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Colorado’s first week of sales reached $5 million while Washington didn’t hit $2 million until after the first month. Those dispensaries can sell recreational products until December. 31, 2016, at which point all recreational sales will fall under the Oregon Liquor Control Commission’s regulations and will take place at OLCC-licensed retail stores.

Maybe it used to, but these days marijuana retailers face more competition than ever.

During the Measure 91 campaign, economic firm EcoNorthwest projected that the state would bring in .5 million in new revenue the first year while the state of Oregon projected a more modest $9 of net revenue. Washington had just four, and a year later, still has fewer than Oregon.

The problem with the logic in allowing pot-hating counties to automatically ban is that the first statewide vote we held was not about allowing legal pot shops, but ending illegal marijuana.

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