Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read has withdrawn a controversial audit of the state's Liquor and Cannabis Commission, which had been at the center of a political scandal.
The audit, originally conducted in 2023, led to the resignation of then-Secretary of State Shemia Fagan after it was revealed she had undisclosed ties to the cannabis industry. Read, who took office in January, has been working to restore trust in the agency and deemed the audit too compromised to remain in state records.
The move is part of a broader effort to reform the office and distance it from past ethical concerns.
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Good—Oregon needs real oversight of the cannabis industry, not an audit tainted by corruption and conflicts of interest.
Typical government corruption—politicians using their power to benefit their friends while pretending to regulate an industry they never should’ve been involved in to begin with. The state has no business micromanaging cannabis or any other legal market, and this just proves how easily bureaucracy gets tainted by special interests. Instead of scrapping audits, maybe they should scrap the entire Liquor and Cannabis Commission and let people make their own choices.
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Oregon Secretary of State Read withdraws scandal-marred marijuana audit that led to Fagan’s downfall
New Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read on Wednesday withdrew the scandal-marred audit of the state’s liquor and cannabis commission that ended a predecessor’s political career.
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Tobias Read Removes Compromised OLCC Audit From State Records
Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read continued his overhaul of the agency he took control of in January, deleting a controversial 2023 audit of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission from his agency’s archive.
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