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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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Oregon bill to limit how much THC goes into each edible fails

  • Mia Maldonado

An attempt to limit how much THC can be in an individual edible isn’t advancing this year in Oregon. Senate Bill 1548 was an unsuccessful attempt to prevent the production of individual edibles with more than 10 milligrams of THC, targeting edibles that are meant to be divided into several servings.  Sen. Lisa Reynolds, a […]

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Oregon lawmakers propose capping cannabis edibles at 10 milligrams of THC

  • Mia Maldonado

Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill to prohibit the sale of individual edibles that have more than 10 milligrams of THC . The proposal, Senate Bill 1548, comes as lawmakers grapple with responding to increasing reports of children seeking medical attention because of cannabis exposure after consuming edibles resembling cookies, brownies and gummies. In 2023, children […]

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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.