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Fearing a Leak Into the Black Market, Oregon Suddenly Caps How Much Weed Medical Cardholders Can Buy Each Day

State regulators found evidence suggesting Oregonians were buying weed to sell in dry counties or in other states.

Dialogue: What Readers Had to Say About the Beaverton Bus Driver Who Lost His Job After Taking CBD Tincture

Last week, WW wrote about Jeff Anderson, a Beaverton School District bus driver who was forced into early retirement after taking CBD tincture and failing a drug test. Anderson blames the cannabis store clerk for telling him he could use the tincture to treat pain from psoriatic arthritis and still pass a urinalysis. Here’s what readers had to say.

A School Employee Was Assured He Could Use a CBD Tincture and Still Pass a Drug Test. He Didn’t.

His story is a dramatic example of a widespread misconception.

Here's What It's Like to Try to Get Medical Marijuana in Dayton, Ohio

A dispatch from a beleaguered medical marijuana patient.

Medical Marijuana is Dying in Oregon. That's No Way To Treat Our Pioneers.

The medical patients who risked everything are out of sight when you look around and see high-end dispensaries replacing neighborhood bodegas. The image of cannabis has been totally flipped from shameful medicine to luxury-branded commodity.

Portland has 147 Cannabis Dispensaries, And Way Less Medical Marijuana Patients Than Last Year

10,890: Medical marijuana patients registered in Multnomah County as of Oct. 1. That’s down from 13,004 the previous October, when edibles and concentrates were only available to medical patients.

Murmurs: Lawsuit Says Fairview Can't Evict Medical Marijuana Growers

Lawsuit Fights Fairview’s Medical Marijuana Ban A lawsuit is challenging the decision of a town in east Multnomah County to keep out medical marijuana growers. Industrial park owner Gary Troutner sued the city of Fairview on June 27 for shutting down four indoor medical marijuana growing operations that rented space Troutner owns. In a March … Continue reading Murmurs: Lawsuit Says Fairview Can’t Evict Medical Marijuana Growers

Rep. Earl Blumenauer Says the Opioid Crisis Is Helping Him Get Medical Marijuana for Veterans

Thanks to Oregonians, veterans are one step closer to getting prescribed medical marijuana by their actual doctors.

Oregon Senator Working to Get Medical Marijuana for Our Veterans

Senator Jeff Merkley not only feels the Bern, but he also feels as though veterans should be able to burn one down.

The PDC Goes to Court to Keep Medical Marijuana Out of Vanport Square

Investing in Vanport Square seemed like a good idea to Marina Zaré. In 2008, Zaré, a chiropractor, took a $300,000 loan subsidized by the Portland Development Commission to buy a commercial condominium at Vanport Square, a shopping complex the PDC financed along Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Zaré looked smart—she was getting newly constructed … Continue reading The PDC Goes to Court to Keep Medical Marijuana Out of Vanport Square

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