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Testimony backs THC‑based possession limits in SB 1144; industry argues weight limits encourage high‑potency products
Summary
Senate Bill 1144 drew testimony March 31 saying Oregon’s weight‑based possession limits for cannabis edibles and beverages encourage high‑potency small packages; witnesses urged replacing volume/weight caps with a total delta‑9 THC possession limit and treating each sealed container as a single unit.
Senate Bill 1144 drew testimony March 31 from industry and advocacy witnesses who told the Senate Committee on Judiciary that Oregon’s statutory, weight‑based possession limits for cannabis edibles and beverages encourage smaller, higher‑potency products and complicate safe dosing.
Under current statute the personal possession limit for cannabinoid products in solid form is weight‑based (for example, 16 ounces for edibles in statute) and for liquid form is 72 ounces; the dash‑1 amendment would treat an individually sealed container as a single container regardless of package size, and would create unlawful possession amounts for liquid cannabinoid products where the total delta‑9 THC exceeds 10 grams in liquid forms unless the…
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