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Oregon Cannabis Business License Applications Bury Liquor Commission

The OLCC was hit with 1,001 applications leading up to a temporary hiatus on processing licenses.

Portland Oregon

SALEM — The Oregon Liquor Control Commission was inundated with 1,001 applications in the in the lead up to a temporary hiatus on processing marijuana business licenses that was intended to allow the agency to work through a backlog of applications.

On May 30, the agency announced it would set aside any license applications received after June 15 in favor of first tackling a backlog of 1,423 license applications. The influx of applications adds more work for 13 commission employees who were already overwhelmed by the workload.

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"We expected there would be a surge of some kind," says Mark Pettinger, an agency spokesman. "We didn't know how much or how great."

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The workload includes applications for new licenses, renewals and changes in ownership or other aspects of existing licensees.

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