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.

Murmurs: Portland Police Budget Receives Scrutiny

In other news: Cider Riot sues Patriot Prayer.

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.”

An Ag Science Company Decided to Launch a Cannabis Breeding program. Oregon Growers Revolted.

The comments left on the Instagram announcement were savage.

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.

A TED Talks-Styled Educational Cannabis Series is Coming to Portland

The cannabis honeymoon is over. Weed is legal for adult use in nine states and the District of Columbia, and medical programs are available to Americans in 29 states.

Murmurs: Former Legacy Emanuel Employee, Who Allegedly Filmed Upskirt Videos of Hospital Visitors, Is Arrested in California

In other news: Clackamas County cannabis research hub scales back to being a big pot farm.

Matt Maletis Describes Oregon's First Cannabis Innovation Campus: "We Can Be Like Cuba With Cigars or Kentucky With Bourbon"