Oregon Archives - "Radical" Russ

Idaho/Oregon Border Town Reaches a Quarter-Billion Dollars in Marijuana Sales

In the two years and nine months since allowing for regulated sales, the small Eastern Oregon town of Ontario has

2022-04-05 No Comments

Idaho Accounted for a Quarter of Oregon’s Marijuana Sales Growth in 2021

Data from the Oregon Liquor & Cannabis Commission reveal that 2021 marijuana sales growth was greatest in Malheur County and accounted for over a quarter of the $70.9 million annual marijuana sales increase for the state of Oregon.

2022-02-23 No Comments

Marijuana Sales Remain Steady at the Idaho/Oregon Border

Idahoans have been purchasing the bulk of over nine million dollars worth of marijuana products sold just over the Oregon

2022-02-07 No Comments

Ontario, Oregon, Continues Selling Over $9 Million Worth of Marijuana Monthly, Mostly to Idahoans

Tiny Ontario, Oregon, continues to sell over $9 million worth of marijuana products every month, even though a new 24-hour

2022-01-17 No Comments

Ontario Tops $200 Million in Marijuana Sales

The City of Ontario has now generated over $205 million in marijuana sales since its first state-regulated cannabis stores opened

2021-11-05 No Comments

Supreme Court Lets Unfair Convictions Stand Because Retrials Would Be Difficult

It is shocking to me that the Courts could decide that Jim Crow juries are unfair, but their prior verdicts must stand because retrying those people who were unfairly convicted would just be too hard.

2021-05-17 No Comments

Idaho Marijuana Sales Top $100M in Ontario, Oregon

Data from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission show that the legal marijuana shops in the tiny Oregon/Idaho border town of Ontario have topped over $103 million in sales in just over sixteen months of operation.

2020-12-21 No Comments

Marijuana Election Night Deja Vu: Drug Reform Wins Big, Democratic Nominee, Not So Much

On Marijuana Election Night, Legalization goes 4–0, Medical Marijuana goes 2–0, Psychedelics go 2–0, and Drugs go 1-0.

2020-11-03 3 Comments

Vote NO on Tobacco & Vape Tax Increases in Oregon & Colorado

Exorbitant increases in tobacco and vape taxes are prohibition by another means and will lead to the unintended consequences prohibition always entails.

2020-10-30 No Comments

Marijuana Election Night 2020

Marijuana Election Night 2020 will be my tenth anniversary of producing an election night livestream dedicated to drug policy and criminal justice initiatives.

2020-10-23 No Comments

John Kitzhaber opposes Measure 110, which would help drug users avoid prison and get treatment, like his son Logan did after this DUID crash (photo: Oregon State Police).

Hypocritical Kitzhaber Opposes Measure 110 Initiative

We have two criminal justice systems in Oregon. One for people like the Kitzhabers, and one for everyone else. Passing Measure 110 would ensure every person with drug problems gets the Kitzhaber system.

2020-10-20 1 Comment

Coronavirus and Sumpter, Oregon

Marijuana shops were declared essential early on, our rental cabins also never had to close, so there hasn’t really been much change to my day-to-day working life in this crisis.

2020-05-21 No Comments

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