Oregon cannabis history
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Measure 91 passed on . The liquor commission says home possession and home growing started on July 1, 2015. The Associated Press reported the first licensed recreational retailer on October 1, 2016.
This is a short history, not legal advice. The rules that apply today are on the Oregon cannabis laws page. A date is included only when the linked page states it.
At a glance
1998The Oregon Health Authority says the medical program was established in 1998, after initiative 67.
November 4, 2014The official abstract records Measure 91 at 847,865 yes and 663,346 no.
October 1, 2016The Associated Press reported that a Gold Hill store became the first licensed recreational marijuana retailer in Oregon.
Measure 91
- The Secretary of State’s abstract of the , general election records the Measure 91 vote. The measure text allows possession, manufacture, and sale by and to adults, subject to licensing, regulation, and taxation.
- Measure 91 says its possession and regulatory sections become operative on July 1, 2015. The commission says home grow and personal possession started that day.
- Senate Bill 460 allowed medical dispensaries, beginning October 1, 2015, to sell limited marijuana retail product to people at least 21.
Licensed retailers
- The Associated Press, in a story dated October 1, 2016, said licenses would be issued at 12:01 a.m. Saturday and that Breeze Botanicals in Gold Hill was the first licensed recreational retailer.
Sources
- home grow and personal possession started that day
- the first licensed recreational marijuana retailer in Oregon
- 1998, after initiative 67
- become operative on July 1, 2015
- beginning October 1, 2015, to sell limited marijuana retail product to people at least 21
Citations were checked against the linked pages on October 24, 2026. Claims without a statute, election result, regulator page, court opinion, or news report were left out.