Recreational pot shops create buzz

Warning message

The subscription service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.

He said he’s been seeing customers from as far away as Idaho.

Eager night owls lined up as the sales started early Thursday, although most stores are opening at a more reasonable hour.

More than half of the state’s dispensaries have registered to sell recreational marijuana.

Oregon is the third state to allow the sale of recreational marijuana, following Colorado and Washington, and its rollout is unique. However, until now, only medical marijuana card holders were allowed to legally buy it. Now the dispensaries have been given the green light to sell pot to the general public, reports the Northwest News Network.

Those tweaks set today as the start of legal sales; they also changed how Oregon will tax marijuana, shifting from producers to the retail level.

The store offered its first 25 customers a 35 to 40 percent discount and was handing out soda, coffee, juice and...

Rate this article: 

This marijuana news is brought to you by 420 Intel. For the latest breaking cannabis industry news, subscribe to the 420 Intel newsletter. If you'd like to promote your product or service in this area after every article, contact us.