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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 Portland police: Bringing marijuana from Washington into Oregon 'not an issue' 🌿Portland police: Bringing marijuana from Washington into Oregon 'not an issue'
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Starting July 1, anyone 21 and older may possess up to 1 ounce of marijuana away from home and up to eight ounces at home.
Oregonians shopping for cannabis in Washington are nothing new. May sales data released by the Washington Liquor Control Board showed that one Vancouver shop sold more marijuana than any other shop statewide -- thanks in part to Oregonians, who made up about 50 percent of sales.
Portland police said the issue isn't on their radar.
"We are not doing interdiction on people who are going there to buy their weed and bringing it back," said Sgt. Pete Simpson. "Our drugs and vice division has not and does not focus...
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