Is Marijuana Legal in Oregon? Cannabis Laws & Dispensary Guide

Oregon legalized recreational cannabis in 2014. Adults 21 and older may possess and purchase cannabis products from state-licensed dispensaries.

Possession limits: 2 oz, 8g concentrate, 16 oz edibles, 72 oz liquid, 1 oz extracts, 4 plants

Tax rate: 17% state tax + up to 3% local tax

Home cultivation: 4 plants per person, max per household not specified.

All recreational dispensaries must verify customer age, enforce purchase limits, integrate with METRC, and comply with testing and packaging requirements. Dub Haven builds POS systems that handle Oregon-specific compliance automatically.

Cannabis businesses in Oregon must comply with regulations enforced by Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission:

• State license: Obtain all required cannabis business licenses from Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission
• Seed-to-sale tracking: integrate with METRC for real-time inventory monitoring
• Product testing: All products must pass state-approved laboratory testing for potency, pesticides, mold, and contaminants
• Packaging: Child-resistant, tamper-evident, opaque packaging with state-mandated warning labels and batch numbers
• Age verification: Verify all customers are 21+ with valid ID
• Purchase limits: Enforce state-mandated possession and purchase limits at point of sale

An Oregon retailer should reconcile the physical count, point-of-sale balance, and METRC package balance every business day. Review transfers, returns, waste, and unit conversions before making an adjustment. Record the reason, employee, package, and supporting count with each correction so the inventory history remains usable during an OLCC inspection.

Receiving starts with the manifest. Match the originating license, destination, package tags, quantities, product names, and transport details with the actual shipment. Keep a package unavailable for sale until its test status, label, and inventory record agree. If the shipment is short, damaged, or mislabeled, document the discrepancy while the transporter is present rather than correcting it later without evidence.

Checkout controls should verify age, enforce the applicable purchase limit, calculate the state and any local cannabis tax, and prevent the sale of an inactive or untested package. Test those controls after a software, tax, product, or rule change. A training sale should cover flower, concentrates, edibles, a discount, a return, and a declined transaction.

At close, compare sales, payment totals, discounts, voids, returns, taxes, and inventory movement. Assign a manager to review unresolved sync events and blocked transactions before the next shift. Keep the completed report with the day's register and inventory records. These controls do not replace OLCC guidance, but they give an operator a repeatable way to detect discrepancies early.

Measure 91 passed 2014. First state to decriminalize (1973). Mature recreational market.