Portland Council Considers Green Light For Recreational Marijuana Deliveries

Medical marijuana patients in Portland can have pot delivered to their doors, so should recreational users be given the same privilege? 

Portland's City Council will hear a proposal Wednesday, Dec. 14, that would legalize the delivery of recreational marijuana through licensed dealers. A vote on the plan could happen next week. 

Adrian Wayman, co-founder of Green Box, a start-up online marijuana delivery service, thinks there's a market for delivery of recreational pot products. He says there are plenty of potential customers who don't want to risk being seen going into pot shops. 

"We'd work out of a warehouse, distribution hub … absolutely no public access," Wayman says. "I'm pretty excited about it. It gives me the opportunity to enter into a market of much lower capital than the traditional dispensary environment." 

The change is included in a series of marijuana business rule reforms submitted by City Commissioner Amanda Fritz, who...

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