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A Betrayal By a Leader of Oregon’s Cannabis Industry Shows How the Weed Business Went From Down Home to Cutthroat

Beth Schechter’s world shattered with a text message. An Atlanta native, Schechter moved to Portland in 2015 to take a job as executive director of a nonprofit called the Open Cannabis Project. Her job: protecting small cannabis farmers by challenging patent claims on commonplace weed strains.

Open Cannabis Project Dissolves In Response to Controversy Over Ag-Science Company Phylos Bioscience’s Breeding Program

“We also feel we have been deceived. As a result, no matter what we do as an organization going forward, Open Cannabis Project will never escape this deception.”

Meet the New Faces of Cannabis—10 People Now Shaping Legal Weed in Oregon

It’s been nearly three years since WW first looked at the personalities shaping Oregon’s recreational cannabis industry, then in its infancy. Since then, the state’s weed market has blossomed—perhaps too much, if you ask growers saddled with a surplus they can’t sell.

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Gary Granger Roams the Portland Streets at Night, Counting Crows

Crows in downtown Portland. IMAGE: Gary Granger.

A Reed College Biology Student Discovered Plastic-Eating Bacteria After Smuggling Bags of Dirt Through the Houston Airport

Morgan Vague (IMAGE: Nina Johnson)

In a Sizzling Real Estate Market, City-Owned Storefronts Have Stood Vacant for Nearly Two Years

Matt Lynch co-founded Super Deluxe in Southeast Portland (above), and wanted to try another restaurant concept further east. It didn’t pencil. (Abby Gordon)

Portland Labor Group Says New Seasons’s Sale to South Korean Company Breaks a Promise to Workers

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Oregon Bicycling Racing Association Stands By Board Member Who Criticized Transgender Athletes Participating in the Sport 102

New Oregon Transportation Director Has a Plan for Reducing Carbon Emissions: Get Traffic Moving 99

Portland Officials Created a Policy to Keep Homeless People From Camping Outside the Timbers’ Soccer Stadium 90

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