Oregon: The Complications For Marijuana Businesses
Just a few yards from the Salem city line, a customer strolled into the Herbal Remedies cannabis shop, and put his nose into two jars with pot strains on promotion: Black Licorice and Berry Funk. He drew in the aroma appreciatively, like a wine connoisseur savoring the smell of a fine cabernet sauvignon.
On shelves were other brands, such as Obama Kush, Space Candy and Blueberry Northern Light.
The shop, though, seems to be doomed at least for recreational sales.
It is in one of three dozen locales in Oregon where voters on Election Night prohibited marijuana businesses, according to a list compiled by Rob Bovett, legal counsel for the of Association of Oregon Counties. Voters in another two dozen towns and counties decided to allow these businesses.
Two years after Oregon legalized recreational marijuana production, processing, sales and use, parts of the state are still sorting out whether to...
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