Oregon recreational marijuana companies are experiencing the best market conditions in years, with demand far outpacing supply because of the COVID-19 pandemic and more consumers forgoing the illicit market in favor of legal retailers. But the question remains whether...
The three Democrats have all introduced cannabis reform legislation before, but there’s a difference this time: They’ve got real power in the U.S. Senate. Chuck Schumer is majority leader, if by a slender margin, and Oregon’s Ron Wyden is chairman of the Finance...
Law enforcement agencies could assist Oregon farm regulators with inspections of hemp crops under a bill that’s intended to thwart illegal marijuana operations. Sheriffs from Jackson and Josephine counties in Southern Oregon are urging lawmakers to pass House Bill...
PORTLAND, Ore. – For Janie Gullickson, rock bottom came both slowly and all at once. A longtime drug and alcohol addict, Gullickson pushes back on the idea that one terrible day on the street leads to an epiphany and a climb back to normalcy. That’s what happens in...
This pandemic has taught us at least three things: • Teachers deserve twice what we pay them. • Americans have, at best, a rudimentary understanding of how to properly wash their hands. • Oregonians found the lockdown to be far more bearable with the addition of...
Five years ago, Jim Belushi walked away from Hollywood to start a new life as a farmer—a marijuana farmer. But the endeavor is not just an excuse to having his own personal supply. As Belushi told Newsweek recently, cannabis has helped him along a personal “path...
