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          marijuana sales 420% stronger along Idaho border</h1>
        <div class="dateline"><span class="dateline__updated"><time datetime="2020-01-17T15:26:01">Updated Jan 17, 2020;</time></span><span class="dateline__published"><time datetime="2020-01-17T13:08:53">Posted Jan 17, 2020 </time></span></div>
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      <div>By <a class="byline__authorLink" href="http://connect.oregonlive.com/staff/MikeRogoway/posts.html" title="Mike Rogoway | The Oregonian/OregonLive"> Mike Rogoway
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    <p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left" id="CYUDCS5RRZFADDKVJN3JYCSNJU">A new state analysis finds
      marijuana sales are strongest along Oregon’s border with Idaho – a
      state where recreational marijuana is not legal.</p>
    <p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left" id="BDOI74YGPBG5TH7UYVTVO5SBPE">"In things you cannot make up,
      Oregon sales per adult along the Idaho border are 420% the
      statewide average,” wrote Josh Lehner of the Oregon Office of
      Economic Analysis <a href="https://oregoneconomicanalysis.com/2020/01/17/fun-friday-more-marijuana-border-effects/">in
        a report issued Friday</a>. (420, of course, is a colloquial
      term referencing marijuana or cannabis consumption.)</p>
    <p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left" id="ZZ65TASN4NGFNEA76NONWS6GZY">Lehner found a similar phenomenon
      on Idaho’s border with Washington, another state where
      recreational marijuana is legal.</p>
    <p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left" id="BCFCV4DRG5ATTPE5X25O3VKEEM">“The sales in counties along the
      Idaho border were much stronger than I anticipated,” Lehner wrote.
      “Obviously recreational marijuana is not legal in Idaho, but even
      after throwing the data into a rough border tax model that
      accounts for incomes, number of retailers, tax rates and the like,
      there remains a huge border effect.”</p>
    <p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left" id="UFWATX4X7JGKVGD63JI7WMTT5I">A “border effect” describes the
      phenomenon when two neighboring jurisdictions have different
      rules, prompting residents of one area to travel to the nearby
      region to take advantage of the different rules. Another
      well-known example is Southwest Washington residents traveling to
      Oregon to purchase products without paying a sales tax.</p>
    <p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left" id="ZB5WJOWO4BHF7CHTEPCNZIY3EI"><a href="https://www.mpp.org/states/idaho/">The Marijuana Policy
        Project says</a> Idaho is the only state in the U.S. that with
      no law for medical or therapeutic marijuana. Supporters are
      gathering signatures to legalize medical marijuana there.</p>
    <p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left" id="CET5GCSRJJC7JFSTMU5IMFB6JE">Beyond the border effect with
      Idaho, Lehner forecast continued rapid growth in Oregon marijuana
      sales over the next 10 years.</p>
    <p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left" id="BYA25RDCGBAUHGZ46ZAOEGKFXY">“Our office’s forecast calls for
      sales to grow approximately 80% over this time period as incomes
      rise, the state’s population increases, and marijuana becomes more
      socially acceptable and usage rates rise,” he wrote.</p>
    -- Mike Rogoway | <a href="mailto:mrogoway@oregonian.com">mrogoway@oregonian.com</a>
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