Limited recreational marijuana sales began in Oregon on October 1. Since that time, customers have not had to pay any tax on recreational marijuana. That changes next week when a recreational marijuana sales tax goes into effect in Oregon. Per Oregon Live:

Recreational marijuana consumers in Oregon should prepare for sticker shock starting Monday when a 25 percent sales tax kicks in.

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Some recreational marijuana users may want to stock up by Jan. 4 when pot sales start getting taxed.

People with medical marijuana cards won't have to pay the tax and will also be able to buy larger quantities. When OLCC-regulated stores begin popping up next year, those sales will only require a 17 percent tax, plus a possible 3 percent could be charged by local cities and counties.

"It's going to be a nice shock to the system when people that don't know get that rise in price that they're not expecting," Jay Baker with Fresh Buds said.

Other changes for 2016? By the end of the year, you won't be able to buy recreational pot at a medical marijuana dispensary -- there will be separate shops for both purposes.

Oregrown Industries, Inc. Recognized as Industry Trailblazer at High Times Business Summit Oregrown
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BEND, Ore., Dec. 28, 2015

BEND, Ore., Dec. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Oregrown Industries, Inc., a Bend, Oregon farm-to-table cannabis company, was recognized as an Industry Trailblazer this month by High Times at the magazine's inaugural business summit in Washington, DC.

Oregrown co-founder Aviv Hadar was awarded the honor for his dedication to advancing cannabis reform in Oregon and nationwide. 

EUGENE, Ore. -- When it comes to using marijuana in Oregon, the lines are still blurred around regulations and usage.

That's why Michael Hirsch is fighting for what he says is his right to be employed and to use - not abuse - medical marijuana.

Hirsch won his fight against prostate cancer in 2011 but he now faces a daily battle with debilitating side effects from cancer treatment.

"I have ongoing issues with my digestive system and such to the point that it required hospitalization from kidney failure," explained Hirsch.

So he says doctors prescribed the best prescription they could to help him function.

"Medical cannabis really helps control and helps my digestive system," Hirsch says, "and is just one example of how it really improves my life."

Before rapper Snoop Dogg takes the stage tonight at the Crystal Ballroom, he and his crew will be handed some of the best weed Oregon has to offer.

When Andrew Lamb, a marijuana aficionado from Hermiston, heard the musician would be in Portland this month, he put out a call on Facebook for Oregon pot producers to donate a sample of their products to the entertainer, whose love of cannabis is well known.

Just last month, Snoop launched his own line of marijuana, which will be sold in Colorado stores.

Joshua Jardine Taylor, who writes about cannabis for The Mercury, helped spread the message throughout Oregon's marijuana community.

When 2015 dawned, it was illegal to grow, smoke or buy marijuana in Oregon unless you held a medical marijuana card. Now, all of those things are legal for adults.

July 1, 2015 was a day many Oregonians had been waiting for for decades. As midnight drew near, crowds gathered in downtown Portland to count down the minutes until marijuana use became legal for all Oregon adults. TV news crews were there to capture the moment.

"Many here are yelling ‘Weed, we want weed,’” a reporter noted.

When the clock struck midnight, people lit up to celebrate their new freedom to smoke pot. Never mind the fact that using it in public remains illegal, provision of the 2014 voter-approved ballot measure that legalized marijuana in Oregon.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs have approved a plan to build a facility to grow marijuana on their reservation in central Oregon and sell it at tribe-owned stores outside the reservation.

The vote comes a year after a U.S. Department of Justice policy indicated tribes could grow and sell pot under the same guidelines as states that opt to legalize. The tribe is one of the first in the country to enter the pot business.

Tribal officials said about 80 per cent of tribal voters favoured the proposal. More than 1,400 of the 3,300 eligible voters turned out for the referendum Thursday.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs have approved growing marijuana on their reservation in central Oregon and selling it outside the reservation.

The vote comes a year after a U.S. Department of Justice policy indicated tribes could grow and sell pot under the same guidelines as states. The tribe is one of a handful to enter the pot business thus far.

Warm Springs officials said about 80 percent of tribal voters favored the proposal. More than 1,400 of the 3,300 eligible voters turned out for the Thursday referendum.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service says it's illegal to mail materials containing advertising for marijuana products, even in states that have legalized the federally controlled substance.

The policy statement released this week comes in response to a letter from Oregon's Congressional delegation asking the service to clarify its policy on the issue.

In November, a memo distributed in the Portland postal district said it was unlawful for newspaper outlets to run marijuana ads and use the U.S. mail for delivery.