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Cannabis Boom Creates Fears of Increasing Illicit Trade By Erik Neumann | May 27, 2021 GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — On a sunny spring day in Southern Oregon’s Illinois Valley, Mason Walker is showing off rows of neatly planted marijuana. “We have a permanent trellising system that’s installed almost in a vineyard style,” Walker, co-owner of East Fork Cultivars, told Jefferson Public Radio. “We put labels up at the end of the rows so people know what they’re looking at, just like you might walk through the pinot noir section of a vineyard.” On th...

JOSEPHINE, CO., Ore.– According to Josephine County sheriff Dave Daniel, police executed a search warrant on a suspected illegal grow operation Wednesday. It happened on the 8000 block of Monument Drive. There, Sheriff Daniel said police found 140 greenhouses, and somewhere between 40,000 and 50,000 plants. Sheriff Daniel said the investigation was done in partnership with local drug enforcement groups in the valley and Oregon State Police. He also said the Oregon Liquor Control Commission was there because there was also a smaller legal operation on the property. Sheriff Daniel said ove...

Cannabis boom creates fears of increasing illicit trade in Southern Oregon Erik Neumann GRANTS PASS — On a sunny spring day in Southern Oregon's Illinois Valley, Mason Walker is showing off rows of neatly planted marijuana. "We have a permanent trellising system that's installed almost in a vineyard style," Walker, co-owner of East Fork Cultivars, told Jefferson Public Radio. "We put labels up at the end of the rows so people know what they're looking at, just like you might walk through the pinot noir section of a vineyard." On their 33-acre farm, Walker and a team grow 1 acre of marijuana...

View Comments GRANTS PASS — On a sunny spring day in Southern Oregon's Illinois Valley, Mason Walker is showing off rows of neatly planted marijuana. "We have a permanent trellising system that's installed almost in a vineyard style," Walker, co-owner of East Fork Cultivars, told Jefferson Public Radio. "We put labels up at the end of the rows so people know what they're looking at, just like you might walk through the pinot noir section of a vineyard." On their 33-acre farm, Walker and a team grow 1 acre of marijuana and 9 acres of USDA organic hemp, processed for CBD. Both Walker and the ...

In Southern Oregon, cannabis farming is booming. But while hemp and marijuana can both be legally grown in the state, much of this year’s expansion is on the illegal market.