Local NewsOregon has Spent $46 million Fighting Black Market

Oregon has Spent $46 million Fighting Black Market

Experts say the state’s lack of market-related data may be hampering its efforts.

The tales of illicit cannabis operations were coming from all corners of Oregon, and by 2018 — four years after the state voted to legalize recreational weed — lawmakers were feeling the pressure to act.  Workers on unlicensed grows just miles north of California were sleeping in shipping containers and being held on site by armed guards…

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