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May 31, 2019
SALEM, Ore. — Oregon is awash in cannabis, glutted with so much legal marijuana that if growing were to stop today, it could take more than six years by one estimate to smoke or eat it all.
Now, the state is looking to curb production.
Five years after voters legalized recreational cannabis, lawmakers are moving to give the Oregon Liquor Control Commission more leeway to deny new cannabis-growing licenses based on supply and demand.
