Data as of 2026-06-07

Oregon

Oregon voters approved adult-use cannabis through Measure 91 on November 4, 2014; the law took effect July 1, 2015, and the first legal adult-use sales began 92 days later, on October 1, 2015, through existing medical dispensaries under an early-start program. The market is one of the oldest in the country. The state does not publish a clean full-market sales total: the most recent official figure quantifies usable cannabis (flower) sales at $960 million in 2024, and the OLCC reports that the recreational market peaked during the pandemic, with sales totaling $1.1 billion in 2020 and $1.2 billion in 2021. State cannabis tax receipts rose to a calendar-year peak of roughly $177.8 million in 2021 and declined to $143,680,856 in calendar-year 2025, which works out to $33.63 per resident. On the supply side, Oregon has awarded 2,469 cultivator licenses; 1,373 are operational, an activation rate of 55.6 percent. It has awarded 1,253 retail licenses; 812 are operational, a rate of 64.8 percent. The state has placed a per-capita moratorium on new producer and retail applications under HB 4121, effective January 1, 2025. Retail cannabis prices are declining; the OLCC attributes the low price to oversupply. The retail median price for usable cannabis fell from $3.85 per gram in 2023 to $3.75 per gram in 2024, which the OLCC reports is the lowest point the market has seen since legalization.

Market

Licensing & Market

Oregon has awarded 2,469 cultivator licenses and 1,253 retail licenses; these counts are cumulative submitted applications since 2016. Of those, 1,373 cultivators and 812 retailers are operational — activation rates of 55.6 percent and 64.8 percent respectively. There are 321.4 operating cultivators per million residents. There are 19.01 operating dispensaries per 100,000 residents. Oregon has placed a per-capita cap on the market: under HB 4121, signed March 20, 2024 and operative January 1, 2025, the OLCC may not accept new producer or retail applications above one active license per 7,500 residents aged 21 or older, and one processor or wholesaler license per 12,500. Licenses are not freely transferable; ownership changes proceed through a change-of-ownership review rather than free transfer. Vertical integration is permitted: a single person may hold producer, processor, wholesaler, and retailer licenses simultaneously under ORS 475C.061. Oregon imposes no owner-residency requirement, having repealed its prior two-year residency and 51 percent in-state ownership rule through HB 4014 in 2016. Local control governs where businesses may operate: of 277 jurisdictions counted (241 cities and 36 counties), 100 prohibit at least one class of licensed cannabis facility, leaving 177 that do not prohibit, a rate of 63.9 percent. The application fee is $250 for both cultivators and retailers; the producer annual fee is tiered, reported here at the Tier I rate of $3,750, and the retailer annual fee is $4,750. The state tracks product through Metrc.

Field Value Source
Cultivator licenses awarded 2469 [8]
Cultivator licenses operational 1373 [9]
Cultivator activation rate 55.6% [78]
Operating cultivators per million 321.4 [79]
Retail licenses awarded 1253 [10]
Retail licenses operational 812 [11]
Retail activation rate 64.8% [80]
Dispensaries per 100k 19.01 [12]
Vertical integration allowed [13]
License caps exist Yes [14]
Licenses transferable No [15]
Residency required No [16]
Residency duration (months) Not available in the public record —
Municipalities allowing 177 [17]
Municipalities total 277 [18]
Municipal opt-in rate 63.9% [81]
Track-and-trace system Metrc [7]
Cultivator application fee $250 [19]
Cultivator annual fee $3,750 [20]
Retail application fee $250 [21]
Retail annual fee $4,750 [22]
Consumers

Consumer Rules

Adults 21 and over may possess up to 2 ounces of usable cannabis in a public place; the private possession limit is 8 ounces. Home cultivation is permitted, capped at four plants per household. Per-transaction purchases are capped at 2 ounces of usable cannabis and 10 grams of cannabinoid extracts or concentrates per consumer per day under OAR 845-025-2800. Oregon sets no single milligram-of-THC cap per serving in its retail rule; serving and concentration limits are set in separate Oregon Health Authority rules. All major product forms are saleable, including usable cannabis, solid and liquid cannabinoid products, extracts, concentrates, and seeds. Beginning July 1, 2025, products containing artificially derived CBN may no longer be sold to consumers unless the manufacturer has made a federal GRAS determination or received a no-objections response to a New Dietary Ingredient Notification, per OLCC bulletin CE2025-05. Delivery is legal and operational: a retailer may deliver to a residence in Oregon with prior written Commission approval, permitted between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. On-site consumption lounges are not authorized; no statute or rule provides for licensed on-site consumption, and the count is zero.

Field Value Source
Home grow allowed Yes [23]
Home grow plant limit 4 [24]
Possession limit (oz) 2 [25]
Delivery legal Yes [26]
Delivery operational Yes [27]
Consumption lounges legal No [28]
Consumption lounges count 0 [29]
Purchase limit, flower (oz) 2 [30]
Purchase limit, concentrate (g) 10 [31]
Purchase limit, edibles (mg) Not available in the public record —
All product forms legal Yes [32]
Restricted product forms Artificially derived cannabinol (CBN) products can no longer be sold to Oregon consumers beginning July 1, 2025 unless the CBN manufacturer has made a GRAS determination or submitted an NDIN to the FDA and received a 'no objections' response (OLCC Compliance Education Bulletin CE2025-05, May 15, 2024). OLCC states it is not aware of any artificially derived CBN that meets these requirements. Inhalable extracts/concentrates subject to a 10 g per-consumer-per-day retail cap (OAR 845-025-2800(4)(a)). No mg-THC-per-serving cap is set in OAR 845-025-2800; serving/concentration limits are set by OHA rules (OAR 333-007-0210/0220). [33]
Taxes

Taxation

Oregon imposes no general state sales tax. The cannabis-specific levy is a 17 percent state excise tax on the retail sales price under ORS 475C.674, and cities and counties may add a local tax of up to 3 percent under ORS 475C.453, subject to voter approval — a combined maximum consumer rate of 20 percent, with a floor of 17 percent in jurisdictions with no local tax. Medical cannabis is exempt: purchases by registry cardholders and designated caregivers carry no retail tax under ORS 475C.678. The consumer-facing rate has decreased since the program began. A temporary 25 percent early-start retail rate in 2016 gave way to the permanent 17 percent point-of-sale rate; the original Measure 91 tax was a weight-based producer tax, repealed before the retail rate took effect. State cannabis tax revenue reached $143,680,856 in calendar-year 2025 — $33.63 per resident — down from a calendar-year peak of roughly $177.8 million in 2021. Local cannabis tax collected by the state added $22,316,144 in calendar-year 2025; the OLCC notes this understates true local revenue because taxes collected locally are not counted in the state series.

Field Value Source
Excise tax 17% [34]
Excise tax type per price [35]
Sales tax 0% [36]
Wholesale tax Not available in the public record —
Potency tax exists No [37]
Potency tax, flower Not available in the public record —
Potency tax, concentrate Not available in the public record —
Potency tax, edibles Not available in the public record —
Local tax (max) 3% [38]
Local tax (typical) Not available in the public record —
Total effective rate 20% [42]
Medical tax exempt Yes [39]
Medical tax rate 0% [40]
Annual tax revenue $143,680,856 [41]
Tax revenue per capita $33.63 [43]
Tax changed since legalization Yes [44]
Tax direction decreased [45]
Operators

Operator Data

Oregon does not publish a clean public total-market sales figure for a recent year. The most recent official figure quantifies usable cannabis (flower) sales at $960 million in 2024; the OLCC reports the quantity of usable cannabis sold decreased 3 percent in 2024. The retail median price for usable cannabis fell from $3.85 per gram in 2023 to $3.75 per gram in 2024 — about $106.31 per ounce — which the OLCC reports is the lowest point the market has seen since legalization, attributing the low price to oversupply. The state publishes a retail price but no public wholesale price-per-pound index, so wholesale-level price compression and operator margins cannot be quantified from public records; the OLCC describes margins only qualitatively, as tightening, without a figure. Operational producer licenses stand at 1,373, against a March 2023 moratorium-era count of 1,404 — a decline of 31 licenses, or 2.2 percent. These two figures are not stated by the OLCC to be the same metric, and 1,404 is a 2023 figure rather than the program's all-time peak, so the true contraction in cultivation is larger than 2.2 percent but is not cleanly sourced in the public record.

Field Value Source
Wholesale flower ($/lb) Not available in the public record —
Wholesale flower period Not available in the public record —
Wholesale trend declining [46]
Wholesale price compression Not available in the public record —
Retail flower ($/oz) $106.31 [47]
Operator margin Not available in the public record —
Total market sales Not available in the public record —
Adult-use sales $926,000,000 [83]
Per-capita sales $216.1 [82]
YoY sales growth -3% [48]
License attrition (count) 31 [49]
License attrition 2.2% [50]
Peak cultivation licenses 1404 [51]
Current cultivation licenses 1373 [52]
Outcomes

Consumer Data

Oregon residents are served by 19.01 operating dispensaries per 100,000 residents. A per-capita sales figure cannot be stated, because the state publishes no clean full-market sales total for a recent year. Retail cannabis prices are declining: the retail median price for usable cannabis fell from $3.85 per gram in 2023 to $3.75 per gram in 2024, which the OLCC reports is the lowest point the market has seen since legalization and attributes to oversupply. On legal-market capture, the only official estimate is dated: in its 2019 Recreational Marijuana Supply and Demand Legislative Report, the OLCC estimated that 55 percent of total statewide cannabis consumption among Oregonians aged 21 or older was procured from licensed recreational retailers. A more current figure is not available in the public record.

Field Value Source
Per-capita sales $216.1 [82]
Dispensaries per 100k 19.01 [12]
Legal market capture 55% [53]
Legal capture source Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, 2019 Recreational Marijuana Supply and Demand Legislative Report, p.1 (Executive Summary): "An estimated 55% of total statewide marijuana consumption among Oregonians aged 21 or older is procured from OLCC Recreational Retailers." https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/marijuana/Documents/Bulletins/2019%20Supply%20and%20Demand%20Legislative%20Report%20FINAL%20for%20Publication(PDFA).pdf [54]
Retail price trend declining [55]
Equity

Equity Programs

Oregon has no state cannabis social-equity licensing program. HB 4016, enacted in 2022, only permits the OLCC to adopt by rule a program to reassign expired, relinquished, or surrendered licenses to qualified applicants; it creates no mandatory equity carve-out. The state's Economic Equity Investment Program, created by SB 1579 in 2022, is a General Fund grant program and is not cannabis-funded — the cannabis-tax funding and cannabis licensing provisions that appeared in a failed predecessor bill were removed before passage. There is no cannabis-specific equity fund, no published count of equity-designated licenses, and no published figure for minority-owned or women-owned ownership share. The cannabis-equity record in Oregon is one of criminal-record relief rather than licensing: Governor Kate Brown's November 21, 2022 pardon order vacated 47,144 cannabis possession convictions and forgave roughly $14 million in associated fines and fees. The ongoing statutory set-aside under ORS 475C.397 remains available but requires the individual to file a motion, with no filing fee.

Field Value Source
Equity program exists No [56]
Equity program type No state cannabis social-equity LICENSING program. HB 4016 (2022) only PERMITS OLCC ('may'/'allows') to adopt by rule a program to assign expired, relinquished or surrendered licenses to qualified applicants; it creates no mandatory equity carve-out and the broader market remains under a moratorium on new license applications. Cannabis-adjacent equity exists only via (a) Gov. Kate Brown's Nov 21, 2022 one-time pardon of marijuana possession convictions and (b) local programs (e.g., Portland SEED). The state Economic Equity Investment Program (SB 1579, 2022) is a General Fund economic-equity grant program; its final form removed the cannabis-tax funding and cannabis licensing/expungement provisions that had appeared in the failed predecessor HB 3112, and it is not cannabis-funded. [57]
Equity licenses awarded Not available in the public record —
Equity licenses operational Not available in the public record —
Equity activation rate Not available in the public record —
Equity fund exists No [58]
Equity fund size Not available in the public record —
Equity fund disbursed Not available in the public record —
Equity fund disbursement rate Not available in the public record —
Minority ownership Not available in the public record —
Women ownership Not available in the public record —
Community reinvestment Not available in the public record —
Expungement exists Yes [59]
Expungement automatic No [60]
Expungements processed 47144 [61]
Income cap for equity Not available in the public record —
Enforcement

Enforcement

Oregon tracks regulated product seed-to-sale through Metrc. The OLCC Recreational Marijuana program operates on a $34,367,012 budget in the 2025–27 legislatively adopted budget, funded from license fees, with 88.96 full-time-equivalent positions. Illicit-market enforcement runs through a separate grant program: the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission reported 172 illegal cannabis enforcement incidents since April 1, 2022, with approximately 1.3 million illegal plants and 490,886 pounds of processed cannabis seized and 150 felony cases filed. Compliance testing covers five required test categories under Oregon Health Authority rules — pesticides, solvents, water activity and moisture, potency, and microbiological. The civil-penalty range runs from $495 for a first violation under the OLCC sanction schedule to a statutory maximum of $10,000 per violation under ORS 475C.405. Beyond these figures, the state does not publish inspection counts, enforcement actions against licensees, per-batch testing cost, or product recall counts in a form that can be sourced for a public reference — not because the activity does not occur, but because the regulator does not report it.

Field Value Source
Track-and-trace system Metrc [7]
Inspections per year Not available in the public record —
Enforcement actions (licensees) Not available in the public record —
Unlicensed-market enforcement actions 172 [62]
Regulatory budget $34,367,012 [63]
Regulatory staff 88.96 [64]
Mandatory testing analytes 5 [65]
Testing cost per batch Not available in the public record —
Product recalls per year Not available in the public record —
Fine schedule (min) $495 [66]
Fine schedule (max) $10,000 [67]
Criminal Law

Penalties & Criminal Law

Measure 91, effective in 2015, legalized adult possession, use, and home cultivation of up to four plants per household, and the net direction for personal use is dramatically lighter. The 2022 gubernatorial pardon vacated 47,144 pre-2016 simple-possession convictions. Penalties for the unregulated market were targeted and in some cases increased after legalization: HB 3000 in 2021 made unlawful production outside a licensed location a Class A misdemeanor, gave the OLCC authority over artificially derived cannabinoids, and authorized fines up to $10,000 for hemp crops exceeding THC limits. The overall penalty direction is therefore mixed. Possession over the limit is tiered under ORS 475C.337, escalating from a Class B violation up to a Class B felony at the highest quantities. Unlicensed cultivation is a Class C felony above 12 plants and a Class B felony above 100 plants or for manufacturing cannabinoid extract, carrying up to 10 years and a $250,000 fine. Unlicensed sale reaches the same Class B felony tier through aggravated conduct. Oregon sets no per se THC blood limit for impaired driving, relying instead on a proof-of-impairment standard. Post-legalization arrest counts and racial disparity ratios are not available from a primary Oregon public source and are not asserted here.

Field Value Source
Max penalty, unlicensed cultivation Class B felony — up to 10 years imprisonment and $250,000 fine (manufacture of more than 100 marijuana plants, or manufacture of cannabinoid extract, or reckless/knowing aggravated conduct under ORS 475C.353(5)-(6), per ORS 475C.349). The base unlicensed-cultivation felony tier is a Class C felony (>12 plants): up to 5 years and $125,000. [68]
Max penalty, unlicensed sale Class B felony — up to 10 years imprisonment and $250,000 fine (reckless/knowing aggravated conduct under ORS 475C.353(5)-(6) elevating an unlawful-delivery felony). Base felony tier is a Class C felony (delivery of >16x the applicable maximum amount, or >8 lbs usable marijuana in a public place, or >1/4 oz cannabinoid extract not from a licensed retailer, per ORS 475C.345(3)(b)): up to 5 years and $125,000. [69]
Felony threshold (grams) Not available in the public record —
Felony threshold type cultivation [70]
Penalty, possession over limit Tiered (ORS 475C.337, person 21+): Class B violation (max $1,000) if not more than 2x the applicable maximum amount; Class B misdemeanor (max 6 months) if more than 2x but not more than 4x; Class A misdemeanor (max 364 days) as the default offense; Class C felony (5 yr/$125k) if more than 16x the applicable maximum amount, or >8 lbs usable marijuana in a public place, or >1/4 oz cannabinoid extract not from a licensed retailer; Class B felony (10 yr/$250k) if more than 32x the applicable maximum amount or aggravated conduct under ORS 475C.353(5)-(6). [71]
Penalty, public consumption Class B violation, maximum $1,000 fine (ORS 475C.377 prohibits use of a marijuana item in a public place; Class B violation max fine per ORS 153.018) [72]
DUI per se limit (ng) Not available in the public record —
DUI zero tolerance No [73]
Penalties increased post-legalization Yes [74]
Penalty direction mixed [75]
Penalty direction details Net direction for personal use is dramatically lighter: Measure 91 (2014) legalized adult possession/use/home cultivation (up to 4 plants per household), and Gov. Brown's 2022 pardon vacated 47,144 pre-2016 simple-possession (<=1 oz) convictions and forgave roughly $14M in fines/fees. But illicit/unregulated-market penalties were targeted and in some cases increased post-legalization: HB 3000 (2021) made unlawful production of marijuana/hemp outside a licensed location a Class A misdemeanor, gave OLCC authority over artificially derived cannabinoids (e.g., delta-8), and authorized fines up to $10,000 for hemp crops exceeding THC limits. HB 4002 (2024) recriminalized possession of small amounts of hard drugs effective Sept 1, 2024 but did NOT alter cannabis penalties. [76]
Post-legalization arrests (annual) Not available in the public record —
Racial disparity ratio Not available in the public record —
Expungement exists Yes [59]
Expungement automatic No [60]

Sources

  1. ↑ ORS Chapter 475C (Control, Regulation, and Taxation of Marijuana and Industrial Hemp Act); OLCC official site https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/marijuana/
  2. ↑ U.S. Census / USPS standard two-letter abbreviation for Oregon
  3. ↑ Task date 2026-06-07; underlying data points: population V2024 (July 1 2024 vintage); legalization/first-sale dates 2015 (fixed historical facts)
  4. ↑ [SECONDARY] MPP, 'Summary of Oregon's Measure 91' — possession/home cultivation by adults 21+ became legal July 1, 2015 under Measure 91 (Control, Regulation, and Taxation of Marijuana and Industrial Hemp Act, ORS 475C). Measure text: https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/marijuana/documents/measure91.pdf https://www.mpp.org/states/oregon/summary-of-oregons-measure-91/
  5. ↑ [SECONDARY] MPP, 'Summary of Oregon's Measure 91' — limited adult-use sales began at certain medical (OMMP) dispensaries beginning October 1, 2015 (Early Start program). OLCC-licensed adult-use retail began October 2016 per OLCC active retail license list https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/marijuana/Documents/Active_Retail_Licenses_20161011.pdf https://www.mpp.org/states/oregon/summary-of-oregons-measure-91/
  6. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts Oregon, Population Estimate July 1, 2024 (V2024): 4,272,371 https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/OR/PST045224
  7. ↑ OLCC Cannabis Tracking System page: "Oregon's Cannabis Tracking System (CTS) is an integral part of...the state's legal adult use consumer and medical markets," operating on the Metrc platform (links to Oregon Metrc Wiki) https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/marijuana/pages/cannabistrackingsystem.aspx
  8. ↑ OLCC, Marijuana License Applications daily stats, As of 8:00 AM Tuesday, February 20, 2024, county table 'Grand Total' row, Producer column = 2,469 (cumulative submitted Producer applications 01 Jan 2016–20 Feb 2024). Confirmed via pdftotext extraction https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/marijuana/documents/mj_app_stats_by_county.pdf
  9. ↑ OLCC / Oregon Legislature, 2025 Recreational Marijuana Supply and Demand Legislative Report (Jan 29, 2025): 'there are 544 outdoor producers, 566 indoor producers and 263 producers with a mixture of indoor and outdoor production' = 1,373 active producers. Confirmed via pdftotext extraction https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/citizen_engagement/Reports/2025SupplyandDemand_Full%20Report_1-29-25.pdf
  10. ↑ OLCC, Marijuana License Applications daily stats, As of Feb 20, 2024, county table 'Grand Total' row, Retailer column = 1,253 (cumulative submitted Retailer applications). Confirmed via pdftotext extraction https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/marijuana/documents/mj_app_stats_by_county.pdf
  11. ↑ OLCC, Marijuana License Applications daily stats, As of Feb 20, 2024, 'Status of Inactive Applications and Licenses by Type' table, Retailer 'License Active' column = 812. Confirmed via pdftotext extraction https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/marijuana/documents/mj_app_stats_by_county.pdf
  12. ↑ CALC: 812 active retail licenses (OLCC) / (4,272,371/100,000) = 19.01.
  13. ↑ Oregon recreational program permits one person to hold producer, processor, wholesaler and retailer licenses simultaneously; ORS 475C.061 ('Authority for licensee other than laboratory licensee to hold multiple licenses') affirmatively authorizes it, and no ORS 475C section mandates tier separation https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_chapter_475c
  14. ↑ HB 4121 (2024 Regular Session), signed by Gov. Kotek March 20, 2024, operative Jan 1, 2025: establishes a permanent per-capita license cap — OLCC may not accept new producer/retail applications above one active license per 7,500 Oregon residents 21+, and one processor/wholesaler per 12,500. Enrolled text: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4121/Enrolled
  15. ↑ OLCC marijuana licenses are not freely transferable; ownership changes proceed via Change of Ownership (CHOW). HB 4121 (2024) exempts 'new licenses resulting from a change in location or ownership' from the per-capita cap, confirming licenses move through CHOW review rather than free transfer https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4121/Enrolled
  16. ↑ Oregon repealed its recreational/medical marijuana residency requirement via HB 4014 (2016), abolishing the prior 2-year Oregon residency and 51% Oregon-ownership requirement for OLCC/OMMP licensees. [SECONDARY] Harris Sliwoski (Canna Law Blog), 'HB 4014 Opens Oregon's Cannabis Industry to Non-Residents' (2016) https://harris-sliwoski.com/cannalawblog/hb-4014-opens-oregons-cannabis-industry-to-non-residents/
  17. ↑ CALC: 277 total jurisdictions (241 incorporated cities + 36 counties) minus 100 prohibiting jurisdictions (82 cities + 17 counties) = 177 jurisdictions not prohibiting. Prohibition totals from OLCC 'Record of Cities/Counties Prohibiting Licensed Recreational Marijuana Facilities' summary table (Cities 82 / Counties 17 / Total 100), rev. 3/16/2023, confirmed via pdftotext https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/marijuana/documents/cities_counties_rmjoptout.pdf
  18. ↑ Oregon Secretary of State Blue Book: 241 incorporated cities + 36 counties = 277 total jurisdictions https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/local/cities-by-county.aspx
  19. ↑ OAR 845-025-1060: 'At the time of initial license or certificate application an applicant must pay a $250 non-refundable application fee' (applies to all license types including producers). Confirmed via WebFetch https://oregon.public.law/rules/oar_845-025-1060
  20. ↑ OAR 845-025-1060: producer annual license fee by tier — Micro Tier I $1,000; Micro Tier II $2,000; Tier I $3,750; Tier II $5,750. Reported value is Tier I $3,750. Confirmed via WebFetch https://oregon.public.law/rules/oar_845-025-1060
  21. ↑ OAR 845-025-1060: $250 non-refundable application fee (all license types). Confirmed via WebFetch https://oregon.public.law/rules/oar_845-025-1060
  22. ↑ OAR 845-025-1060: retailer annual license fee = $4,750. Confirmed via WebFetch https://oregon.public.law/rules/oar_845-025-1060
  23. ↑ ORS 475C.305 (): homegrown cannabis permitted for persons 21+. VERIFIED via WebFetch 2026-06-07 — text confirms a household may have homegrown plants subject to a four-plant cap https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_475c.305
  24. ↑ ORS 475C.305(1) (): 'the total amount of homegrown plants at the household does not exceed four plants at any time.' VERIFIED verbatim via WebFetch 2026-06-07. Limit is per-HOUSEHOLD, not per-person https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_475c.305
  25. ↑ ORS 475C.337 (): unlawful to possess 'more than two ounces of usable marijuana in a public place'; private/home limit is 8 oz usable marijuana. VERIFIED verbatim via WebFetch 2026-06-07. Field value reflects the 2 oz public-place limit https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_475c.337
  26. ↑ OAR 845-025-2880 (): 'A marijuana retailer may deliver a marijuana item to a residence in Oregon subject to compliance with this rule.' VERIFIED verbatim via WebFetch 2026-06-07 https://oregon.public.law/rules/oar_845-025-2880
  27. ↑ OAR 845-025-2880 (): retailers may deliver to residences with prior written Commission approval; deliveries permitted 8:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m. local time. VERIFIED via WebFetch 2026-06-07 — codified, in-use delivery privilege https://oregon.public.law/rules/oar_845-025-2880
  28. ↑ OLCC Marijuana FAQ (): 'Marijuana cannot be smoked or used in a public place'; OLCC treats licensed premises as public, and use may jeopardize a liquor license. No statute/OAR authorizes on-site consumption lounges. VERIFIED via WebFetch 2026-06-07 https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/marijuana/pages/frequently-asked-questions.aspx
  29. ↑ OLCC Marijuana FAQ (): no licensed on-site-consumption category exists in Oregon; count = 0. VERIFIED via WebFetch 2026-06-07 https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/marijuana/pages/frequently-asked-questions.aspx
  30. ↑ OAR 845-025-2800(4)(a), Oregon SOS Administrative Rules (): retailer may not sell more than 'Two ounces of usable marijuana' per consumer 21+ per day. VERIFIED verbatim via WebFetch 2026-06-07; current version effective Jan 2, 2024 (amended Nov 17, 2023) confirmed via SOS view.action https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/viewSingleRule.action?ruleVrsnRsn=307589
  31. ↑ OAR 845-025-2800(4)(a), Oregon SOS (): '10 grams of cannabinoid extracts or concentrates' per consumer 21+ per day (separate 10 g cap for cannabinoid products intended for inhalation). VERIFIED verbatim via WebFetch 2026-06-07 https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/viewSingleRule.action?ruleVrsnRsn=307589
  32. ↑ OAR 845-025-2800(4)(a), Oregon SOS (): all major product forms saleable to consumers 21+ with per-day caps — 2 oz usable marijuana, 16 oz solid cannabinoid product, 72 fl oz liquid cannabinoid product, 10 g extracts/concentrates, 10 g inhalable cannabinoid products, 4 immature plants, 10 seeds. VERIFIED verbatim via WebFetch 2026-06-07 https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/viewSingleRule.action?ruleVrsnRsn=307589
  33. ↑ OLCC Compliance Education Bulletin CE2025-05, dated May 15, 2024 (): 'Beginning July 1, 2025, products containing artificially derived CBN can no longer be sold to Oregon consumers unless the manufacturer of the CBN has made a "Generally Recognized as Safe" (GRAS) determination or submitted a New Dietary Ingredient Notification (NDIN) to the FDA and received a "no objections" response.' VERIFIED verbatim from the primary OLCC PDF 2026-06-07 (PDF page 1 read directly; WebFetch was binary-walled). Per-day inhalable/extract caps from OAR 845-025-2800(4)(a) (https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/viewSingleRule.action?ruleVrsnRsn=307589). OHA serving/concentration limits at OAR 333-007-0210/0220 (not independently re-fetched in this section — see flags) https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/marijuana/Documents/Bulletins/CE2025-05-CBN.pdf
  34. ↑ ORS 475C.674 — confirmed by fetch: tax imposed at '17 percent of the retail sales price' on marijuana items sold at retail https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_475c.674
  35. ↑ ORS 475C.674 — tax is a percentage (17%) of retail sales price, i.e. ad valorem / per_price (not weight-based). Confirmed by fetch https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_475c.674
  36. ↑ Oregon Department of Revenue, 'Sales Tax in Oregon' — confirmed by fetch: 'Oregon doesn't have a general sales or use/transaction tax.' https://www.oregon.gov/dor/programs/businesses/pages/sales-tax.aspx
  37. ↑ ORS 475C.674 imposes a single uniform 17% retail tax with no potency tiers; no Oregon statute imposes a potency-based cannabis tax. Confirmed by fetch (uniform 17% across usable marijuana, edibles, concentrates, extracts, topicals) https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_475c.674
  38. ↑ ORS 475C.453 — confirmed by fetch: cities/counties may impose a tax or fee not exceeding 3% on retail sale of marijuana items, referred to electors for approval at the next statewide general election; cannot apply to registry cardholders/caregivers https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_475c.453
  39. ↑ ORS 475C.678 — confirmed by fetch: 'A tax is not imposed upon the retail sale of marijuana items in this state to a registry identification cardholder or to a designated primary caregiver who is purchasing a marijuana item for a registry identification cardholder.' https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_475c.678
  40. ↑ ORS 475C.678 — OMMP registry cardholder/caregiver purchases are exempt from the retail tax, i.e. 0%. Confirmed by fetch https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_475c.678
  41. ↑ Oregon Department of Revenue, 'Marijuana Tax Net Receipts: Estimated State and Local' (Monthly State and Local Tax Receipts table), Date updated: May 13, 2026 — sum of Jan-Dec 2025 State Tax Received = $143,680,856 (CY2025). NOTE: a separate DOR 'Distribution Information' table (updated Mar 13, 2026) reports CY2025 state distribution of $133,632,564; the two DOR series differ by accrual/distribution timing https://www.oregon.gov/dor/programs/gov-research/Documents/Financial%20reporting%20receipts%20public-UA.pdf
  42. ↑ ORS 475C.674 (17% state retail marijuana tax) + ORS 475C.453 (local option up to 3%) = 20% combined maximum / common effective consumer rate; floor 17% in jurisdictions with no local tax. Oregon has no general state sales tax. ; https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_475C.453 https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_475C.674
  43. ↑ CALC: $143,680,856 (CY2025 Oregon DOR marijuana tax net receipts) / 4,272,371 (Census V2024) = $33.63.
  44. ↑ Oregon Legislative Fiscal Office, 'Status of Oregon Marijuana Programs' (April 2016) — confirmed by reading PDF: Measure 91 (2014) 'imposed a tax to be paid by the producer (which was later modified in legislation during the 2015 legislative session)'; 'HB 2041 established a 17% tax on the retail sale of marijuana items beginning January 1, 2016... authorized medical marijuana dispensaries to sell limited recreational marijuana product at a tax rate of 25%' (early start) https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/lfo/Documents/ReportOnMarijuanaPrograms0429_2016.pdf
  45. ↑ Oregon LFO, 'Status of Oregon Marijuana Programs' (April 2016) — confirmed by reading PDF: the temporary 25% early-start retail rate (SB 460/SB 1511, 2016) gave way to the permanent 17% point-of-sale rate (HB 2041), a decrease in the headline consumer retail rate. The repealed Measure 91 producer tax was weight-based and not a consumer rate https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/lfo/Documents/ReportOnMarijuanaPrograms0429_2016.pdf
  46. ↑ OLCC 2025 Recreational Marijuana Supply and Demand Legislative Report (Feb 2025), p.2-3: 'In comparison, the retail median price-per-gram for usable marijuana has not been as stable... There has been a decrease year-over-year in the price-per-gram for usable marijuana since a slight bump during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023 and 2024, the retail median price-per-gram for usable marijuana was $3.85 and $3.75, respectively' and 'Currently, the retail median price-per-gram of usable marijuana is at the lowest point the market has seen since legalization. The low price can be attributed to oversupply.' VERIFIED via pdftotext extraction of https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/Docs/reports/2025-MJ-Supply-and-Demand-Legislative-Report.pdf
  47. ↑ CALC: $3.75/gram x 28.3495 g/oz = $106.31/oz. Input $3.75 = 2024 retail median price-per-gram for usable marijuana, VERIFIED verbatim p.2 of OLCC 2025 Supply and Demand Report ('In 2023 and 2024, the retail median price-per-gram for usable marijuana was $3.85 and $3.75, respectively') https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/Docs/reports/2025-MJ-Supply-and-Demand-Legislative-Report.pdf
  48. ↑ OLCC 2025 Recreational Marijuana Supply and Demand Legislative Report (Feb 2025), p.1 and p.3: 'However, in 2024, usable marijuana sold decreased 3%, making quantities sold for the year just slightly above totals seen in 2020.' NOTE: this is a 3% decline in QUANTITY (pounds) of usable marijuana sold, not sales-dollar revenue. VERIFIED via pdftotext https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/Docs/reports/2025-MJ-Supply-and-Demand-Legislative-Report.pdf
  49. ↑ CALC: 1,404 - 1,373 = 31. Peak input 1,404 active producer licenses VERIFIED verbatim from OLCC 2022 House Bill 4016 Moratorium Legislative Report (March 2023): 'As of March 14, 2023, the OLCC has 1,404 producer, 820 retailer, 323 processor, and 273 wholesaler licenses active statewide.' (). Current input 1,373 = 544 outdoor + 566 indoor + 263 mixed producers VERIFIED verbatim OLCC 2025 Supply and Demand Report https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/Docs/reports/2023_HB4016_Moratorium_LegislativeReport.pdf
  50. ↑ CALC: 31 / 1,404 = 2.2%. Both inputs verified per license_attrition_count source.
  51. ↑ OLCC 2022 House Bill 4016 Moratorium Legislative Report (March 2023): 'As of March 14, 2023, the OLCC has 1,404 producer, 820 retailer, 323 processor, and 273 wholesaler licenses active statewide.' VERIFIED verbatim via pdftotext extraction of https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/Docs/reports/2023_HB4016_Moratorium_LegislativeReport.pdf
  52. ↑ OLCC 2025 Recreational Marijuana Supply and Demand Legislative Report (Feb 2025), p.1: 'At the time of this report, there are 544 outdoor producers, 566 indoor producers and 263 producers with a mixture of indoor and outdoor production.' 544+566+263 = 1,373 total producer licenses. VERIFIED verbatim via pdftotext extraction of https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/Docs/reports/2025-MJ-Supply-and-Demand-Legislative-Report.pdf
  53. ↑ Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, 2019 Recreational Marijuana Supply and Demand Legislative Report, p.1 Executive Summary (verbatim, confirmed by pdftotext extraction of the OLCC-published PDF): "An estimated 55% of total statewide marijuana consumption among Oregonians aged 21 or older is procured from OLCC Recreational Retailers." Corroborated in the body (Technical Appendix discussion): "we estimate that the OLCC market was the source of approximately 55% of total THC consumed in Oregon" (precise figure 55.1%). ).pdf https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/marijuana/Documents/Bulletins/2019%20Supply%20and%20Demand%20Legislative%20Report%20FINAL%20for%20Publication(PDFA
  54. ↑ Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, 2019 Recreational Marijuana Supply and Demand Legislative Report (first biennial report; the 55% legal-market consumption estimate originates here and is the only official OLCC capture figure located). ).pdf https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/marijuana/Documents/Bulletins/2019%20Supply%20and%20Demand%20Legislative%20Report%20FINAL%20for%20Publication(PDFA
  55. ↑ Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, 2025 Recreational Marijuana Supply and Demand Legislative Report (fifth biennial, dated February 1, 2025), Price-per-gram section, p.2 (verbatim, confirmed by pdftotext extraction of the OLCC-published PDF): "There has been a decrease year-over-year in the price-per-gram for usable marijuana since a slight bump during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023 and 2024, the retail median price-per-gram for usable marijuana was $3.85 and $3.75, respectively... Currently, the retail median price-per-gram of usable marijuana is at the lowest point the market has seen since legalization." https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/Docs/reports/2025-MJ-Supply-and-Demand-Legislative-Report.pdf
  56. ↑ Oregon Legislature, HB 4016 (2022 Reg. Session) Overview — measure summary 'Allows commission to establish by rule program to assign expired, relinquished or otherwise surrendered licenses to qualified applicants' (permissive, not mandatory): https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Measures/Overview/HB4016
  57. ↑ Oregon Legislature HB 4016 (2022) Overview (permissive OLCC license-assignment authority): ; Business Oregon, Economic Equity Investment Program page (EEIP is a grant program for organizations in homeownership/business/workforce/wealth-building, NOT a cannabis licensing program): https://www.oregon.gov/biz/programs/Economic_Equity_Investment_Program/Pages/default.aspx https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Measures/Overview/HB4016
  58. ↑ Business Oregon, Economic Equity Investment Program page — EEIP created by SB 1579 (2022) as a General Fund grant program (received additional $8M in 2024 to continue through June 30, 2025); no cannabis-tax funding: ; [SECONDARY] Portland.gov, 'Oregon Passes the Equity Investment Act' (Mar 22, 2022) — confirms final SB 1579 removed the cannabis-funded licensing/expungement language carried in the failed predecessor HB 3112: https://www.portland.gov/civic/news/2022/3/22/oregon-passes-equity-investment-act https://www.oregon.gov/biz/programs/Economic_Equity_Investment_Program/Pages/default.aspx
  59. ↑ Oregon Revised Statutes 475C.397 (renumbered from former ORS 475B.401), 'Order setting aside qualifying marijuana conviction' — standing statutory marijuana set-aside available at any time after judgment, no filing fee, no fingerprint card, prosecutor has 30 days to object: ; Office of the Governor (Kate Brown), 'Frequently Asked Questions: Governor Kate Brown's Marijuana Pardons' (Nov 21, 2022): https://www.courts.oregon.gov/forms/Documents/GovernorMarijuanaPardonFAQs.pdf https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_475C.397
  60. ↑ Office of the Governor, Marijuana Pardon FAQ — the 2022 pardon was AUTOMATIC court-sealing ('the Governor's pardon... and the court's sealing of the case record will go forward without your involvement'), but the ongoing/standing statutory set-aside under ORS 475C.397 REQUIRES the individual to file a motion (no fee): ; https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_475C.397 https://www.courts.oregon.gov/forms/Documents/GovernorMarijuanaPardonFAQs.pdf
  61. ↑ Office of the Governor, Marijuana Pardon FAQ — 'A total of 47,144 convictions were pardoned by the Governor's pardon order' (pardon dated Nov 21, 2022; ~45,000 individuals impacted): https://www.courts.oregon.gov/forms/Documents/GovernorMarijuanaPardonFAQs.pdf
  62. ↑ Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, Illegal Marijuana Market Enforcement Grant Program Report, January 1, 2023. Key Findings/Executive Summary (p.2, p.5): "Since April 1, 2022, grant-funded law enforcement operations reported 172 illegal cannabis incidents"; "seized approximately 1.3 million illegal cannabis plants and 490,886 pounds of illegal processed cannabis." Table 5 (p.14): Plants 1,316,207; Processed (pounds) 490,886; Money $13,075,524.16. Table 6 (p.15): Total Felony Cases Filed = 150. Program: regular $6 million/biennium, $31,650,000 currently funded (p.15). (program statute ORS 475C.531) https://www.oregon.gov/cjc/CJC%20Document%20Library/2023_CJC_IllegalMarijuanaGrantREPORT.pdf
  63. ↑ OLCC 2025-27 Legislatively Adopted Budget, OLCC Agency Summary table (p.4): "Recreational Marijuana $34,367,012" (Other Funds, funded from marijuana license fees); Medical Marijuana Administration $7,155,034; agency TOTALS $420,334,841 https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/Docs/Budget/2025-27-OLCC-LAB.pdf
  64. ↑ OLCC 2025-27 Legislatively Adopted Budget, OLCC Agency Summary table (p.4): Recreational Marijuana program = 90 Positions / 88.96 FTE (Medical Marijuana Administration adds 21 positions / 21.04 FTE). Agency total 410 positions / 401.01 FTE https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/Docs/Budget/2025-27-OLCC-LAB.pdf
  65. ↑ Oregon OHA compliance testing rules, OAR 333-007. Usable marijuana (OAR 333-007-0320): pesticides (OAR 333-007-0400), water activity/moisture (OAR 333-007-0420), THC/CBD potency (OAR 333-007-0430), microbiological on request (OAR 333-007-0390). Concentrates/extracts (OAR 333-007-0330) add solvents (OAR 333-007-0410). Five distinct required test categories. and https://oregon.public.law/rules/oar_333-007-0330 https://oregon.public.law/rules/oar_333-007-0320
  66. ↑ OLCC Recreational Marijuana Sanction Schedule, Exhibit 1 to OAR 845-025-8590: smallest first-violation (1 violation in 2-year period) civil penalty is Category V = "3 days or $495." https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/marijuana/Documents/Rules/Marijuana_Sale_to_Minor_Package/OAR_845_025_8590_PenaltySchedule.pdf
  67. ↑ Statutory maximum civil penalty: ORS 475C.405 – "a civil penalty that does not exceed $10,000 for each violation." https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_475c.405
  68. ↑ ORS 475C.349 (Unlawful manufacture of marijuana item) — Class B felony for manufacture of cannabinoid extract, >100 plants, or aggravated conduct under ORS 475C.353(5)/(6); Class C felony if >12 plants. Felony max terms ORS 161.605 https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_161.605 (Class B = 10 yr, Class C = 5 yr); felony max fines ORS 161.625 https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_161.625 (Class B = $250,000, Class C = $125,000) https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_475C.349
  69. ↑ ORS 475C.345 (Unlawful delivery of marijuana item) — Class C felony at >16x applicable max / >8 lbs usable in a public place / >1/4 oz cannabinoid extract (subsec 3(b)); elevation to Class B felony via aggravated conduct ORS 475C.353(5)/(6) https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_475C.353. Felony max terms ORS 161.605 https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_161.605; felony max fines ORS 161.625 https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_161.625 https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_475C.345
  70. ↑ ORS 475C.349 (cultivation felony triggered at >12 plants = Class C felony; >100 plants or extract manufacture = Class B felony). Possession felony triggered by weight/extract multipliers in ORS 475C.337 https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_475C.337 https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_475C.349
  71. ↑ ORS 475C.337 (Unlawful possession of marijuana item, person 21 or older) — tiers: not more than 2x = Class B violation; >2x to 4x = Class B misdemeanor; default = Class A misdemeanor; >16x or >8 lbs in public place or >1/4 oz extract = Class C felony; >32x or aggravated conduct = Class B felony. Misdemeanor max terms ORS 161.615 https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_161.615 (Class A = 364 days, Class B = 6 months); felony max terms/fines ORS 161.605 & 161.625; violation max fine ORS 153.018 https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_153.018 (Class B violation = $1,000); aggravated-conduct elevation ORS 475C.353 https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_475C.353 https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_475C.337
  72. ↑ ORS 475C.377 (Prohibition against using marijuana item in a public place) — Class B violation; max fine $1,000 per ORS 153.018 https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_153.018 https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_475C.377
  73. ↑ ORS 813.010 (Driving under the influence of intoxicants) — sets a 0.08% per se limit for alcohol only; cannabis is prosecuted under the general 'under the influence of an intoxicant' standard requiring proof of actual impairment. No per se THC limit and no zero-tolerance THC-presence rule https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_813.010
  74. ↑ Enrolled HB 3000 (2021) — unlawful production outside a licensed location = Class A misdemeanor; hemp THC-limit exceedance fines up to $10,000; OLCC authority over artificially derived cannabinoids https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3000/Enrolled
  75. ↑ CALC: composite of ORS 475C.337/.345/.349 (legalized personal use, tiered illicit penalties), Enrolled HB 3000 (2021) (new/expanded illicit-market penalties), HB 4002 (2024) (cannabis penalties unchanged), and the 2022 gubernatorial pardon (record relief). Direction = mixed.
  76. ↑ ORS 475C.337/.345/.349 (above); Enrolled HB 3000 (2021) ; Governor Brown 2022 pardon — [SECONDARY] Oregon Capital Chronicle, 'Gov. Brown pardons marijuana possession convictions for about 45,000 people' (Nov 21, 2022) https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2022/11/21/gov-brown-pardons-marijuana-possession-convictions-for-about-45000-people/ (47,144 convictions vacated, ~$14M fines/fees forgiven, <=1 oz pre-2016); pardon FAQ — Oregon Judicial Department https://www.courts.oregon.gov/forms/Documents/GovernorMarijuanaPardonFAQs.pdf https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3000/Enrolled
  77. ↑ CALC: 2015-07-01 (Measure 91 effective) to 2015-10-01 (first adult-use early-start retail sale) = 92 days.
  78. ↑ CALC: 1373 operational / 2469 awarded x 100 = 55.6. Inputs from OLCC (see cult_licenses_awarded, cult_licenses_operational).
  79. ↑ CALC: 1373 / (4,272,371/1,000,000) = 321.4. Producers from OLCC; population Census V2024.
  80. ↑ CALC: 812 operational / 1253 awarded x 100 = 64.8. Inputs from OLCC.
  81. ↑ CALC: 177 jurisdictions not prohibiting / 277 total (241 cities + 36 counties) x 100 = 63.9. See municipal_allow_count, municipal_total.
  82. ↑ CALC: CY2025 · all recreational sales $926,000,000 / population 4,285,051 (U.S. Census Vintage 2025) = $216.10. Reconciled adult-use per-capita (matches Operator Outcomes and the ranking page).
  83. ↑ [OLCC Market Data, Statewide Sales Trend]() — CY2025 total recreational, all product types (NOT flower-only subset), Detail=Total, Jan–Dec 2025 = $0.926B. 3 sig figs — do not invent digits https://data.olcc.state.or.us/t/OLCCPublic/views/MarketDataTableau/StatewideSalesTrend
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