The latest statistics on Oregon cannabis show the market is exceeding expectations—and drawing the suspicion of prosecutors.
Oregon has a generous supply of weed, thanks to bumper harvests that have driven down prices to record lows (“Too Much Weed,” WW, April 18, 2018). That oversupply has glutted Oregon’s market and led, law enforcement officials say, to “leakage” into the black market.
At least one prosecutor is getting suspicious. But the state isn’t letting him look too closely.
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