Landowners risk consequences from cannabis

Apr 9, 2026 | News, Oregon News

Attention Southern Oregon agricultural property owners: Consider yourself on notice. It’s been common knowledge for some time that Jackson and Josephine counties are the scene of illegal marijuana growing. Some of them are massive operations featuring multiple...

Oregon cannabis industry jobs grew 4% in 2020

Apr 9, 2026 | Oregon News

Cannabis jobs grew 4% in Oregon in 2020, a rough year for employment generally but a landmark year for the industry as it topped $1 billion in sales for the first time. Still, other states moved past Oregon on the cannabis employment leaderboard as legalization...

Leaked Document Shows How Legal Weed Could Go Horribly Wrong

Apr 9, 2026 | News

As an emerging industry with sky-high revenue projections, lofty social-justice promises, and ground rules currently being written from scratch, no business in America prompts ready comparisons to Silicon Valley like legal cannabis. But though analysts project legal...

Five years later, legal marijuana remains unfinished business in Massachusetts

Apr 9, 2026 | News

On Nov. 8, 2016, Massachusetts voters legalized marijuana, closing a door on more than a century of prohibition and opening one to an uncertain new era. In doing so, they brushed past gloomy prophecies from opponents — a spike in youth consumption, a rash of stoned...

Oregon marijuana firms enjoy booming market fueled by pandemic, consumers shunning illicit suppliers

Apr 9, 2026 | Oregon News

Oregon recreational marijuana companies are experiencing the best market conditions in years, with demand far outpacing supply because of the COVID-19 pandemic and more consumers forgoing the illicit market in favor of legal retailers. But the question remains whether...

Will Oregon Mandate Closing Services and Title Insurance for Cannabis Transactions?

Apr 9, 2026 | Oregon News

A proposal pending in the Oregon Legislative Assembly would limit title insurers’ potential grounds for refusing to insure certain real property transactions involving cannabis. Specifically, HB 2806, presented by Reps. David Brock Smith and Gary Leif, would prohibit...