Reports, Statements, and Testimony
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Cannabis Businesses Crime Statistics
This report provides statistics for burglaries, robberies, and vandalism offenses that were reported at a cannabis business to the Portland Police Bureau between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025.
Annual Policy Report
The Cannabis Policy Oversight Team’s yearly Cannabis Policy Report highlights issues currently facing Portland’s cannabis industry, cannabis consumers and our counties, and makes recommendations to the local government about how to address those issues.
2023 Cannabis Policy Report
Over the course of 2023, the Cannabis Policy Oversight Team (CPOT) embraced a number of changes and opportunities. Most notably, the Cannabis Program transitioned out of the Office of Community & Civic Life and into the Bureau of Development Services (BDS). Along with the addition of new program staff, CPOT welcomed new members and said goodbye to former volunteers. In 2023, CPOT held fourteen public meetings over Zoom. Under the guidance of CPOT in 2022, the advisory body created three subcommittees which focused on priority issues; Community Impact, Local Business, and Cannabis Safety Subcommittees which all met monthly or more, and frequently hosted guest appearances from researchers, law enforcement officials, experts in public safety, advocates for youth, and cannabis industry workers. These groups brainstormed, conducted research, and asked the questions that led to the creation of the recommendations contained in this annual report.
2022 Cannabis Policy Report
"CPOT recommended and the council approved the drafting and funding of an economic viability forecast of the City of Portland’s current cannabis ecosystem. This forecast will examine Oregon’s cannabis market, including sales, prices, and consumption, and will be used to inform changes to cannabis policy. The council has set aside $50,000 from the cannabis licensing fund for this project, and it is expected to roll out in Q3 of 2023. The details of the economic viability study will help the City’s Cannabis Program properly study and develop tools and information to drive positive impacts for the cannabis industry in Portland".
2021 Cannabis Policy Report
"Although 2021 was another record sales year for the Oregon cannabis industry and another banner year for the State and City’s tax coffers, the cascading impacts related to the ongoing pandemic, the sharp increase in burglaries and robberies, and the devastating wildfires continue to create vulnerabilities within the cannabis industry ecosystem in Oregon".
2020 Cannabis Policy Report
"Despite the cannabis industry’s growth in 2020, we still have many hurdles with many on the horizon. As the cannabis industry confronts these headwinds, Portland must continue to support initiatives that deliver the changes necessary in the cannabis industry, the city, and the community deserves. All of the work done by CPOT, now and in the future, will help to ensure the continued sustainability of the cannabis industry, both within the City of Portland and throughout the state."
2019 Cannabis Policy Report
CPOT’s 2019 Cannabis Policy Report addresses the issues of social equity, research, education and sustainability around Portland’s cannabis industry. The report outlines the ways in which the City of Portland currently handles those issues and makes recommendations for how we can improve.