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More Parents Are Looking to Marijuana to Help Kids With Autism - Cannabis News

Holiday greeting card. Image: 320 Ranch via Wikimedia Commons

EUGENE, Ore. - 2015 marks the first holiday season for recreational marijuana in Oregon. For many local pot shops, sales around Christmas day were holly jolly.

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Tilray Executives Continue To Unload Shares Despite A Falling Share Price

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Earlier this month a group of women in Oregon's marijuana industry came up with a plan to donate baskets complete with turkeys and the fixings for a Thanksgiving Day meal for 20 needy families in Eugene.

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Oxford approves Medical Cannabis dispensaries

A billboard for legal marijuana in Oregon, Dec. 4, 2015. Image:KOIN

Their only advertising guidelines now are dictated by the Oregon Health Authority

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — When Attis Trading Company advertises their marijuana shops on billboards around Portland, they follow a few basic rules.

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Family says moving from Tenn. to Colo. for medical marijuana saved daughter’s life – Cannabis News

A billboard for legal marijuana in Oregon, Dec. 4, 2015. Image:KOIN

Their only advertising guidelines now are dictated by the Oregon Health Authority

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — When Attis Trading Company advertises their marijuana shops on billboards around Portland, they follow a few basic rules.

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N.J. ‘Big Weed’ cannabis capers may limit minorities, locals

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Earlier this month a group of women in Oregon's marijuana industry came up with a plan to donate baskets complete with turkeys and the fixings for a Thanksgiving Day meal for 20 needy families in Eugene.

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Oregon utility offers help to cannabis growers after wave of outages - Marijuana News

Cannabis buds at an indoor grow operation. Image: WeedWorthy.com

An Oregon electric utility said on Thursday that residents growing light-craving marijuana plants indoors have sparked a wave of small-scale outages, prompting the company to offer expert help in setting up their home-growing operations.

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You can’t be fired in N.J. for failing drug test because of medical marijuana, court rules - Cannabis News

Marijuana Wellness Products, Hollywood, Portland, Oregon, 2014. Image: Another Believer via Wikimedia Commons
Nina Mehlhaf ~ KGW.com ~
 
PORTLAND, Ore. -- After just one week of recreational marijuana sales, Oregon dispensaries have raked in an estimated $11 million.
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How to Start a Cannabis Business On a Budget - Cannabis News

Phoenix business owner Ed Polish scans the cannabis on display at Green Valley Wellness on Thursday in Talent, Ore. Oregon marijuana shops began selling marijuana Thursday for the first time to recreational users. Image: Bob Pennell, The Associated Press, via SeattleTimes.com
 
Thursday marked Day 1 of recreational-marijuana sales in Oregon. The competition for customers between Portland and Vancouver, Wash., is now officially on.
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Report: Cannabis represents significant opportunity for insurers - Cannabis News

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Ted Shorack ~ BendBulletin.com ~

Medical marijuana dispensaries remained busy throughout the weekend after opening their doors for recreational sales Thursday.

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Maine on track for legal marijuana sales by spring 2020 - Cannabis News

A medical marijuana dispensary displays a sign Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, in Portland, Ore. Oregon's medical marijuana dispensaries are getting ready for a watershed moment this week: when recreational pot users will also be able to buy weed at their pot shops. (AP Photo/Gosia Wozniacka)
Gosia Wozniacka ~ Associated Press ~
 
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon's medical marijuana dispensaries are getting ready for a watershed moment this week: when recreational pot users will also be able to buy weed at their pot shops.
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American Bar Association Urges Congress To Let States Set Their Own Marijuana Policies - Cannabis News

Davia Fleming, 29, center, is surrounded by media members as she becomes the first shopper at Shango Premium Cannabis, in Portland, Ore. On Oct. 1, 2015. Oregon marijuana stores have begun sales to recreational users. (AP Photo/Timothy J. Gonzalez)
Jonathan J. Cooper and Bob Seavey ~ Associated Press ~
 
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon marijuana shops began selling marijuana Thursday for the first time to recreational users, marking a big day for the budding pot industry.
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Two Cannabis Hotels Are Coming to Coachella Valley - Cannabis News

From left, Brynlee Whitten, 4, (doll is Sarah), JoAnn Whitten, Dennis Whitten, Kate Jackson and Linda Moczulski stand in front of a home that may become a marijuana dispensary in Cedar Mill, Oregon. (Wendy Owen/Oregon Live Staff)

Amy Wang ~ OregonLive.com ~

With recreational marijuana sales starting Oct. 1, pot likely will become more visible in Oregon neighborhoods, potentially raising tensions among neighbors, especially those with young children.

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What's in Your Weed? Touring Florida's Marijuana Testing Lab - Cannabis News

Erika Walton, 43, fills out paperwork to have a marijuana violation expunged from her record. Credit Ruth Fremson/The New York Times
 
As it prepares to begin retail marijuana sales next month, Oregon is blazing a profoundly new trail, legal experts and marijuana business people said, to rethink cannabis-related violations.
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KS lawmakers consider measure to conduct research into uses of industrial hemp

Vendors selling cannabis-related apparel are doing good business at the Oregon State Fair. Image: Jamie Hale/Oregon Live

Jamie Hale ~ OregonLive.com ~

The Oregon State Fair might need to break out some green ribbons – marijuana is moving in.
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