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New federal law puts an end to the hemp industry, Oregon businesses say

  • Mia Maldonado

ALBANY — Pet tinctures and topicals are the most popular products sold at Oregon CBD Company, a small business located at the junction of the Willamette Valley town’s busiest roads. Pet owners use them to treat their pets’ anxiety or pain — and in some cases they use similar products to treat their own.  Those […]

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Oregon lawmaker says she’ll push for more cannabis regulations in 2027 to protect kids

  • Mia Maldonado

Karma Clarke, a Douglas County mother, thought marijuana was harmless in 2014 when she voted in favor of the ballot measure legalizing recreational cannabis in Oregon.  She believed that until six years later, when her then-20-year-old son began smoking marijuana regularly.  He had played sports and maintained good grades in college, but when he returned […]

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Today’s smoked marijuana has about 35% THC, and there is upward of 90% THC in oils and edibles, up from 3-5% in the 1980s and 1990s. 

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Late night stop leads to pot seizure

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Late at night on Dec. 4, Oregon State Patrol troopers performed a high risk stop on a confirmed stolen 1999 Cadillac Eldorado with Oregon plat…

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Pot vaping up sharply

  • By Neita Cecil The Dalles Chronicle
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A 2019 state survey shows about 20 percent of Oregon 11th graders use marijuana, a rate unchanged from 2017, but one method of ingesting it, vaping, was up nearly 300 percent.