The products will be available next year in the four U.S. states where cannabis use is legal, namely Colorado, Washington, OR and Alaska.

The 27-year-old, who is set to release her highly-anticipated eighth studio album, has made no secret of indulging in cannabis and has been an open supporter of its legalization.

Her line will reportedly include strains of Karibbean Kush, Haitian Haze and Jamaican High Grade and will also include edibles and concentrates. “MaRihanna is blazing a trail for the industry”.

While speaking at a cannabis convention in Negril, Jamaica this week, Rihanna announced her new line of marijuana, according to a reggae website covering the event.

The fate of a medical marijuana tax in La Pine is up in the air, as attorneys representing the Oregon Legislature have determined such taxes are illegal.At the request of Sen. Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene, the Legislative Counsel’s office, an arm of the Legislature, looked into the issue.A three-page letter issued Nov. 13 by Dexter Johnson and Mark Mayer with the office concluded that a law passed by the Legislature earlier this year prohibits local governments from taxing medical marijuana. That’s also the view taken by Randy Huff, owner of Green Knotz, one of two medical dispensaries operating in La Pine.

ASHLAND, Ore --

More than 700 people attended the Oregon Marijuana Business Conference Saturday in Ashland. 

Organizers say this event is much more than learning the guide lines in potentially murky waters, it's also a chance to group together as a political force. 

Conference rooms were filled with guest speakers, answering question form eager listeners, hoping to better understand the businesses. 

This is the second year for the conference, which hopes they will be able to ease the state of Oregon into the limelight for pot grows around the nation.  

Previously this month, the Oregon Department of Human Solutions turned down a charitable contribution from a cannabis industry group. Founded by Lindsey Jacobsen, the group Women Leaders in Cannabis had actually planned to contribute 20 Thanksgiving Day dishes to needy households in Eugene and had actually asked the department for help distributing the donations.

According to Oregon Live, the contribution was initially invited by the department but was later rejected.

Retail pot sales in Southwest Washington are down after Oregon’s recreational launch in October

Marijuana dispensaries in Southwest Washington lost about 37 percent in sales and tax revenue in the month October, according to data from the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board.

“Opening up 100 stores [in Portland] within driving distance is tough on everyone,” said Gareth Kautz, who owns High End Market Place, a marijuana retailer in Vancouver.

Vancouver retailers took a hit when medical marijuana dispensaries in Portland began selling recreational cannabis buds on Oct. 1.

Two applications for new medical marijuana dispensaries are pending in Madras, and if approved and opened, would give the Jefferson County community five dispensaries. 

Owners of three of the dispensaries hope to convert them to recreational marijuana shops, but they might not get the chance. The Madras City Council voted in late October to put a ban on recreational marijuana businesses on the local ballot in November 2016. 

Patti Fleming, of Redmond, applied Sept. 25 to put High Desert Dispensary at 1825 U.S. Highway 97. Her license to operate a dispensary is under review by the Oregon Health Authority, which oversees medical marijuana. Fleming said Wednesday her plans are on hold, and not because of the City Council vote. 

Earlier this month a group of women in Oregon's marijuana industry came up with a plan to donate baskets complete with turkeys and the fixings for a Thanksgiving Day meal for 20 needy families in Eugene.

The group, Women Leaders in Cannabis, turned to the Oregon Department of Human Services, hoping the agency would get the baskets to families.

At first, an agency employee based in the Eugene office welcomed the gift, said Lindsey Jacobsen, a founder of the group. But a few days later, the state reversed course, saying staff was spending too much time making arrangements for the gift.

The real reason, as Jacobsen suspected, was the gift's connection to cannabis.

A lot can change in a month. 

Pendleton City Councilor Chuck Wood, who voted to draft a marijuana sales ban Oct. 20, changed his position and voted Tuesday not to support a ban without letting voters have the final say in November 2016, creating a 4-4 stalemate. 

Without the requisite five votes, the Pendleton City Council was forced to extend consideration of the ban to the Dec. 1 meeting. 

Mayor Phillip Houk opened the public hearing by saying he would only allow members of the public who had not already spoken at the last meeting to voice their support or opposition to the ban. 

Two people spoke against the ban, bringing the running total of opponents and supporters to 12-4 — in favor of ban opposers. 

The Oregon Department of Agriculture has identified 250 pesticides that marijuana producers may use to combat pests, mold and other problems common in the industry.

The pesticides on Oregon's list pose minimal risk to human health, according to the federal government, which sets pesticide policy nationally. Most pesticides approved for use in organic agriculture, for instance, would be allowed. Pesticides must list broad agricultural uses on their labels to be included on the state's list.