Snoop Dogg gets marijuana gift bag before Portland concert

Before rapper Snoop Dogg takes the stage tonight at the Crystal Ballroom, he and his crew will be handed some of the best weed Oregon has to offer.

When Andrew Lamb, a marijuana aficionado from Hermiston, heard the musician would be in Portland this month, he put out a call on Facebook for Oregon pot producers to donate a sample of their products to the entertainer, whose love of cannabis is well known.

Just last month, Snoop launched his own line of marijuana, which will be sold in Colorado stores.

Joshua Jardine Taylor, who writes about cannabis for The Mercury, helped spread the message throughout Oregon's marijuana community.

The result: a trove of Oregon cannabis, including top-shelf flower, marijuana-infused edibles and topical products, like personal lubricants, worth an estimated $4,500 to $5,000 on the retail market.Taylor, who lives in Portland, said a couple dozen Oregon cannabis companies offered their best...

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