Wedding Weed Bar in Oregon Gets Guests Toasted

Soft Secrets
31 Aug 2015

Oregon wedding pair treat guests to pot bar instead of free booze


Oregon wedding pair treat guests to pot bar instead of free booze

A weed bar replaced the open bar of typical American weddings [Credit: Jessica Hill Photography]

An Oregon couple may have set the newest wedding trend in America: weed bars. John Elledge and Whitney Alexander were recently wed and chose to celebrate with a selection of weed strains, rather than the traditional 'open bar.'

Oregon's Measure 91 allows adults to purchase and consume legal Cannabis products. Mark Pettinger, from the state's Liquor Control Commissions, said that, "On private property where no liquor license is involved, it is legal." Pettinger added that "there cannot be bartenders and budtenders" in the same location.

Alexander told the Huffington Post that her fiance, John, "has been in the medical marijuana industry in Oregon for years." She added, "We were happy to give our guests, especially the ones from out of town, a unique experience."

Alexander, who refrains from the use of Cannabis or alcohol, told HuffPo, "The tent was set well away from the rest of the reception, and facing away from the crowd to control where the smoke went," she said. "There were actually guests that had no idea it was there until after the fact."

 

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