“Online applications become available Jan. 4 for recreational marijuana outlets. This includes six types of permits, from growers, processors and wholesalers to retailers and laboratories.
The number of applications are unlimited, Mark Pettinger, Oregon Liquor Control Commission spokesman said, unlike Washington which capped its retail licenses.”
“The whole focus of this it to have a dialogue between the two parties, essentially us and the applicant, because we want them to be successful,” Pettinger said. “It won’t be enforcement, it will be education and compliance we will be focusing on.”
“Once recreational marijuana stores begin opening, possibly by October 2016, the tax rate will drop from the original 25 percent rate. The state will collect 17 percent, and there’s a 3 percent local option.”
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