After a year of public forums and hours of rule-making, Oregon on Monday opened its application process to anyone interested in entering the country's newest regulated marijuana market.
The license paperwork appeared online at 6 a.m. By noon, 70 people had slogged through the application, which asked for everything from security plans to electrical and water use information. The agency said it had received 36 applications from producers, 18 for retail locations, eight for processors and eight for wholesalers.
Unlike Washington, where the state capped how many licenses it issued to growers and retailers, Oregon has no limits.
