At least two collective bargaining contracts between Oregon cannabis workers and the dispensaries that employ them have been signed, and more are expected to partake in collective bargaining as the industry develops.
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Nina Mehlhaf ~ KGW.com ~
PORTLAND, Ore. -- After just one week of recreational marijuana sales, Oregon dispensaries have raked in an estimated $11 million.
Thursday marked Day 1 of recreational-marijuana sales in Oregon. The competition for customers between Portland and Vancouver, Wash., is now officially on.
Ted Shorack ~ BendBulletin.com ~
Medical marijuana dispensaries remained busy throughout the weekend after opening their doors for recreational sales Thursday.
Some CEOs characterize it as a youthful indiscretion, while others say they’ve been at it for years. Either way, it’s not career destroying.
The change in US cannabis laws has led to a growing market in food and drink laced with the drug, as Meg Carter reports.
Even as legalization continues to spread, and opportunities in the cannabis industry seem widely available, it can actually be tough for small business owners to cash in on the boom.
Legal marijuana tax revenues have been breaking records in Colorado this summer, nearly doubling monthly numbers from last year and on pace to exceed projections of legal sales that bring revenue back to the state.
Craig Hlavaty ~ Chron.com ~
Texas country music legend and pot prophet Willie Nelson has found an investor for his Willie's Reserve private marijuana label.
Jonah Bennett ~ The Daily Caller ~
No state has ever generated more tax revenue from marijuana than alcohol—until now.
Marijuana is illegal in Tennessee, but when and if the law changes, the business opportunities will be vast — along with the risks.
Matt Helms ~ Detroit Free Press ~
With some medical-marijuana stores in Detroit now offering drive-through purchasing, the city's marketplace for medical pot has spiraled out of control and needs to be regulated, Mayor Mike Duggan said.
Eric Lupher ~ TheDenverChannel.com ~
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The next big marijuana trend may have just hit the ground running in Colorado Springs. Soon, people there will be able to get gas and buy weed.
Kristen Wyatt ~ Associated Press ~
DENVER (AP) -- Marijuana consumers were taking advantage of a tax holiday in Colorado on Wednesday, with some lining up early for doorbuster-style deals.
Katie Lobosco ~ CNN Money ~
For one day and one day only, you can get a 10% discount on recreational marijuana in Colorado. September 16 is a pot tax holiday, thanks to a quirky state law.
Gogo Lidz ~ Irish Examiner ~
It seems fitting that a plant called Mary Jane could smash the patriarchy.
Julie Weed ~ Forbes ~
While many retirees spend time in their gardens, 82-year-old Florence Childs has chosen to work with another kind of plant.
Alcohol businesses are seeing ‘phenomenal growth’ alongside marijuana industry in Colorado, dispelling concerns that consumers prefer pot over booze.
Maureen Hayden, CNHI ~ News and Tribune ~
ROMNEY – The high fence surrounding a Purdue University research farm here was installed to keep out pesky deer, but this summer it served a second purpose: Keeping federal drug agents at bay.
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