Setting up a medical marijuana business is not easy. While the business is extremely lucrative, it is challenging as well. Running a successful dispensary requires mastery of different business systems and it also requires meeting all the applicable local and state laws. If you are looking to help people and make profit by getting into the medical marijuana business or recreational marijuana business in Oregon, it is essential that you attend dispensary business seminars and prepare yourself for the challenges that you will be facing.
You will get to meet industry professionals when you attend these dispensary business seminars. These professionals have in depth knowledge about the laws of medical marijuana, how you can start a business and how you can run your business successfully. Apart from sharing insights on how to start a dispensary, they will also provide guidance on how you can make applications and obtain the necessary permits and licenses.
Selling marijuana is still an offense under the federal law and if you have to get into the business, it has to be done in the proper way. If you don’t have adequate knowledge about this industry, you can get into legal problems easily. Therefore, it is important that you attend these dispensary business seminars and get all the information you need.
You can learn the about dispensary business seminars in Oregon and the answers to all of your questions in our next seminar in Portland.
Oregon Cannabis Institute with attorney and industry professionals and will be hosting this live seminar to go over all aspects of marijuana business operation.
At OCI – it all begins with helping YOU to understand what is proper, lawful and appropriate!
Our hands on marijuana business start-up seminars are perfect way to learn how to start a business following all Oregon HB 3460 laws. You get an intense day of advanced information about how to start and operate a cannabis business. Find out how, click here for more information.
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Oregon Liquor Control Commission has announced eight more listening sessions to hear from communities around the state as the agency implements Oregon’s recreational marijuana law. Two meetings held last week in Baker City and Pendleton together drew more than 180 people.
“Hearing firsthand from community members is vital to our public process,” said OLCC Chairman Rob Patridge. “The OLCC needs to hear from you: what should marijuana regulation look like in your community and throughout Oregon?”
The listening sessions are the first steps in a yearlong public rulemaking process that will include monthly Commission meetings and rules advisory committee meetings.
“OLCC is committed to a transparent and inclusive public process to help us implement the law in a way that protects children, keeps our communities safe, and brings the recreational marijuana industry into the regulated market,” Patridge said.
Under the new law, possession of recreational marijuana becomes legal on July 1 of this year. The OLCC must begin accepting applications for commercial licenses next January, with retail stores to open by late 2016.
Learn more at http://marijuana.oregon.gov
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Monday, February 2, 7-9 p.m.
Chemeketa Eola Hills, Viticulture Center
215 Doaks Ferry Road NW
Salem, OR 97305
Eugene:
Tuesday, February 3, 7-9 p.m.
Lane County Fairgrounds
796 W. 13 Ave., Wheeler Pavilion
Eugene, OR 97402
Medford:
Wednesday, February 18, 7-9 p.m.
Southern Oregon University, Stevenson Union
1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Rogue River Room
Ashland, OR 97520
Klamath Falls:
Thursday, February 19, 10 a.m.-Noon
Oregon Institute of Technology
3201 Campus Drive, Auditorium
Klamath Falls, OR 97601
Bend:
Thursday, February 19, 7-9 p.m.
The Riverhouse Convention Center
2850 Rippling River Court
Bend, OR 97701
Beaverton:
Thursday, February 26, 4-6 p.m.
Embassy Suites Portland Washington Square
9000 SW Washington Square Road
Tigard, OR 97223
Clackamas:
Friday, February 27, 4-6 p.m.
Monarch Hotel & Conference Center
12566 SE 93rd Ave.
Clackamas, OR 97015
Newport:
Wednesday, March 11, 7-9 p.m.
Hallmark Resort
744 SW Elizabeth Street
Newport, OR 97365
– recreational marijuana laws in Oregon –
Oregon voters said yes to marijuana Tuesday, making the state the third to allow the possession and sale of cannabis for recreational rather than strictly medical use.
The crowd at the Southeast Portland club Holocene, where Yes on 91 held its victory party, erupted into rowdy cheers upon learning Measure 91 had passed. Someone in the audience yelled “Legal cannabis, baby,” as longtime legalization advocate Anthony Johnson took the stage. He called the vote “decades in the making.”
“We have ended a painful, discriminatory, harmful policy that has terrible consequences for our state,” Johnson said. “We replaced it with a policy that is smarter, more humane. … It’s a policy whose time has come.”
The closely watched vote on Measure 91 represents a major victory for state and national marijuana legalization advocates. They viewed Oregon, already home to a robust medical marijuana program, as part of a key second wave of states to legalize cannabis for recreational use.
Video: Crowd reacts to legal marijuana in Oregon Measure 91, which legalizes recreational marijuana use in Oregon, passed in the Nov. 4, 2014 election.
Oregon joins Washington state and Colorado, the first states to legalize pot for recreational use in 2012. Earlier in the night, Washington, D.C., voters approved a measure allowing residents to possess and grow — but not sell — marijuana. Alaska voters were also considering legalization Tuesday.
Oregon’s Measure 91 took elements from both the Washington and Colorado laws and was primarily financed by out-of-state donors and groups seeking national reform of drug laws. The Yes on 91 campaign collected about $4 million, compared to less than $200,000 raised by the No on 91 effort.
Clatsop County District Attorney Josh Marquis, who opposed marijuana legalization, called the race a “David vs. Goliath.” He said Oregonians aren’t likely to see much of a difference when it comes to law enforcement, which already views marijuana as a low priority.
“Marijuana was very low on the priority list in Oregon,” he said. “And now it will essentially be totally crossed off.”
The measure, which will not take effect until July 1, 2015, allows adults 21 and older to possess 1 ounce in public and up to 8 ounces at home, as well as a variety of other marijuana-infused products.
2014 Midterms: Jeff Mapes and Noelle Crombie analyze Measure 91’s win The Oregonian’s Jeff Mapes and Noelle Crombie analyze what the passage of Measure 91 means for the future of marijuana in Oregon.
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission will get the job of regulating marijuana production and sales. Tax revenue generated by marijuana will go to public schools; mental health and addiction services; law enforcement; and the Oregon Health Authority. Using marijuana in public or while driving will be prohibited. Current medical marijuana laws won’t change.
Oregon voters rejected marijuana legalization two years ago, and sponsors of Measure 91 hoped this year’s version would be seen as having more regulatory controls than what was on the ballot in 2012.
Unlike the 2012 marijuana initiative, which failed by six percentage points, Measure 91 had a large advertising budget that featured, among others, a retired judge, a retired deputy sheriff and a former top drug addictions official for the state. The campaign deliberately stayed away from any hints of the marijuana culture, even using colors in their signs that avoided any hint of green.
Opponents seized on the wide array of marijuana products — ranging from pot-laced gummy bears to sugary sodas containing the drug – for sale in Colorado that they said were aimed at enticing youthful consumers.
The measure is “about creating a big marijuana industry,” said Mandi Puckett, a drug education worker who headed the No on 91 campaign.
According to incomplete returns, Measure 91 benefited from overwhelming support in Multnomah County, home to about 20 percent of expected voters statewide.
Ethan Nadelmann, whose organization Drug Policy Alliance was a major funder of the Oregon measure, called the win “fantastic news,” particularly since it came during a year when a presidential election wasn’t on the ballot.
Conventional wisdom suggested waiting until 2016, but Nadelmann’s group pushed ahead this year despite concerns about low voter turnout.
“It’s just a fantastic victory, all the more so because it’s in a non-presidential election year,” Nadelmann said. “I think it bodes very well for 2016 and the years beyond.”
Kevin Sabet, a high-profile opponent of marijuana legalization who traveled to Oregon twice this year with an anti-pot message, said the Measure 91 results mean cannabis opponents need to get even more serious in 2016.
“We are going to redouble our efforts,” he said. “We can now get very serious with potential donors and supporters about how important 2016 is.”
He said opponents will continue to press their case as Oregon drafts rules for the recreational pot industry.
“Even in Oregon the conversation is not over,” he said. “We are going to make sure we are watching the marijuana industry and make sure they don’t get everything they want. This conversation about marijuana is just beginning. It’s certainly not ending.”
By Noelle Crombie | ncrombie@oregonian.com Link to original article.
A coalition of law enforcers has come out in support of marijuana legalization in Oregon, less than a week before voters will decide the issue at the polls.
“Treating marijuana as a crime has failed,” 30 former police officers, sheriffs, prosecutors and judges write in a letter released Wednesday by Yes on 91, the campaign supporting legalization in Oregon. “Arresting and citing thousands of people in Oregon and elsewhere for marijuana-related crimes is a distraction to law enforcement and a misuse of taxpayer resources. The time and money spent should go to make our communities safer. Police resources should be focused on violent criminals, thieves and criminal cartels.”
Signers include Pete Tutmark, former Oregon County deputy sheriff; Kris Olson, retired U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon; Norm Stamper, retired Seattle police chief; Tony Ryan, former Denver Police Department lieutenant; and Stephen Downing, retired Los Angeles Police Department deputy chief.
Oregon’s Measure 91 would allow adults to possess up to eight ounces of marijuana at home and up to one ounce in public. Taxes on marijuana sales will fund schools, law enforcement, and drug prevention and education programs. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission would regulate and monitor the industry.
Voters in Alaska and Washington, D.C., also decide legalization of recreational cannabis on Nov. 4. Florida voters decide whether to legalize medical marijuana.
Recent polls show Oregon legalization supporters with a slight edge, 46 percent to 44 percent. Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) has signaled his support for legalization.
“I hear the drumbeats from Washington and Colorado,” Kitzhaber said in January. “I want to make sure we have a thoughtful regulatory system. The legislature would be the right place to craft that.”
The state could reap $17 million to $40 million annually on marijuana taxes, the state financial estimate committee has projected. A recent study from personal finance website NerdWallet estimated $50 million to $100 million in annual tax revenue.
Of course not all of Oregon’s law enforcement personnel agree the state should legalize marijuana. Several district attorneys and sheriffs have been vocal opponents.
Clatsop County District Attorney Josh Marquis, an opposition spokesman, has cited intoxicated driving and increased use by minors as concerns.
“Marijuana is already functionally available to almost any adult that wants it in Oregon,” Marquis told Oregon Live.
To date, 23 states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for medical use, including Oregon in 1998. Colorado and Washington state legalized recreational marijuana in 2012. Federal law continues to declare the drug illegal.
Read the full letter and list of supporters below:
DATE: Oct. 29, 2014
RE: Statement in support of Oregon’s Measure 91 from Law Enforcement
Treating marijuana as a crime has failed. Arresting and citing thousands of people in Oregon and elsewhere for marijuana-related crimes is a distraction to law enforcement and a misuse of taxpayer resources. The time and money spent should go to make our communities safer. Police resources should be focused on violent criminals, thieves and criminal cartels.
A regulated, legal and taxed system for marijuana has already been shown to work better in Colorado and Washington. Colorado, the first state to implement regulated sales, has seen a reduction in teen use, a drop in traffic fatalities, and a falling violent crime rate in Denver, where most dispensaries are located. Revenue is going to fund public services rather than into the pockets of criminals and we expect the same in Washington when data starts to come in from that state. The sky has not fallen and law enforcement officers are now directing their time toward serious crimes, in accordance with their communities’ wishes.
Measure 91 is built on the foundation provided by these states and tailored to Oregon. It will ensure 35% of tax revenue raised goes to law enforcement, including 10% each to cities and counties and 15% for state police. It is a better approach.
Supported by the following 30 law enforcement officials:
Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper (Ret.) (Orcas Island, WA) 34 years
Multnomah County Sheriff Don Clark (Ret.) (Multnomah County, OR) Over 10 years law enforcement experience and a career of public service in Oregon
Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Stephen Downing (Ret.) (Long Beach, CA) 20 years
US Attorney for the District of Oregon Kris Olson (Ret.) (Oregon) 17 years of experience as a prosecutor
Oregon Supreme Court Justice, Court of Appeals Judge and Circuit Court trial Judge, Bill Riggs (Ret.) (Willsonville. OR) 35 years of judge experience
Assistant State’s Attorney Inge Fryklund (Ret.) (Bend, OR) 30 years law enforcement experience
Lieutenant Sheriff Paul Stiegleder (Ret.) (Portland, OR) 30 years
Former Drug Unit Prosecutor Darian Stanford (Portland, OR) 5 years
Former County Deputy Sheriff Pete Tutmark (Clackamas, Oregon) 30 years
Prosecutor Jay Fisher (Denver, CO) 12 years
Denver Police Department Lieutenant Tony Ryan (Ret.) (Sahuarita, AZ) 36 years
Special Agent Finn Selander (Ret.) (Albuquerque, NM) 20 years
Former Detention Officer and Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Thomas (Denver, CO) 2 years
Sergeant John Baker (Ret.) (Parker, CO) 24 years
Former Undercover Narcotics Officer Jay Fleming (Mohave Valley, AZ) 15 years
Federal Probation Officer LeRoy Washington (Ret.) (Kamuela, HI) 34 years
Former Deputy Sheriff Nicholas Dial (Mesa, AZ) 2 years
US Customs Inspector Arnold Byron (Ret.) (Burlington, WA) 21 years
Former Corrections Official Matt McCally (Renton, WA) 7 years
Deputy Sheriff MacKenzie Allen (Ret.) (Santa Fe, NM) 15 years
Former Judge Leonard Frieling (Lafayette, CO) 8 years
Former Prosecutor and Corrections Officer Jim Doherty (Seattle, WA) 6 years
Parole and Probation Officer Shelley Fox-Loken (Ret.) (Portland, OR) 21 years
Former Police Officer James Peet (Sumner, WA) 3 years
Superior Court Judge David A Nichols (Ret.) (Bellingham, WA) 20 years
Narcotics Officer and Military Police Officer David Doddridge (Ret.) (St. George, UT) 21 years
Lieutenant Commander Diane Goldstein (Ret.) (Santa Ana, CA) 21 years
Former Police Officer Kyle Kazan (Long Beach, CA) 5 years
Former Deputy Sheriff Nate Bradley (Sheridan, CA) 7 years
Former Deputy Sheriff Leo Laurence (San Diego, CA) 16 years
By: Matt Ferner
Dispensary Business Workshop in Portland, Oregon.
LIVE two day CannaBusiness seminar Saturday 11/22 & Sunday 11/23, 2014 10am-4:20pm
If you would like to start a Dispensary in Oregon or a grow operation, this seminar is for you. Our attorneys, accountant and industry professionals will help guide you in the right direction, with the latest House Bill 3460 dispensary rules, regulations and licensing requirements.
Here are some of the advantages of attending OCI seminars:
We will cover marijuana business basics as well as advanced business.
We will go over in a step by step format of what is going to be needed to start a dispensary in Oregon.
Choosing the correct corporate structure for your cannabis dispensary.
We will go over marijuana business permits that you will need to start operation.
Where is the best location to open your business.
How to deal with landlords.
Bookkeeping and paying taxes.
Banking solutions for the cannabis industry.
General liability insurance to cover your business and crop.
services for your business.
Industry referrals and contacts.
Advertising strategies.
How much money will be needed to start a marijuana business.
Who will be at the seminar?
Cannabis tax accountant.
Cannabis business law attorney.
Criminal attorney.
Cannabis Testing lab.
Seed-to-Sale software.
Professional growers, etc.
Cultivation & Edibles: Take lessons from professional growers from Oregon.
Get started and produce your own cannabis.
Learn to grow indoors and outdoors.
Instructions for watering, lighting, ventilation, cycles.
Equipment that will be needed.
Detailed instructions on pest control, smell abatement, security, pH balance, and drying/curing and much more.
$300 PER PERSON
Enroll at https://oregon.cannabis.institute.420college.org/enrollment
Private event location emailed after enrollment.
Contact 855-420-8255 or staff@oregoncannabisinstitute.com
Law on Weed
The Oregon law on weed is one that hasn’t completely banned the plant. Oregon has allowed medicinal use of weed for many years now, and in order to legally obtain it, the person has to have a valid prescription written by their doctor.
People that suffer from certain conditions are able to help their appetite, pain and other symptoms by using medical weed. A business owner can open their own dispensary to help these people manage their conditions and supply the patient with cannabis following the Oregon law on weed. This can’t be done overnight, but the OCI seminar will put you on the right path to eventually getting into business for yourself.
Oregon Cannabis Institute is the place to go to learn about laws on weed and how to make that thought a reality for you. The seminar will cover the Oregon law on weed in full, information on growing your crop, tax help, banking advice, and other topics that will help you establish your business step by step.
You can learn the about the law on weed in Oregon and the answers to all of your questions in our next seminar in Portland.
Oregon Cannabis Institute with attorney and industry professionals and will be hosting this live seminar to go over all aspects of marijuana business operation.
At OCI – it all begins with helping YOU to understand what is proper, lawful and appropriate!
Our hands on marijuana business start-up seminars are perfect way to learn how to start a business following all Oregon HB 3460 laws. You get an intense day of advanced information about how to start and operate a cannabis business. Find out how, click here for more information.
medical marijuana dispensary paperwork
OCI is one of the institutions that will make your business get on to the right track. The school provides legal marijuana training programs. A great number of students have been helped to come up with good planning for their business. If you are looking for a way of improving your knowledge on the business subject there is quite a number of institutions which offer studies based on marijuana dispensary business. One of the top schools is Oregon Cannabis Institute.
Medical marijuana dispensary paperwork is needed as one of the great tools towards surviving in the crowded market that has caused a lot of competition. Due to unhealthy competition and government’s policy towards human freedom, some people have been forced to quit the business. Generally speaking many business people view paper work as negligible in running their businesses. This is not true, in as much as you would be swayed to use the computerized form of recording medical marijuana dispensary paperwork is also important. This is whereby you will transfer all the records to the computer by key punching the correct information.
Great medical marijuana dispensary paperwork must come with the passion of running the business. The paper work is an aid to super planning. All your documents will be kept in a safe manner, helping you navigate easily through your records. Records are very important and you will constantly use them for references. Your records will be organized in a way that is suitable for accounting and auditing purposes. To balance the records, an auditor will get easy time as he follows the dates on which the different transactions were carried. Your filing will also be made easy.
You can learn the about medical marijuana business license in Oregon and the answers to all of your questions in our next seminar in Portland.
Oregon Cannabis Institute with attorney and industry professionals and will be hosting this live seminar to go over all aspects of marijuana business operation.
At OCI – it all begins with helping YOU to understand what is proper, lawful and appropriate!
Our hands on marijuana business start-up seminars are perfect way to learn how to start a business following all Oregon HB 3460 laws. You get an intense day of advanced information about how to start and operate a cannabis business. Find out how, click here for more information.
Medical Marijuana Business License
Applying for a medical marijuana business license for Oregon can seem like a complicated process in knowing all the paperwork required. It is just another step that needs to be taken to start a dispensary for medical marijuana, but may be one that stops you from following your dreams of helping others. Don’t let these types of worries be the barricade that stops you from being able to help those in need.
Oregon Cannabis Institute can assist you in getting all your marijuana facility paperwork, advise you on funding, and put you in touch with the experts you need to get your business growing. The medical marijuana business license for Oregon may seem like an impossible hurdle, but remember you are not in this alone.
You can learn the about medical marijuana business license in Oregon and the answers to all of your questions in our next seminar in Portland.
Oregon Cannabis Institute with attorney and industry professionals and will be hosting this live seminar to go over all aspects of marijuana business operation.
At OCI – it all begins with helping YOU to understand what is proper, lawful and appropriate!
Our hands on marijuana business start-up seminars are perfect way to learn how to start a business following all Oregon HB 3460 laws. You get an intense day of advanced information about how to start and operate a cannabis business. Find out how, click here for more information.
Feeling completely astounded at the amount of Oregon marijuana dispensary paperwork you are required to fill out when opening your business? Don’t let that feeling get in the way of you compiling all of your paperwork because it does not have to be a stumbling block to opening your business.
If you think it’s just too much for you to handle, it may be a good idea to check out the seminars being held by OCI to learn about all facets of the business. The paperwork that needs to be filed is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to getting into a business that is so heavily regulated, so getting information from those that are already in the business will come in handy in the future. Accomplishing the first step in your business by completing your Oregon marijuana dispensary paperwork can be done with a little help and the information from the seminars offered.
You can learn the about marijuana dispensary paperwork in Oregon and the answers to all of your questions in our next seminar in Portland.
Oregon Cannabis Institute with attorney and industry professionals and will be hosting this live seminar to go over all aspects of marijuana business operation.
At OCI – it all begins with helping YOU to understand what is proper, lawful and appropriate!
Our hands on marijuana business start-up seminars are perfect way to learn how to start a business following all Oregon HB 3460 laws. You get an intense day of advanced information about how to start and operate a cannabis business. Find out how, click here for more information.
Oregon Legalized Cannabis Projected Profits
An initiative to legalize recreational cannabis in the State of Oregon has officially qualified for this November’s general election ballot, according to New Approach Oregon, the group behind the proposal. The group submitted over 145,000 signatures in June, well more than the 87,000 required, and the state has now verified that enough of the signatures were valid.
If approved into law by voters, the initiative will legalize the possession of up to eight ounces of cannabis, the private cultivation of up to four cannabis plants, and state-licensed cannabis retail outlets which will be regulated by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. The initiative will only apply to those 21 and older.
A new study conducted by ECONorthwest has found that the market for legalized cannabis in Oregon is quite large, and would garner tens of millions of dollars in taxes for the state in the first year.
The study, which was commissioned by New Approach Oregon, the group behind an initiative to legalize cannabis found that in the first year of legal cannabis sales, Oregonians are likely to purchase over 1.3 million ounces (or 81,250 pounds) of cannabis. This, according to the tax rate put in place by the initiative, would equal over $38 million in taxes for the state; this isn’t counting the money saved from reduced enforcement costs.
The study concludes that if voters approve New Approach Oregon’s initiative this November, legal cannabis could be as low as $140 an ounce, far less than the cost of legal cannabis in Colorado and Washington, where an ounce is averaging anywhere from $350 to $700.
Many Oregon residents have taken full advantage of the medical cannabis laws already in place and opened legal medical marijuana collectives to provide medical marijuana patients with safe access to their medicine.
Now many entrepreneurial Oregon residents are seeing the value of cannabis business educational seminars to meet and network with a local cannabis attorney, cannabis CPA, cannabis testing lab, cannabis insurance provider, seed to sale software company, cannabis cultivators and processors. This helps put students on the forefront of impending cannabis legalization in Oregon so they are ready with all the right connections and paperwork required to open and operate legally within state guidelines.
Description of upcoming Portland seminar:
If you would like to start a Dispensary in Oregon or a grow operation, this seminar is for you. Our attorneys, accountant and industry professionals will help guide you in the right direction, with the latest House Bill 3460 dispensary rules, regulations and licensing requirements.
Here are some of the advantages of attending OCI seminars:
We will cover marijuana business basics as well as advanced business.
We will go over in a step by step format of what is going to be needed to start a dispensary in Oregon.
Choosing the correct corporate structure for your cannabis dispensary.
We will go over marijuana business permits that you will need to start operation.
Where is the best location to open your business.
How to deal with landlords.
Bookkeeping and paying taxes.
Banking solutions for the cannabis industry.
General liability insurance to cover your business and crop.
services for your business.
Industry referrals and contacts.
Advertising strategies.
How much money will be needed to start a marijuana business.
Who will be at the seminar?
Cannabis tax accountant.
Cannabis business law attorney.
Criminal attorney.
Cannabis Testing lab.
Seed-to-Sale software.
Professional growers, etc.
Cultivation & Edibles: Take lessons from professional growers from Oregon.
Get started and produce your own cannabis.
Learn to grow indoors and outdoors.
Instructions for watering, lighting, ventilation, cycles.
Equipment that will be needed.
Detailed instructions on pest control, smell abatement, security, pH balance, and drying/curing and much more.
$300 PER PERSON
CLICK HERE to enroll now for our upcoming Oregon Cannabis Institute seminar in Portland on August 16th & 17th (Saturday & Sunday) 10am-4:20pm both days. Get ready to start your successful legal cannabis business in Oregon the right way!
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