Border weed: How the hometown of tater tots became a cannabis capital
Ontario, Ore., has nine dispensaries for 11,000 residents. But most of their customers are coming from Idaho.
by Natalie Fertig
ONTARIO, Ore. — When Brandon St. Germain got in line to apply for a marijuana dispensary license in this town of 11,000 people along the Idaho border in November 2018, he brought armed guards.
“We're talking ex-military veterans,” St. Germain said. “They're standing there with M-16s. They’ve got bulletproof vests on; they’ve got pistols on their hip.”