Oregon Is 3rd State to Allow Recreational Cannabis — Marijuana News

When it comes to recreational marijuana, what happens in Vegas matters in Oregon. While residents could use it, purchasing from a store hasn’t been possible.

Attendees of the “Normalize Marijuana” event hope recreational sales will start a conversation about breaking down stereotypes. In return, sales throughout the rest of the state began October 1, the Oregonian reported.

Oregon voters approved Measure 91 last November; the legislation takes effect after it was tweaked by the Legislature over the summer.

Unless they have medical marijuana cards, Lovers of cannabis edibles, oils and lotion shouldn’t celebrate just yet.

Where can you legally buy marijuana?

The reasons for why Oregon has legalized marijuana are detailed at the top of the same FAQ.

Bend is the only town east of the Cascades, now offering recreational marijuana products.

Pot sales in Oregon are the latest reflection of the country’s shifting approach to marijuana, as legalization efforts move forward in a growing number of states despite the plant’s federal classification as an illegal drug.

The dispensaries buy marijuana from growers who are allowed to charge only enough to cover the “normal and customary cost of doing business”.

When the OLCC begins issuing retail licenses in 2016, the state agency will allow stores to sell a person up to the full possession limits outlined in state law, according to Pettinger. In Seattle, marijuana costs about per gram.

Prices for pot could vary. Two other dispensary owners said they were undecided.

In Portland, dispensaries are distributing marijuana for $7 to $12 a gram with no tax. As of July 1, adults 21 or older can have up to eight ounces of dried marijuana at home or one ounce in public, and can grow up to four plants per household.

Wait, who is regulating recreational sales? And the hypocrisy of a few people using marijuana recreationally under the guise of medical need will disappear. Pettinger noted the OLCC is still in the process of hiring and building out its compliance and regulation staffs.

Starting Thursday, all recreational sales conducted at medical marijuana facilities will be tax free.

M reports customers can shop at roughly half of the state’s medical marijuana dispensaries.

Most of the tax revenue will go to schools. They include Douglas and Harney counties, Gresham, Brownsville, John Day, Junction City, La Grande, Reedsport and Sherwood. But this doesn’t hold true in Oregon, so pot will be able to flow more freely.

Is there something we missed?

Although recreational marijuana usage is legal statewide, Oregon has granted the right to individual counties and cities to enact local bans on the sale of recreational marijuana under certain conditions.