Attorney General and Cannabis Auditing is Coming to Oregon

September 20,2017 Oregon

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is going to speak with law-enforcement officials in Portland, Oregon, on Tuesday afternoon to address the current debate surrounding supposed sanctuary cities.

The speech of Sessions, which is scheduled for 1 p.m. at the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) field office in Northwest Portland, is likely to be focusing on immigration matters.

He is also scheduled to meet the head of Portland Police Association, Mike Reese and US Attorney Billy Williams. Lately, the attorney general has harshly criticized the legal cannabis industry of Oregon and asserted that the state is still a significant contributor to the country’s illegal cannabis market.

Sessions also claimed that the legalization of cannabis extraction has given a rise to home explosions. This claim was heavily panned by the state governor, Kate Brown, and Oregon State Police Superintendent.

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Sessions’ criticism was mostly inspired by a preliminary police report, which was still being drafted at the time. Brown made it clear to Sessions in a letter that the report was defective and shouldn’t be used to pass judgments on Oregon’s cannabis industry.

Brown wrote in her letter to Attorney General, “The Oregon State Police determined that the draft report required significant additional work and revision because the data was inaccurate and heavily extrapolated conclusions were incorrect”. She also added that report doesn’t portray the “on the ground” reality of the state.

Protests are expected around Sessions’ sanctuary-city speech, but it is still unclear how or whether residents will react to the attorney general’s menacing position on cannabis.

Audit is coming for cannabis industry in Oregon

In other news, Oregon’s cannabis industry is going to get its first audit from the secretary of state. The audit will focus on the state’s ability to regulate its cannabis industry.

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One goal of the audit will be to check how the state keeps track of all the money flowing in and out in the industry thriving mainly on cash, as many banks have not yet offered their services to cannabis industry clients. The auditing team will also analyze whether Oregon Liquor Control Commission can provide timely assistance to cannabis business.

An outside audit in the beginning of this year concluded that regulating cannabis after legislative changes “have created a strain” on the commission. It should be noted that the commission only dealt with matters regarding alcohol before the legalization of cannabis in the state.

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