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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday signed legislation that allows dispensaries to sell marijuana-infused edibles and extracts to people 21 and older. The Oregon Health Authority must first draft rules for the new products before shops can begin selling them. A Colorado baker, above, prepares cannabis-infused cookies at a bakery.

(Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday signed a bill that allows anyone 21 and older to purchase marijuana extracts and pot-infused edibles from Oregon dispensaries.

The provision is part of Senate Bill 1511, which also allows recreational pot shops to sell tax-free medical marijuana to patients.

The Oregon Health Authority on Tuesday said it first needs to draft rules for the sale of extracts and edibles before stores may sell them to recreational users and declined to say when the products would be available to the 21 and older market.

The Oregon Legislature last year allowed dispensaries to sell a limited amount of marijuana flowers, as well as young pot plants and seeds, to consumers 21 and older. Edibles, extracts and other marijuana products long available on the medical market have been off limits to recreational shoppers.

By the end of the year, the production, processing and sale of recreational marijuana will shift to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, but for now recreational sales fall within the health authority's purview.

The new law allows stores to sell a single low-dose unit of an edible and the equivalent of a vaporizer pen containing a marijuana extract to a person 21 and older. Shops also may sell non-psychoactive products intended for use on a person's hair or skin.

-- Noelle Crombie

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