS Tracking
In order for a person responsible for a grow site (PRMG) to be approved as a grow site administrator, the PRMG must be in good standing for the prior three years with OMMP.
333-064-0025 Definitions for Laboratories
For consistency and clarity, the following definitions have been added: Cannabis Tracking System, Finished cannabinoid concentrate or extract, Finished cannabinoid product, Scheduled proficiency testing, and Supplemental proficiency testing.
333-064-0100 Marijuana Item Sampling Procedures and Testing
Clarifying language for sampling of marijuana items in rule and ORELAP’s Protocol for Collecting Samples of Finished Cannabinoid Concentrates, Extracts and Products.
333-064-0110 Reporting Marijuana Test Results
Test results no longer expire after one year. This applies to all test results, even those that were performed before the effective date of this rule.
333-064-0120 Proficiency Testing for Laboratories Accredited for Cannabis Testing
Language has been adopted outlining requirements that cannabis laboratories must follow for proficiency testing.
333-064-0130 Cannabis Laboratory Violations and Enforcement
Language has been adopted regarding cannabis laboratory violations and enforcement.
In addition, the rulemaking also amends the labeling rules found in Chapter 333 Division 7 to outline the transition of authority from OHA to OLCC per SB 1057 passed in the 2017 legislative session. A timeline explaining the transition may be found on the OMMP rules webpage. Housekeeping changes are being made to division 8 which include moving labeling definitions from division 7.
The rules can be found at: healthoregon.org/ommprules
New OHA rulz effective Jan 1, 2019
And in parallel to the new OLCC rulz above, these are the new rulz coming down the pipe from OHA for the few left that grow medical weed on a commercial basis (if there are any left?). Yes, confusing, complicated and very detailed. A shortcut to the OHA/OMMP rulz are posted here. Other hyperlinks are updated in the below post for clarifying the... insanity.
December 21, 2018
MEDICAL MARIJUANA INFORMATION BULLETIN 2018-08
Subject: New Division 7, 8 & 64 Rules Effective January 1, 2019
The Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) has adopted and amended permanent administrative rules that are effective January 1, 2019. This rulemaking permanently adopts rule amendments pertaining to the testing of marijuana. Changes being made will clarify testing requirements and will also clarify standards that cannabis laboratories need to follow. This rulemaking also amends the labeling rules to outline the transition of authority from OHA to OLCC per SB 1057 passed in the 2017 legislative session. Housekeeping changes are being made to Chapter 333 Division 8 which includes moving labeling definitions from Chapter 333 Division 7 and stating a timeframe for how long a grower needs to be in good standing to become a grow site administrator. Definitions are being amended in Chapter 333 Divisions 7, 8, and 64 to match modifications made by OLCC for consistency between the agencies.
This bulletin only provides a summary of the major rule changes. The full rules text may be found on the OMMP rules webpage at www.healthoregon.org/ommprules
Summary of Rule Changes
333-007-0310 Definitions for Cannabis Testing
For consistency and clarity, the following definitions have been modified or added: Batch, Cannabinoid product, Cannabinoid capsule, Cannabinoid tincture, Cannabis Tracking System (CTS), Cured, Finished cannabinoid concentrate or extract, Finished cannabinoid product, Food, High heat, Human use, Remediation, Texture, and Usable marijuana.
333-007-0330 - Testing standards for concentrates made using only animal fat or plant-based oil.
New testing standards are being adopted for a concentrate that is made only using food grade animal fat or food grade plant-based oil. A process lot of a concentrate of this kind is not required to be tested for pesticides if all the following are true:
- All marijuana or usable marijuana used to make the concentrate was tested for pesticides and passed;
- The only solvent used to make the concentrate is food grade animal fat or food grade plant-based oil;
- The concentrate itself is only used to make a cannabinoid product intended for human consumption or use but not intended for inhalation; and
- The concentrate is not sold directly to consumers or patients.
333-007-0360 – Sampling for compliance testing
Samples being taken for testing must be from the finished cannabinoid concentrate, extract or product.
- Finished cannabinoid concentrate or extract means a cannabinoid concentrate or extract that is in its final form ready to be packaged for sale or transfer to a patient, designated primary caregiver or consumer.
- Samples may be taken in bulk as outlined in the sampling protocol and are not required to be in their final packaging.
- If an extract is to undergo further processing, it’s the final extract made that will be sold or transferred for sale to a patient, designated primary caregiver or consumer that is required to be sampled and tested.
- If two extracts or concentrates will be blended, it’s the final mixed form of the extract or concentrate that should be sampled and tested.
- Finished cannabinoid concentrates and extract must be tested for pesticides, solvents and potency.
- If an extract or concentrate will be mixed with a non-cannabis derived terpene, then the extract or concentrate becomes a product. The extract or concentrate would need to be tested for pesticides and solvents before the non-cannabis terpene is added and tested for just potency after the non-cannabis terpene is added.
- Modifications to Table 5 and 7 no longer indicate the size requirement per sample increment for a finished cannabinoid concentrate or extract. The laboratory needs to ensure the size of the sample increments collected are adequate for testing.
- Finished cannabinoid product means a cannabinoid product that is in its final form ready for packaging for sale or transfer to a patient, designated primary caregiver or consumer, and includes all ingredients whether or not the ingredients contain cannabinoids.
- The product does not need to be in its final packaging but the whole process lot must be available during the sampling event and be ready for final packaging.
- A finished cannabinoid product is required to be tested for potency and meet concentration limits found in rule (OAR 333-007-0210 or 333-007-0220).
A clarification is being made to the rule language to state that both the primary sample and the field duplicate sample must always be tested for pesticides and have passing test results in order for an item to be considered passing.
333-007-0410, -0420, -0430
The relative standard deviation (RSD) has been reduced from 30% to 20% between the primary and field duplicate samples taken and the relative percent difference (RPD) has been reduced from 20% to 15% between the primary and field duplicate samples taken.
333-007-0420 and 333-007-0450
A sample fails for moisture content if it contains more than 15% moisture. A failed item may be remediated by further curing or may be transferred to be used to make an extract or concentrate if the method for making the extract or concentrate uses an effective sterilization method.
333-007-0440 Control Study
Amending language to outline specifics that a cannabinoid concentrate, extract, or product must meet in order to pass a control study. Also, extending the timeframe that a control study will be valid from one year to two years. Clarifying what is considered a change in the type of ingredient used by a processor that will not result in the control study being considered invalid.
Please refer to the control study guidance document for more information.
333-008-0638 Grow Site Administrators for CTS Tracking
In order for a person responsible for a grow site (PRMG) to be approved as a grow site administrator, the PRMG must be in good standing for the prior three years with OMMP.
333-064-0025 Definitions for Laboratories
For consistency and clarity, the following definitions have been added: Cannabis Tracking System, Finished cannabinoid concentrate or extract, Finished cannabinoid product, Scheduled proficiency testing, and Supplemental proficiency testing.
333-064-0100 Marijuana Item Sampling Procedures and Testing
Clarifying language for sampling of marijuana items in rule and ORELAP’s Protocol for Collecting Samples of Finished Cannabinoid Concentrates, Extracts and Products.
333-064-0110 Reporting Marijuana Test Results
Test results no longer expire after one year. This applies to all test results, even those that were performed before the effective date of this rule.
333-064-0120 Proficiency Testing for Laboratories Accredited for Cannabis Testing
Language has been adopted outlining requirements that cannabis laboratories must follow for proficiency testing.
333-064-0130 Cannabis Laboratory Violations and Enforcement
Language has been adopted regarding cannabis laboratory violations and enforcement.
In addition, the rulemaking also amends the labeling rules found in Chapter 333 Division 7 to outline the transition of authority from OHA to OLCC per SB 1057 passed in the 2017 legislative session. A timeline explaining the transition may be found on the OMMP rules webpage. Housekeeping changes are being made to division 8 which include moving labeling definitions from division 7.
The rules can be found at: healthoregon.org/ommprules
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Oregon may consider exporting marijuana to other states
Oregon may consider exporting marijuana to other states
By The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Marijuana could take the next step toward joining pinot noir and craft beer on Oregon’s list of famous exports, under a proposal likely to go before state lawmakers in the new year.
The Statesman Journal reports that the Craft Cannabis Alliance, a business association led by founder and executive director Adam Smith, is working with legislators to let Oregon start exporting pot to other legal-weed states by 2021.
Among them is Sen. Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene, who said he also plans to reintroduce provisions from Senate Bill 1042, a similar proposal that died in the statehouse in 2017.
This comes as the state's legal weed industry has faced plummeting prices over the past year due to demand not keeping up with supply. Also at issue is whether bad actors are funneling marijuana into the lucrative black market.
The proposals represent how advocates are trying to move pot onto the forbidden superhighway of interstate trade, which is fraught with regulatory roadblocks. Oregon demands weed grown or sold here stay within state borders, and marijuana remains federally illegal.
Wholesalers could ship across state lines so long as Oregon's governor had made a pact with the receiving state to allow those deliveries, according to draft language reviewed by the Statesman Journal.
Still, opponents aren't convinced Oregon would find any takers. "I can't imagine any state would agree to do this with Oregon," said Kevin Sabet, president of anti-pot group Smart Approaches to Marijuana.
“It looks like a desperate attempt to tackle the out of control black market production that has happened in Oregon since legalization,” Sabet said. “The state should be focusing on how to reduce overall demand and supply.”
Oregon may consider exporting marijuana to other states
By The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Marijuana could take the next step toward joining pinot noir and craft beer on Oregon’s list of famous exports, under a proposal likely to go before state lawmakers in the new year.
The Statesman Journal reports that the Craft Cannabis Alliance, a business association led by founder and executive director Adam Smith, is working with legislators to let Oregon start exporting pot to other legal-weed states by 2021.
Among them is Sen. Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene, who said he also plans to reintroduce provisions from Senate Bill 1042, a similar proposal that died in the statehouse in 2017.
This comes as the state's legal weed industry has faced plummeting prices over the past year due to demand not keeping up with supply. Also at issue is whether bad actors are funneling marijuana into the lucrative black market.
The proposals represent how advocates are trying to move pot onto the forbidden superhighway of interstate trade, which is fraught with regulatory roadblocks. Oregon demands weed grown or sold here stay within state borders, and marijuana remains federally illegal.
Wholesalers could ship across state lines so long as Oregon's governor had made a pact with the receiving state to allow those deliveries, according to draft language reviewed by the Statesman Journal.
Still, opponents aren't convinced Oregon would find any takers. "I can't imagine any state would agree to do this with Oregon," said Kevin Sabet, president of anti-pot group Smart Approaches to Marijuana.
“It looks like a desperate attempt to tackle the out of control black market production that has happened in Oregon since legalization,” Sabet said. “The state should be focusing on how to reduce overall demand and supply.”
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It Would Take Oregonians Seven Years to Smoke All the Weed They Harvested This Year
It Would Take Oregonians Seven Years to Smoke All the Weed They Harvested This Year
In 2017, Oregon grew far more cannabis than the state smokes. In 2018, it grew even more.
By Katie Shepherd |
Published January 2 at 5:30 AM Updated January 2 at 5:30 AM
As 2019 dawns, Oregon is sitting on 1.3 million pounds of unsold cannabis flower.
While that total includes some just-harvested flower that hasn’t dried yet, it’s still absurdly more weed than the 166,000 pounds of legal cannabis Oregon consumers smoked last year. (The Oregon Liquor Control Commission, which tracks legal cannabis grown and sold in the state, could not say how much its current inventory included still-wet bud.)
Not all of the 1.3 million pounds is destined to end up in pipes, joints and bongs in 2019. Some will be sold to extractors who will create dabs and edibles that are more shelf-stable and can be sold later when the state’s inventory is lower.
But the excessive inventory will still drive prices down, and put growers out of business.
“The impact of being over-inventoried is that suppliers into the system must lower prices in order to sell into the market,” says Beau Whitney, an economist who studies the cannabis industry for New Frontier Data. “There is no real short-term solution to this. So this is going to be the environment for quite some time.”
1.3 million pounds is a lot of pot. How much?
If all or most of the 1.3 million pounds consisted of dry flower ready to smoke:
It would fill 589,670,081 1-gram pre-rolls.
It would weigh the same as 359 2019 Subaru Outbacks.
It would take Oregon smokers 7.8 years to smoke it all, if Oregonians continued to purchase legal weed at the same rate they did in 2018.
https://www.wweek.com/news/2019/01/...-smoke-all-the-weed-they-harvested-this-year/
It Would Take Oregonians Seven Years to Smoke All the Weed They Harvested This Year
In 2017, Oregon grew far more cannabis than the state smokes. In 2018, it grew even more.
By Katie Shepherd |
Published January 2 at 5:30 AM Updated January 2 at 5:30 AM
As 2019 dawns, Oregon is sitting on 1.3 million pounds of unsold cannabis flower.
While that total includes some just-harvested flower that hasn’t dried yet, it’s still absurdly more weed than the 166,000 pounds of legal cannabis Oregon consumers smoked last year. (The Oregon Liquor Control Commission, which tracks legal cannabis grown and sold in the state, could not say how much its current inventory included still-wet bud.)
Not all of the 1.3 million pounds is destined to end up in pipes, joints and bongs in 2019. Some will be sold to extractors who will create dabs and edibles that are more shelf-stable and can be sold later when the state’s inventory is lower.
But the excessive inventory will still drive prices down, and put growers out of business.
“The impact of being over-inventoried is that suppliers into the system must lower prices in order to sell into the market,” says Beau Whitney, an economist who studies the cannabis industry for New Frontier Data. “There is no real short-term solution to this. So this is going to be the environment for quite some time.”
1.3 million pounds is a lot of pot. How much?
If all or most of the 1.3 million pounds consisted of dry flower ready to smoke:
It would fill 589,670,081 1-gram pre-rolls.
It would weigh the same as 359 2019 Subaru Outbacks.
It would take Oregon smokers 7.8 years to smoke it all, if Oregonians continued to purchase legal weed at the same rate they did in 2018.
https://www.wweek.com/news/2019/01/...-smoke-all-the-weed-they-harvested-this-year/
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California produces at least 10x what people smoke there. Probably more like 20x. And they have since about 1985. 7x in Oregon is up from the previous 3x estimated made last year. So production is increasing. As for the black market being the result of legal weed here though? Ba ha ha! Like the black market did not exist before?
The global race to the bottom is on now. Colombia, South Africa, Thailand, Canada, Australia, Israel and others are all ramping up for growing and exporting weed. I can see $100 pounds in the future as commodity prices for global weed tank. I mean, this stuff actually does grow on trees, right? As a state, we should try to export medical weed to places like South Korea, as they are not going to grow it there at all. It will all be imported.
The global race to the bottom is on now. Colombia, South Africa, Thailand, Canada, Australia, Israel and others are all ramping up for growing and exporting weed. I can see $100 pounds in the future as commodity prices for global weed tank. I mean, this stuff actually does grow on trees, right? As a state, we should try to export medical weed to places like South Korea, as they are not going to grow it there at all. It will all be imported.
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Oh my I think some of their “legal “ weed goes to “non” legal and gets “traded “ or sold
Lol
Oh my I think some of their “legal “ weed goes to “non” legal and gets “traded “ or sold
Lol
I love how the state is still issuing hundreds of new licenses to grow there too, couple that with all the acres of legal high CBD hemp that's happening and weed should be free there soon!
If only the real estate market would crash as fast I could afford to relocate...
If only the real estate market would crash as fast I could afford to relocate...
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Right, but if its not just grow licenses, but its also for processors, wholesalers and retailers they've halted too then they're doing nothing to increase demand. Instead they're perversely shrinking demand at the same time they have a product oversupply. If they would continue processing the non-producer licenses then wholesale and retail prices would have to rise some to pay for all of the new labor and material investment the new non-producer licensees would be paying for.
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Robrites
January 17, 2019
OLCC Commissioners Approve Stipulated Settlements for Recreational Marijuana Violations
Portland, Ore -- At its monthly meeting January 17, 2019 meeting the Commissioners of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission approved the following fines and/or marijuana license suspensions or license surrenders based on stipulated settlements:
Odin Distillations* will pay a fine of $2,310 or serve a 14-day recreational marijuana processor license suspension for two violations.
Licensee is Odin Distillations, LLC; Odin Enterprises, LLC, Managing Member; Galt Industries, Inc., Member; Paul Amsbury, President/Stockholder; Mithlond Ventures, LLC, Member; David Loverink, Member; Pluto, LLC, Member; Nasem Issak, Member.
Rogue Farmer* will pay a fine of $7,620 or serve a 44-day recreational marijuana producer license suspension for three violations.
Licensee is Rogue Farmer at Quartz Creek, LLC.; Ryan Beyerlein, Member.
Cultivated Industries* will receive a letter of reprimand for three violations. The Commission accepted the surrender of the former licensees’ producer license on May 8, 2018.
The former licensee is Nug Run Farms, LLC; RJV, LLC Managing Member; James Deneen Holdings, LLC, Managing Member; Norris Monson, Managing Member; SDFM, LLC, Managing Member; Steve Miller, Managing Member; David Boies, Member.
Evio Labs Bend in Bend; has surrendered its lab license and each licensee agrees to accept a letter of reprimand for three violations.
Licensee is CR Labs, Inc.; Lori Glauser, Co-Licensee, President, Director, Stockholder; William Waldrop, Co-Licensee, Secretary, Director, Stockholder; Anthony Smith, Co-Licensee, Stockholder; EVIO, Inc., Stockholder; Signal Bay, Inc., Stockholder.
Evio Labs Eugene/Oregon Analytical Services in Eugene; has surrendered its lab license and each licensee agrees to accept a letter of reprimand for ten violations.
Licensee is EVIO Labs Eugene, LLC; EVIO Labs OR, Inc., Member; Lori Glauser, Manager, President, Director; William Waldrop, Manager, Secretary, Director; EVIO, Inc., Stockholder.
*The locations of OLCC marijuana producer, processor and wholesale licensees are exempt from public disclosure under Oregon law.
A copy of the Stipulated Settlement Agreements for Marijuana Violation Cases can be found on the OLCC website, on the Laws & Rules page under the Final Orders section.
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Robrites
Semi out of Portland stopped in Idaho's largest marijuana bust ever
Semi out of Portland stopped in Idaho's largest marijuana bust ever
The semi-truck was allegedly filled with nearly 7,000 pounds of marijuana plants.
BOISE, Idaho — A truck out of Portland was stopped by troopers in Idaho in the biggest marijuana bust in the state's history, police said.
The semi-truck, which was stopped between Boise and Mountain Home by Idaho State Police troopers, was allegedly filled with nearly 7,000 pounds of marijuana plants.
Idaho State Police officials said it was the largest marijuana bust in the agency's known history.
The driver, 36-year-old Denis V. Palamarchuk, of Portland, was arrested and charged with felony marijuana trafficking.
The truck was stopped on January 24 as as part of a routine, random commercial vehicle safety inspection, according to ISP spokesman Tim Marsano.
The driver's bill of lading, a document that details the cargo in the shipment, said the trailer was carrying 31 bags of hemp.
Marsano says the trooper detected a strong odor of marijuana during the inspection, and so opened one of the bags and performed a field test which showed the plant to be marijuana.
The plants have been sent to an independent lab for further testing.
Semi out of Portland stopped in Idaho's largest marijuana bust ever
The semi-truck was allegedly filled with nearly 7,000 pounds of marijuana plants.
BOISE, Idaho — A truck out of Portland was stopped by troopers in Idaho in the biggest marijuana bust in the state's history, police said.
The semi-truck, which was stopped between Boise and Mountain Home by Idaho State Police troopers, was allegedly filled with nearly 7,000 pounds of marijuana plants.
Idaho State Police officials said it was the largest marijuana bust in the agency's known history.
The driver, 36-year-old Denis V. Palamarchuk, of Portland, was arrested and charged with felony marijuana trafficking.
The truck was stopped on January 24 as as part of a routine, random commercial vehicle safety inspection, according to ISP spokesman Tim Marsano.
The driver's bill of lading, a document that details the cargo in the shipment, said the trailer was carrying 31 bags of hemp.
Marsano says the trooper detected a strong odor of marijuana during the inspection, and so opened one of the bags and performed a field test which showed the plant to be marijuana.
The plants have been sent to an independent lab for further testing.
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Robrites
Idaho State police make 3.5-ton pot bust
Idaho State police make 3.5-ton pot bust
BOISE — Idaho State Police officials say troopers made the biggest marijuana bust in the agency’s known history after a semi-truck allegedly filled with nearly 7,000 pounds of marijuana plants was stopped between Boise and Mountain Home.
ISP spokesman Tim Marsano said Tuesday the truck from Portland was stopped on Jan. 24 as part of a routine, random commercial vehicle safety inspection. The driver’s bill of lading — a document that details the cargo in the shipment — said the trailer was carrying 31 bags of hemp.
Hemp and marijuana plants look and smell very similar to one another, but hemp plants typically contain less than 0.3 percent of THC — the psychoactive chemical in marijuana — while marijuana plants generally contain anywhere from 15 to 40 percent THC. The plants also have different uses: Hemp can be used to produce a variety of products including food, industrial oil, paper, flour and clothing. Marijuana plants are often grown for their THC content, and are legal in Oregon, Washington and several other states but illegal in Idaho.
The trooper detected a strong odor of marijuana during the inspection, and so opened one of the bags and performed a field test, Marsano said. The field test showed the plant to be a marijuana plant, and a subsequent team of K9 drug-detection dogs that arrived also indicated that marijuana was present, he said.
Marsano could not say how low of a THC content will generate a positive result by the field tests or whether the dogs were trained to differentiate between marijuana or hemp, however. Still, he said transporting anything containing THC is a chargeable offense in Idaho.
"Between the field test and the K9 indication, Idaho State Police feel strongly that the load was actually marijuana and not hemp," Marsano said. "However, we have sent a sample of the load to an independent laboratory for further analysis."
The driver, 36-year-old Dennis V. Palamarchuk of Portland, has been charged with felony drug trafficking, Marsano said. It was not immediately known if he has obtained an attorney.
"This is the largest seizure of marijuana by the Idaho State Police in anyone's memory," Marsano said.
In total, the plants seized from the truck weighed 6,701 pounds, he said. If the plants do test positive as marijuana, the seizure will dwarf totals seized by the ISP for each of the past five years. For instance, in 2014, the state police seized roughly 319 pounds of marijuana. Total seizures remained below 1,000 pounds for the next two years, reaching a total of 2,131 pounds in 2018, Marsano said.
Marsano said he did not know when the independent lab would complete testing on the plants.
https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-.../idaho-state-police-make-35-ton-pot-bust.html
Idaho State police make 3.5-ton pot bust
BOISE — Idaho State Police officials say troopers made the biggest marijuana bust in the agency’s known history after a semi-truck allegedly filled with nearly 7,000 pounds of marijuana plants was stopped between Boise and Mountain Home.
ISP spokesman Tim Marsano said Tuesday the truck from Portland was stopped on Jan. 24 as part of a routine, random commercial vehicle safety inspection. The driver’s bill of lading — a document that details the cargo in the shipment — said the trailer was carrying 31 bags of hemp.
Hemp and marijuana plants look and smell very similar to one another, but hemp plants typically contain less than 0.3 percent of THC — the psychoactive chemical in marijuana — while marijuana plants generally contain anywhere from 15 to 40 percent THC. The plants also have different uses: Hemp can be used to produce a variety of products including food, industrial oil, paper, flour and clothing. Marijuana plants are often grown for their THC content, and are legal in Oregon, Washington and several other states but illegal in Idaho.
The trooper detected a strong odor of marijuana during the inspection, and so opened one of the bags and performed a field test, Marsano said. The field test showed the plant to be a marijuana plant, and a subsequent team of K9 drug-detection dogs that arrived also indicated that marijuana was present, he said.
Marsano could not say how low of a THC content will generate a positive result by the field tests or whether the dogs were trained to differentiate between marijuana or hemp, however. Still, he said transporting anything containing THC is a chargeable offense in Idaho.
"Between the field test and the K9 indication, Idaho State Police feel strongly that the load was actually marijuana and not hemp," Marsano said. "However, we have sent a sample of the load to an independent laboratory for further analysis."
The driver, 36-year-old Dennis V. Palamarchuk of Portland, has been charged with felony drug trafficking, Marsano said. It was not immediately known if he has obtained an attorney.
"This is the largest seizure of marijuana by the Idaho State Police in anyone's memory," Marsano said.
In total, the plants seized from the truck weighed 6,701 pounds, he said. If the plants do test positive as marijuana, the seizure will dwarf totals seized by the ISP for each of the past five years. For instance, in 2014, the state police seized roughly 319 pounds of marijuana. Total seizures remained below 1,000 pounds for the next two years, reaching a total of 2,131 pounds in 2018, Marsano said.
Marsano said he did not know when the independent lab would complete testing on the plants.
https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-.../idaho-state-police-make-35-ton-pot-bust.html
