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Home 🌿 Recreational Marijuana News 🌿 Oregon Medical marijuana dispensaries ask legislators for lifeline to recreational pot market 🌿Oregon Medical marijuana dispensaries ask legislators for lifeline to recreational pot market
SALEM-Medical marijuana dispensary owners pleaded Thursday with legislators to allow them to sell to recreational pot users once the drug becomes legal on July 1.
"We don't know a single dispensary doing well in this over-saturated market," said Meghan Walstatter, who along with her husband Matt owns a dispensary in Northeast Portland.
She called early sales of recreational marijuana a "much-needed lifeline" for the dispensaries.
The Oregon Health Authority has approved licenses for 310 dispensaries and another 93 are pending, according to a June 12 tally.
In Portland, more than 130 dispensaries have been approved, and one consultant, Sam Chapman said only a small number are making money. He said it could lead to a big shakeout with only a few large businesses left standing.
"If we truly want to keep this a craft industry and we want to empower the mom and pop businesses to be able to...
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