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ICBC to Award Mom-and-Pop Cannabis Business $10,000!

Anthony Johnson — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 15:00:57 +0000

The International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) made its debut in Portland four years ago, just before Oregon became the third state to pass an adult-use legalization law. There was no way that any of us involved with producing the conference could predict the rapid growth of the marijuana market across the globe. The Oregon cannabis […]

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Oregon Medical Cannabis Program Needs to Do More for Patients

Anthony Johnson — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 16:32:46 +0000

In many ways, Oregon is a leader on cannabis policy in the United States. The state was the first to decriminalize personal possession in 1973, was an early medical state in 1998, the third to vote in legalization in 2014, and really led the nation on decreasing criminal penalties across the board and expunging old […]

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The Oregon Medical Marijuana Program Lives On, Needs Reform

Anthony Johnson — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 19:37:20 +0000

“The OMMP is dead.” “Wrong. Long live the OMMP!” If you are a member of the Oregon cannabis community, you have most likely heard people say, or post on social media, that the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) is dead. While some unnecessary laws and regulations have hurt the ability of many cannabis growers to […]

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