The DEA Investigates Cannabis-Oil Company True North Extracts

Federal agents searched the homes of True North’s owners after its facility was shut down in December.

For more than a year, the Portland company True North Extracts has sold a marijuana product it says is pure, safe and legal.

True North manufactures and sells CO2 oil—a marijuana concentrate made by stripping compounds like THC from the plant using compressed carbon dioxide. Users inhale the gooey, amber oil through vaporizer pens.

True North sells its vape-pen cartridges at medical marijuana dispensaries, advertising its product as free from the chemical solvents in some cannabis oils.

"True North products are designed for anyone looking for a completely clean and gentle experience," the company's website says, "that benefits the mind, body and soul."

But the owners of True North Extracts have been recently waylaid by a traditional nemesis of the marijuana business: the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

A federal search-warrant affidavit shows that DEA...

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