Oregon (Jurisdiction Profile)
Jurisdiction Identity
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| State | Oregon (OR) |
| Country | United States |
| Primary cannabis authorities | Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC, adult use); Oregon Health Authority (OHA, testing laboratories/medical) |
| Official websites | https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/ ; https://www.oregon.gov/oha/ph/diseasesconditions/chronicdisease/medicalmarijuanaprogram/ |
| Open-data portal | https://data.oregon.gov |
| Last verified | 2026-08-09 |
Current Cannabis Framework
| Dimension | Status |
|---|---|
| Adult-use possession | Permitted (21+; up to 2 oz in public, more at home) |
| Adult-use commercial sales | Operational (since October 2015) |
| Medical cannabis | Regulated program (1998) |
| Home cultivation | Permitted (up to 4 plants per household) |
| Hemp relationship | Hemp regulated separately by the Oregon Department of Agriculture |
Regulatory Overview
Oregon legalized adult use under Measure 91 (2014), with retail sales from October 2015. The OLCC licenses adult-use businesses; the OHA licenses and oversees testing laboratories (OAR 333-007) and the medical program. Oregon publishes a structured product-recall notice page and daily-updated license data on data.oregon.gov, but no public per-batch chemistry.
Regulator History
- 1998: Medical marijuana program established (Measure 67).
- 2014: Measure 91 legalizes adult use; OLCC licensing from 2016.
- 2015: First adult-use retail sales (October 2015).
- Present: OLCC (adult use) + OHA (labs/medical) split; OAR 333-007 testing rules.
Licensing Categories
OLCC: producer (cultivator tiers), processor, wholesaler, retailer, and research license categories. OHA licenses testing laboratories.
Testing Laboratory Framework
- Rules: OAR 333-007 (OHA); OLCC rules; failed results must be reported to OHA/ODA.
- Contaminant limits: OAR 333-007 panels (pesticides, arsenic, mold, heavy metals).
- Lab registry: OHA licensed testing laboratories page.
- Public results: Not public per-batch (results go to regulators; a 2017 state audit questioned testing reliability).
Data Surface
| Data surface | Available? | Official source | Machine-readable? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| License registry | yes | data.oregon.gov: OLCC Cannabis Business Licenses & Endorsements h9xu-m9mv |
partial | Socrata story view over a table (metadata reports daily publishing); export endpoints intermittently 500 |
| Testing-laboratory registry | yes | OHA licensed testing laboratories page | no | Published list |
| Laboratory testing rules | yes | OAR 333-007 | no | Codified testing regulations |
| Contaminant/action limits | yes | OAR 333-007 panels | no | Set in regulation |
| Recalls/advisories | yes | OLCC Product Recall Notices | no | Structured page; pesticide/arsenic/mold/heavy-metal recalls 2021–2024 verified |
| Product/package identifiers | unknown | — | — | Not confirmed as publicly exposed |
| COAs/batch results | no public source located | — | — | Results are regulatory-only |
| Sales data | yes | data.oregon.gov: OLCC Marijuana Market Data qutr-cyzn |
yes | Socrata |
| Plant inventory | partial | Cannabis Theft bsfq-7e4y |
yes | Theft/loss reporting dataset |
| Open-data downloads | yes | data.oregon.gov | yes | Socrata SODA/CSV (story views need resolution) |
| Traceability | yes | METRC | no | Seed-to-sale |
Data-Ingestion Opportunities
- License data (
h9xu-m9mv): daily publishing frequency; resolve the Socrata story view (embedded tabletableId 20469928) before treating as tabular. - Product Recall Notices page → recall entities preserving the regulator’s “Product Recall Notice” terminology.
- Market data, theft, and minor-decoy datasets on Socrata.
- No chemistry — ingest license/market surfaces only.
Sources & Provenance
- Statutory framework: Measure 91 (2014, adult use); Measure 67 (1998, medical); OAR 333-007.
- Regulators: OLCC — https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/ ; OHA — https://www.oregon.gov/oha/ph/diseasesconditions/chronicdisease/medicalmarijuanaprogram/pages/laboratories.aspx
- Recalls: https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/pages/product-recalls.aspx (verified 2026-08-08).
- Open data: data.oregon.gov (views verified 2026-08-08;
docs/state-expansion-roadmap.md§3.4). - Retrieval date: 2026-08-09
Graph Connections
No existing repository entities are linked to Oregon. Future license/recall/dataset records generated by an Oregon adapter should add relates_to=jurisdictions/TJUR-0038.