“Now businesses are licensed to start testing product which will allow its movement through our regulatory system and the industry supply chain,” said Steve Marks, OLCC Executive Director. “we expect additional lab capacity to come online to meet the needs of the fall marijuana harvest.”

Without labs to test the product, marijuana suppliers are concerned they won’t be able to get enough product on the shelves of dispensaries.

Pixis Labs and Green Leaf Lab, both in Multnomah County, are now allowed to test product provided to them by other licensees using the state’s Cannabis Tracking System (CTS). Pixis and Green Leaf Lab have also been certified by ORELAP, the State of Oregon’s laboratory accreditation program, administered by the Oregon Health Authority.

The state hopes to have several more labs licensed by October.

The Oregon Liqour Control Commission also approved the licenses for two recreational marijuana processors.

Loud Labs, LLC and Frave, Inc., both located in Multnomah County, are licensed to process cannabis flower into other cannabis products. Loud Labs, trading as Dab Society Extracts, is licensed to produce concentrates, edibles and extracts. Frave, doing business as Cascadia Herbals, is licensed to produce concentrated and edibles.

To date, the OLCC has approved 231 recreational marijuana producer, lab, wholesaler, and processor licenses. OLCC investigators are processing 548 other applications, and the OLCC is reviewing between 250 to 300 additional applications that have not submitted and approved Land Use Compatibility Statement (LUCS). Obtaining an approved LUCS is a threshold requirement for an applicant to complete before the OLCC begins processing the application or assigns it to an investigator.

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DCG, the nation’s leading cannabis industry consultancy, announced that its new Northwest Office is helping clients throughout Oregon, Alaska, and Washington State to obtain licenses, improve operations, train employees, and increase revenues – all while staying compliant with the myriad of complex regulations that govern the legal marijuana industry.

DCG Northwest recently obtained two tier-two growing permits for clients in Oregon. Additionally, the team was successful in getting 1500 plants transferred from a medical classification to a recreational classification, which will become one of Oregon’s first OLCC-sanctioned recreational crops.

Justin Jones, Co-Founder of Denver Consulting Group and Director of DCG Northwest, said that he receives inquiries from a variety of cannabis businesses. “We hear daily from growers, retailers and processors that want to improve their operations or tackle specific issues,” Jones said. “We are able to guide cannabis businesses on the best path forward. Additionally, we help entrepreneurs looking to start a cannabis business, as well as assist companies seeking investment or those looking to invest in this exploding legal marijuana industry.”

Denver Consulting Group (DCG) is the nation’s leading group of cannabis consultants, and includes a team of industry pioneers; and experts in cultivation, dispensary operations, contracts and law, zoning, employee training, licensing, packaging, and marketing. DCG’s premier consultants are the leading figures inside the legal marijuana industry, encompassing dispensary owners and operators, cultivation experts, cannabis-lawyers, regulatory board advisors, and the winner of the Cannabis Industry’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” Award.

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The state’s Department of Revenue says medical marijuana dispensaries were required to file their second-quarter returns for recreational marijuana by Au. 1.

Oregonians legalized recreational marijuana in late 2014.

It can only be sold by medical marijuana dispensaries until the Oregon Liquor Control Commission finalizes rules for the new industry. A move that is expected to happen this year.

Medical marijuana dispensaries started collecting a 25 percent tax on their recreational marijuana sales in January.

Anticipated state revenue from recreational marijuana through June 2017 was recently quadrupled by Oregon’s Legislative Revenue Office.

The expected amount rose from $8.4 million to $35 million.

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The provision is part of Senate Bill 1511, which also allows recreational pot shops to sell tax-free medical marijuana to patients.

The Oregon Health Authority said on Tuesday that it first needs to draft rules for the sale of marijuana extracts and edibles before dispensaries may sell them to recreational users and declined to say when the products would be available to the 21 and older market.

The Oregon Legislature last year allowed dispensaries to sell a limited amount of marijuana flowers, as well as young pot plants and seeds, to consumers 21 and older. Marijuana extracts, edibles and other products long available on the medical market have been off limits to recreational shoppers.

By the end of the year, the production, processing and sale of recreational marijuana will shift to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, but for now recreational sales fall within the health authority’s purview.

The new law allows stores to sell a single low-doze unit of an edible and the equivalent of a vaporizer pen containing a marijuana extract to persons 21 or older. Shops may also sell non-psychoactive products intended for use on a person’s hair or skin.

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