Buying Pot Is Legal in Portland. The Mercury Investigates.

Portland, I have seen your future and it is mildly impressed. As you’ll know by now, Oregon opened up recreational marijuana sales for the first time in its history at midnight, and a handful of retailers who weren’t cowed by nonexistent regulations went...
Recreational Pot Users Score Bags of Bud at Oregon Shops

Recreational Pot Users Score Bags of Bud at Oregon Shops

PORTLAND, Ore. — Excited shoppers looking to score some of the first recreational marijuana sold legally in Oregon bought up baggies of bud early Thursday, taking advantage of door-buster prices and other deals. Some of the more than 250 dispensaries that already...
Legal recreational pot sales begin in Oregon

Legal recreational pot sales begin in Oregon

PORTLAND, Ore. — Sales of recreational marijuana began after midnight Thursday in Oregon as some dispensaries opened their doors early moments after it became legal for those 21 and older to purchase pot. More than 200 of the state’s 345 medical cannabis...
The challenges of doing business in VICE CITY

The challenges of doing business in VICE CITY

A brand new industry will start operating in Oregon on the first day of October — legal recreational marijuana sales to adults. Although approved by the voters at the 2014 General Election, recreational marijuana sales are still controversial. Marijuana is still...
Pot is legal in Oregon. Now what?

Pot is legal in Oregon. Now what?

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN 6) — Less than one day after Oregon voters legalized recreational marijuana, businesses are putting into place the plans they’ve already made. Shane McKee, the co-owner of the Shango Cannabis medical marijuana facility, told KOIN 6 News it will...
Pot Legalization: Gateway to What?

Pot Legalization: Gateway to What?

Advocates look to further reduce drug-related arrests, incarceration. Shane Mckee, co-founder of Shango Premium Cannabis dispensary in Portland, Ore., pulls a medical marijuana sample from a display casing on Nov. 5. Oregon became the third state to legalize...