Rules for Oregon's marijuana industry approved

The Oregon Liquor Control Commission on Thursday approved wide-ranging rules that will launch the state's recreational marijuana industry next year.

The commission spent the morning tweaking 77 pages of administrative rules that detail everything from the security that 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 spent the afternoon revising the rules, which were approved when the board reconvened at the end of the day.

The regulations, 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 thorny 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 size and whether the marijuana is grown indoors or outside....

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