Oregon’s Wildfires Struck the State’s Cannabis Farms at the Worst Possible Time

As wildfires raged through Southern Oregon this month, where many of the state’s cannabis farms are located, farmers found themselves on the fighting end of a natural disaster few saw coming. The blazes came at a particularly inopportune moment: Harvest season has begun, with the bulk of collection happening late this month and through October.

Oregon Cops Can’t Tell the Difference Between Hemp and Pot. That’s Making Life Easy for Black Market Growers.

Oregon’s Cannabis Industry Scrambles to Respond to the Vaping Crisis

It is not hyperbole to suggest the vaping crisis is the greatest challenge the nascent cannabis industry has yet had to face.

A Vape Ban Would Crush Oregon Cannabis Oil Extractors. Gov. Kate Brown May Do It Anyway.

One of Portland’s Top Cannabis Chefs Is Leading a CBD-Themed Summer Camp in Southern Oregon This Week. Here’s What to Expect.

Rethinking cannabis culture is the root of chef and event organizer Liv Vasquez’s work.

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.