PORTLAND — The state next month will for the first time require the medical marijuana industry to report how much product it grows, processes, stores and transfers in the open market.
The requirement is intended to track the stock of medical marijuana in the state and prevent it from entering the illicit market. Yet the tracking relies largely on the honor system, and the regulating agency — the Oregon Health Authority — has few inspectors to verify the accuracy of self-reports or inspect sites.
The agency’s compliance unit initially will focus enforcement efforts on registered growers and processors who have failed to file reports and large grow sites, said Carole Yann, analysis unit manager for the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program.
More than 100 medical cannabis dispensary owners, growers and processors crowded a conference room at Oregon’ Health Authority’s Portland headquarters Monday for the first of several trainings on the new reporting system.
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Oregon Begins Self-Reporting For Medical Marijuana
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