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.
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Pot Gamble
Warm Springs bets on cannabis even though marijuana use and possession is still illegal on the reservation.
Marijuana In The Workplace: Pot Quiz
The November election is just around the corner. Voter registration is in full swing (and early voting has already begun in a few states).
LEED for Weed: Part II
How time flies. 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 on the same … Read more
Cannabis biz digest
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission granted its first batch of licenses to growers; OLCC data shows a budding recreational marijuana industry in Marion and Polk Counties; and more cannabis businesses are planned for Bend.
Former Trail Blazer Antonio Harvey among first to get marijuana growers license
The state will issue the first batch of licenses to recreational marijuana growers on Friday.
Portland biotech startup maps cannabis genomes
Phylos Bioscience aims to shield marijuana strains from potential patent attempts by agricultural companies.
Marijuana taxes reach $6.84M
Recreational marijuana sales generated $6.84 million in tax revenues in the months of January and February.
Cannabis Collaborative Conference PDX: A Photo Gallery
All sectors of the cannabis industry are represented at the Cannabis Collaborative Conference at the Portland Expo Center. The two-day event closes today.
Proposed waterfront detention facility faces hurdles
A federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility proposed for Portland’s South Waterfront neighborhood faces a lengthy process over concerns for its primary use.