Public Health Division's Role

Related to marijuana in Oregon, the role of Oregon Health Authority's Public Health Division is to:

Protect the public's health

• Understand and minimize the public health impacts of retail marijuana products
• Educate the public about health issues related to marijuana use
• Protect children and vulnerable populations from marijuana exposure
• Prevent youth marijuana use
• Monitor marijuana use, attitudes and health effects in Oregon
  

Regulate medical marijuana and dispensaries

• Administer the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP), which oversees the medical marijuana cardholder registry for patients and regulates medical marijuana dispensaries, processors and grow sites
• Convene the Oregon Cannabis Commission

Accredit laboratories

• Accredit laboratories that test Cannabis in Oregon