Andrew Selsky

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

January 31, 2023

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Oklahoma: What to Expect as Voters Consider Legal Weed

March 3, 2023

Twitter to Allow Cannabis Ads in the U.S.

February 15, 2023

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Medical Cannabis for Chronic Pain May Help Long-Term Opioid Patients Reduce Dosages

February 1, 2023

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

January 31, 2023

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek speaks at the State Library of Oregon in Salem on Jan. 31, 2023.

Heads May Roll in Oregon Agency Due to Love for Rare Bourbon

It could cost the executive director and other top officials of Oregon's liquor and marijuana regulating agency their jobs.

February 9, 2023

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Oregon's Drug Decriminalization Gets Poor Marks on Audit

Oregon's first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization has had a rocky start.

January 20, 2023

Gina Gratza, a trainer for students learning how to become psilocybin facilitators, shows the items that she would have at a dosing session, including mats, a pillow, a purge bucket, a sketch pad with colored pencils and tissues during a class near Damascus, Ore., on Dec. 2, 2022.

Have a Safe Trip: Oregon Trains Magic Mushroom Facilitators

They are among the first crop of students being trained how to accompany patients tripping on psilocybin.

December 22, 2022

This aerial file photo provided by the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office shows an illegal marijuana grow in Alfalfa, Ore., on Sept. 2, 2021.

Oregon Looks at Toughening Cannabis Laws

The state is awash in illegal marijuana.

December 9, 2022

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown speaks in San Francisco, on Oct. 6, 2022.

Oregon's Governor Pardons 45,000 for Cannabis Convictions

The governor is also forgiving more than $14 million in unpaid fines and fees.

November 22, 2022

Vanessa Caudel, a nurse, sits at her work station in the Great Circle treatment center on Feb. 24, 2022, in Salem, Ore., where she provides doses of methadone, which can relieve the 'dope sick' symptoms a person in opioid withdrawal experiences.

After Rocky Start, Hopes Up in Oregon Drug Decriminalization

Supporters want more states to follow Oregon's lead.

September 26, 2022

One of the biggest problems is the recent proliferation of illegal, industrial-sized marijuana farms.

Cartel-Financed Oregon Pot Farms Expand to Growing Indoors

One of the biggest problems is the recent proliferation of illegal, industrial-sized marijuana farms.

May 13, 2022

Vanessa Caudel, a nurse, sits at her work station in the Great Circle treatment center where she provides doses of methadone, which can relieve the 'dope sick' symptoms a person in opioid withdrawal experiences in Salem, Ore., on Feb. 24, 2022.

Mixed Results for Oregon's Pioneering Drug Decriminalization

The program is being watched as a potential model for other states.

April 6, 2022

Aerial photo of a marijuana grow in Alfalfa, Ore., Sept. 2, 2021.

Awash in Illegal Farms, Oregon Plans Millions for Relief

One lawmaker says his region is starting to look like a failed state.

December 18, 2021

A jar of medical marijuana sits on the counter at a dispensary in Sherwood, Ore., April 8, 2019.

Legal Growers Frustrated by Illegal Operations

Many are operating under the guise of being legal hemp farms.

November 18, 2021

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Migrant Workers Face Threats Amid Illegal Boom

Thousands are living in squalid conditions and being cheated and threatened by gangland bosses.

November 5, 2021

Marijuana bud before harvest near Corvallis, Ore., Sept. 30, 2016.

Calls to Send National Guard Increase Amid Illegal Grows

On the same day that local officials declared a state of emergency, police raided a site that had about 2 tons of processed marijuana.

October 19, 2021

Investigators load marijuana plants onto a Colorado National Guard truck outside a suspected illegal grow operation in north Denver, April 14, 2016.

Overwhelmed by Illegal Farms, Oregon County Declares Emergency

Local officials appealed to the governor for help.

October 14, 2021

Aerial photo of a marijuana grow raided by law enforcement, Alfalfa, Ore., Sept. 2, 2021.

Illegal Marijuana Farms Take West's Scarce Water

Some jurisdictions are fighting back.

September 17, 2021