An Oregon County Gets Grant to Battle Illicit Cannabis Market

Jackson County will also target legal growers who harvest more than their license allows.

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Q13 Fox
September 17, 2018

MEDFORD, Ore.  — The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office will use state grant money to go after black-market marijuana producers and legal growers who harvest more than their license allows.

The nearly-$600,000 grant from a new program will pay for three detectives, one crime analyst and a part-time prosecutor, The Mail Tribune reported Friday. That’s in addition to another three-year federal grant of $250,000 that pays for two additional deputies tasked with pot enforcement.

Jackson County is in a prime climate for outdoor marijuana cultivation and struggles with illicit grows.

State lawmakers created the grant program this year to help pot-friendly parts of the state address those problems.

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