News Release: Study shows public supports banking for cannabis industry
New survey indicates financial institutions could bolster image by accepting deposits and lending to legal marijuana businesses
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News Release: Oregon regulatory snafus slow down cannabis industry
BDS analysis shows dispensary sales tanked after regulations took effect Oct. 1; situation appears worse in November
Behind the scenes at a cannabis testing lab
A tour of Green Leaf Lab, the first cannabis lab in Oregon to receive state accreditation. The first in a two-part series.
Can Oregon become the cannabis capital of the world?
One year after the legalization of recreational marijuana, Oregon’s pot industry is booming with more than $400 million in projected sales in 2016.
Oregon Cannabis Entrepreneurs Team Up To Offer First Marijuana Meditation Retreat
Guided meditations offer an opportunity to tap plant’s powers for mind-body wellness.
Cannabis Conundrum: Conflicting Laws Mean Ongoing Challenges for Oregon’s Senior Housing and Long Term Care Industry
Apologies to Law and Order: SVU, but in the federal criminal justice system, “Schedule I” based offenses are considered especially heinous. Under federal law, the manufacture, importation, possession, use and distribution of certain drugs and substances (and certain chemicals used to make drugs) is regulated by the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Drugs and substances covered … Read more
LEED for Weed: Part II
A year and half ago I was sitting in a cramped room in a downtown Portland office building listening to energy consultant John Morris talk about something I had never heard of before: the enormous amount of energy consumed by the cannabis industry. A few months later, Morris expounded …