Oregon liquor commission set to approve sweeping marijuana rules

The Oregon Liquor Control Commission is expected to vote Thursday afternoon on a wide-ranging set of rules that will launch the state's recreational marijuana industry.

The commission spent the morning tweaking 77 pages of administrative rules that detail everything from the security licensed growers must have to the kind of information that has to be listed on product labels.

Attorneys for the commission and the Oregon Department of Justice will spend the afternoon incorporating those revisions into the rules. The commission will reconvene at 5 p.m. to vote on the requirements.

The rules, which impose a seed-to-sale tracking system on marijuana destined for the recreational market, are effective in January. That's when the state begins accepting applications for licenses.

Two issues have been particularly controversial for Oregon policymakers: production limits for cannabis growers, and residency and ownership rules for marijuana businesses.

On production, the rules establish two tiers based on...

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