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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.

A Racketeering Lawsuit Brought by an Oregon Equine Lawyer Is Part of a National Strategy to Upend Legal Weed

If the lawsuit succeeds at trial, the impact on the cannabis industry would be dramatic.

Strain Picks: What to Smoke When You’ve Got Shit to Get Done

Get busy.

Oregon Grew More Cannabis Than Customers Can Smoke. Now Shops and Farmers Are Left With Mountains of Unwanted Bud.

A recent Sunday afternoon at the Bridge City Collective cannabis shop in North Portland saw a steady flow of customers. Little wonder: A gram of weed was selling for less than the price of a glass of wine.

A Shopping List That Smokes All the Weed So You Don’t Have To

Welcome to Flower Picks, our new monthly cannabis feature that smokes all the weed so you don’t have to—because, let’s be honest, there’s a ton of herb in Oregon and it’s not all worth your money.

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