Oregon this month passed the latest marijuana milestone: the end of recreational sales at medical marijuana dispensaries.
The big shift ends stopgap state permission for dispensaries to sell marijuana to anyone over 21 as regulators spent the past year and a half drafting rules for the new recreational market.
The transition comes with other significant changes: Recreational consumers can now buy more marijuana flower and will pay lower sales taxes on pot.
But they probably will find fewer places to buy marijuana - at least for a while -- as dispensaries make the switch.
Though the state is still home to 300 dispensaries, that number is expected to continue to drop as medical-only shops migrate to the larger recreational industry.
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The big shift ends stopgap state permission for dispensaries to sell marijuana to anyone over 21 as regulators spent the past year and a half drafting rules for the new recreational market.
The transition comes with other significant changes: Recreational consumers can now buy more marijuana flower and will pay lower sales taxes on pot.
But they probably will find fewer places to buy marijuana - at least for a while -- as dispensaries make the switch.
Though the state is still home to 300 dispensaries, that number is expected to continue to drop as medical-only shops migrate to the larger recreational industry.
Read more
