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<h1 class="headline-basic headline-basic__article">Oregon
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
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<div>By <a class="byline__authorLink"
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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>
| twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/rogoway">@rogoway</a> |
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