July 27, 2015 - Work Session

CITY OF SILVERTON
CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AGENDA
Silverton Community Center – Council Chambers – 421 South Water St.
The Silverton Community Center – The City of Silverton intends to comply with the A.D.A. The meeting
location is accessible to individuals needing special accommodations such as a sign language interpreter,
headphones, or other special accommodations for the hearing impaired. To participate, please contact the City
Clerk at 503-874-2216 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.
A copy of the packet and materials, including Ordinances and Resolutions, are available for review Monday
through Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in the City Manager’s Office at the Silverton City Hall, located at 306 South
Water Street. All documents will be available on our website at www.silverton.or.us.
MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015, 6:00 PM
AGENDA ITEMS
NOTES
I.
OPENING CEREMONIES – Call To Order, Pledge Of Allegiance & Roll Call
II.
DISCUSSION – MARIJUANA POLICY ISSUES
2.1
What Changes Did The Legislature Make To Measure 91 And/Or The
Medical Marijuana Statutes?
2.2
Is There Still A Distinction Between Medical Marijuana And
Recreational Marijuana Sales Or Use? Can Our Code Treat Them
The Same? Are There Areas Where They Must Be Treated
Differently?
2.3
The City’s Current Ban On Medical Marijuana Facilities Expires
October 6, 2015. Recreational Marijuana Sales May Begin Legally
On October 1, 2015. Is The City’s Ban Enforceable For The First 5
Days Is October With Regard To Medical Marijuana Sales? Do Any
Restrictions On Recreational Marijuana Sales Need To Be In Place
Before October 1?
2.4
Can The City Use Its Police Power To Ban Both? Would This
Require
Any
Amendment
To
Our
Business
License
Ordinance? Does The Council Want An Ordinance Drafted That
Would Ban All Marijuana Sales In Silverton?
2.5
If The City Doesn’t Want To Ban, But Does Want To Regulate The
Time, Place, And Manner Of Marijuana Sales, What Is
Permissible?
How
Would
These
Restrictions
Be
Implemented? What Have Other Cities Done And Who Should We
Use For A Model Ordinance?
2.6
Can The CM Issue A Business License To A Marijuana Business
Under The Existing Business License Code Provision? Would We
Be Better Off With A Separate “Marijuana License” Like Salem Has
And Exempt Marijuana Businesses From The Requirement That
They Have A City Business License? Why Is Salem’s Marijuana
License Limited To Medical Marijuana?
2.7
Will The State Tax Marijuana Sales? Can Silverton Add A 3%
Tax? Does The Council Want To Do This?
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2.8
If The Only Avenue For Banning Marijuana Sales Is By An Initiative
Or Referendum Petition, Does The Council Want To Refer This To A
Vote Of The Local Electors?
2.9
What Restrictions Can The City Place On The Use Of Marijuana?
a. Use or possession of marijuana in a public place?
b. Similar restriction on vaping and tobacco use?
c. What is the definition of a public place?
d. Can the city as an employer continue to ban use or possession
of marijuana by employees?
Other Issues?
2.10
III.
ADJOURNMENT –
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Bob Willoughby
From:
Sent:
Bob Willoughby
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 10:01 AM
To:
Ashley Boyle (ashleyb@gov-law. com); 'Jeff Fossholm (jfossholm@silverton. or. us)'; Jim
Anglemier (JAnglemier@Silverton. or. us)
Subject:
FW: Cave Junction's Court decision on Marijuana Dispensaries
Ashley:
A discussion ofthis caseshould be part ofthe briefing on m.j. attheJuly27worksession. Dowe havean option of using
our business license ordinance to prevent both the sale of medical and recreational m.j. ? Isour business license
ordinance substantially the same asthat of Cave Junction? Ifnot, would you advise any changes in our ordinance if the
Council wants to rely on it to deny business licences to m.j. businesses?
Bob
-Original MessageFrom: Rick Lewis
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 6:40 PM
To: Bob Willoughby
Subject:CaveJunction'sCourtdecisionon Marijuana Dispensaries
Forthe Council: TheCityofCaveJunctionsuccessfullychallengedOregon'sMedical marijuana lawon thegroundsthat
they had a rightto denya dispensary undertheir City Business License ordinance. Theirordinance (like ours) requires
that a businesscomplywithall local,state andfederal laws. TheCitydenieda business licenseon thosegrounds. It was
challenged and the City won. Here is a synopsis of the decision.
Rick
Cave Junction II Litigation: Court Upholds City Business License Ordinance In a case known as Providing All Patients
Access v. City of Cave Junction, a trial court judge recently ruled that the City of Cave Junction could deny a business
license to a medical marijuana dispensary. Thiscasewas brought bya medical marijuana dispensaryownerchallenging
the city's denial of a business license. The city's ordinance provided that the city would revoke a business license from
any business that violates local, state or federal law. Because distribution of marijuana violates the federal Controlled
Substances Act, the city revoked the dispensary's business license.
The dispensary ownerclaimed that the citywas preempted bystate lawfrom revoking the business license. The League
and Association of Oregon Counties (AOC) intervened in the case on the side of the city, arguing that state law did not
preempt localgovernments from enforcingthesetypes ofbusinesslicenseordinances. Inthe alternative, the city, the
LeagueandAOCarguedthat ifthe citywaspreempted bystate law,thenfederal lawoverrodethat preemption.
In issuinghisdecision,thejudge notedthat hewasdecidingthe caseon federalgrounds. (Acopyofthe opinion can be
found here). Specifically, he noted that any state preemption was without effect because state law conflicted with the
purposesofthe federal Controlled SubstancesAct. In reachingthat decision,thejudge indicated hewaspresuming
withoutdecidingthat the state lawactually preempted the city.
Thiscaseisonly bindingon the partiesto it anddoes not havestatewideeffect. However, ifthe dispensaryowner
appeals as expected, a decision from the Court of Appeals in the case would then have statewide effect.
This is the second case involving CaveJunction and marijuana. The League also intervened in the first case and won on
the grounds that state law was not preemptive of a city's ability to ban dispensaries through a business license
ordinance.Thatcase iscurrently on appeal beforethe OregonCourtofAppeals.
For more information about those cases and marijuana generally, visit the League's marijuana resources page here.
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will help stop growing industry
By Kristen Wyatt
Associated Press
DENVER - A federal law
Grafted to fight the mob is givmg marijuana opponents a new
strategy in their battle to stop
the expanding industry: rackefeering lawsuits.
A Colorado pot shop recently
closed after a Washingtonbased group opposed to legal
marijuana sued not just the pot
shop but a laundry Ust of firms
doing business with it - from
its landlord and accountant to
the Iowa bonding company
guaranteeing its tax payments.
One by one, many ofthe plaintiffs agreed to stop doingbustness withMedical Marijuana of
theRockies, until the mountain
shopclosedIts doorsandhadto
seU off its pot at fire-sale
pnees.
With another lawsuit pendmg m scutfaern Colorado, the
cases represent a new approach tofightmg marijuana. If
dte federal government wont
stop its expansion, pot opponents say, federal racketeermg
lawsuits could. Marijuana may
be legal under state law, but
federal drug law stiU considers
any marijuana business organized crime.
"It is still iUegal to cultivate,
seU or possess marijuana under
federaltow, " saidBnanBames,
lawyer for Safe Streets AUiance, a Washington-basedanttcrime group that brought the
lawsuits on behalf of neighbors
of the two Colorado pot businesses.
Lawyers on both sides say
the Colorado racketeermg ap-
case,neighbors ofthetwobusinesses who claim the pot businesses could hurt their property values If successful, civil
lawsuits under the RICO Act
trigger triple penalties.
FUed in February, the Colorado lawsuits have yet to go before a judge. But one has already had the intended effect.
In April, three months after
the RICO lawsuit was filed,
MedicalMarijuanaoftheRockres closed. Owner Jerry Olson
liquidatedhisinventorybyseB-
ing marijuana for $120 an
ounce, far below average retail
prices.
"I am bqing buried in legal
procedure, " Olson wrote on a
fundraising Web page he created to fight the lawsuit. The ef-
fort so far has brought in just
$674.
The closure came after the
pot shop's bank. Bank of the
West, closed the shop's account
"Its policy is never to offer
accounts to recreational mari-
juana businesses, " the court order said.
AndJustlastweek, a bonding
company in Des Moines, Iowa,
ofbonding marijuana businesses in Colorado and elsewhere
until this is settled poIiticaBy,"
said Therese Wietoge, spokeswoman for Merchants Bonding
CompanyMutual.
Thecaseofthemountainpot
shop shows that racketeering
lawsuitscanaffectthemarijuana industry even if the lawsuits
in the marijuana industry in
lawyer.
"This lawsuit is meant more
ersthanitistobenefittheplainthatfolkswhoareparticipating tiffs,"
said Adam Wolf, Olson's
The 1970 Racketeer Influ-
benefits a criminal enterprise
The RICOAct also provides for
civfl lawsuitsbypeoplehurtby
such racketeering - in this
JERRYOLSON
Medical Marijuana of the Rockies
owner
lawsuit.
"We are out of the business
to have a chilling effect on oth-
enced and Corrupt Organizations Act sets up federalcrinunal penalties for activity that
procedure."
paid"$50,000 to get out "of the
"II our legal theory works,
basically what it wffl mean is
themselves to pretty significant liability," Barnessaid.
I am being buried
mkgtd
and was dismissed as a Dlain-
proach is novel
are exposing
Daw'dThompson, lawyer for the anU-marijuana group Safe Streets Alliai
lawsuitto shutdownCotorado'smarijuanaindustry,inDenverInFebnii
at.
never mate it to a hearing
any capacity
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In the other Colorado lawsuit, against a dispensary called
Alternative Holistic Healing,
thepot shop isn't gang downso
easily.
The shop owners are bullding a 5,000-square-foot warehouse in southern Colorado for
growingpot, despite beingsued
by neighboring property ovmerstar affectingtheirmountain
views A construction company
and insurance company worktag with Alternative Holistic
Healing haven't abandoned the
job.
"It's a frivolous lawsuit,"
said the pot shop's lawyer, Matthew Buck. "It has not affected
(the pot shop owners) whatso-
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ever."
But the marijuana opponents funding the lawsuit say
they're ready to expand the test
lawsuits to more marijuana
businesses. The end goal, they
say, is dear: to stop the whole
pot industry in its tracks.
"We're putting a bounty on
the heads of anyone doing business with the marijuana industry, " Bames said. "Just because
you see what appears to be this
unstoppablegrowthofmarijua-
na, we disagree.We'restarting
to change the economies of the
marijuanaindustry."
ColoradoRep.JonathanSmga. I
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Oregon, district tihat voted resoundingly against legalizing the drug. And
in his Republican leadership role, he
hasnoreasontosiatetheDemocrats
who dominate the Legislature look
good.
But Feirioh wound up pushing
the Legislature's marijuana comnuttee to start retail sales far earherthao
expected,andheplayeda keyrote m
shaping lawmakers'unique approach
to regulating (he upcoming tepdcannabismarket
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legal for Oregon adults Wednesday,
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it would not be ready to issue
retail Bcenses until late 2016,
Ferrioli's idea quickly gained
traction.
Industry advocates said the
earlysalescou]dhelppreserve
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ri. co-chaii goesIntotfaeUadcmariiEt. 'r: counties to igg Siif other Qremttee on
Burdlck said regulators iff ACTilawsthe? ~
'^ytFei^gSii
=«i, e^"t& Washington led the way in muiBtUHj, ..fiin
fadiso'3 votingto legalizemarijumain tomggtu'iKis
. ^* saidtheirbiggestmistake a^l^lesandv ^
.
"As Colorado, which along with
.
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w'pswereable
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al islatoretogethermade iga
Id sales tax, something (
-i&y, even manjuan;
son
"What we tried to do was
dear a way for people who
of the committee's deHbera- areOregomansandhavebeen
ttons, however, was BeniOB'S doing tiris for a long time to
proposal to begin temporaiy
against. esagne91couldban sales at medical marijuana
itorewrrte
EES is that
d.taxed and
m eastern Oregon
wasablggoalofthecommittee,Burdicksaid.
succeed in the legal market,"
shesaid.
dispensarieswhenpossession
Femoli, whosegrandfather
became legal. He wasnt able reputedly ran a smaB fleet of
to get a July l start date for dairy trucks canyuig Canatemporaiy sales,but theLeg- (Ban booze, said he's found it
islatureismovmgtowardfinal fasanatmg to learn about the
approval ofabiUcalling foran potbustnessinOregon.
Oct l start date.
"Lookatthesmallentrepre"It Just seemed illogical neurs of the marijuana busiand unfair to say something ness who have been turning
is legal, but you cant buy tt," OregonintotheNapaValleyof
Ferrioli said. The state was in cannabis," saidFemoK,adding
essence telling consumers to that there will soon be plenty
<tpist wait for a year or sountil of competition lesultmg in a
yourbureaucracy cancatchup "gceengold rush."
withyourdemoaaq?'hesaid.
With the'Oregon Liquor
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Control Commission saying
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OREGONLEGISLATURE| Billsupdate
Bills that became law last retail operations without first
seekmg a referendum.
Marijuana legalizations
Ethics reform: House Bffl
HouseBBl3400, signedJune30, 2019 and House BiU 2020,
tookmonthsof(HBcult,bqiar- signed July l, are the last of
tisan negotiations to assem- Gov. Kate Brown's fhree ethics
ble ancTmadcs the Legislature's reform proposals to become
bluepnnt for Oregon's soon- law. HB2019 expands the Oreto-be recreational camiabis gon Government Ethics Com-
statewide elected officials.
weekindude;
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mission froni seven members
outregulations formedical mar-
to nine, while speeding up
its tunelines for iavestigat-
ijuana, sets up testing regimens
forallmaTguanaprovidedmthe ing ethics complaints and ghrstate andreduces theseverity of mglegislative leaders a larger
certainpot-idated amies.
role m appomtmg its mem-
fromacceptingspeakingfees.
Gender-neutral marriage
language: House Bfll 2478.
signed July l, alters state code
toreflectsame-sexmamageas
thelawoftheland.References
to "husband and wife" in var-
ious statutes wiU change to
"sponsesmalegalmaniage."
Strangulation penalties:
House BBl 3469, signed July 1,
adds another case in which
prosecutors can charge the
crime ofstrangulation as a felanyinstead ofamisdemeanor:
strangling someone who is
But in the name of political
peace, HB3400 also undoes
a key part of last year's Measure 91. Local governments
officialwhomustJoanthegov- knowntobepregnant.
emor'spolicyadvisersm filling
m counties whose residents
economic conffict-of-interest
beis. HB2020clarifiesthat the
governor's partner is a public
werestronglyopposedtolegal forms.Italsobansthegovemor
pot nowhavetheli^at to ban and first partner, and aB other
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tnective juiy ). m uregon you
may
of recreational pot
» Possess and use recreational
By Carol McAlice Cuirie
older.
Statesman Journal
.
marijuana rfyou are 21 and
'?-.*^1
» Use recreational ra^ijuana at
;'K
Lawmakers moved ril thodically
home oron pFftfat'. property
sday to ensure that'fe
whenOregonianstakeaaniKonl
rstlegalrecreatioaal-
« » fossess^So eight ounces of
useable alyijuana in your home
marijuanacigarettes or pMll.'^r first legal seedstoday,
;»" that they have the fuU wgrfit'iittd force of file state bdnnd
("A Ontheeveof
sjluana'slegalizationinOre^.
»,the state sei
teed two bfe and referred two i
to t&eHouse
Ip the statEiand its residents (^iSjily
wifBi elaw
byfte passag^f Measure SftKilt'NovemB%.
rs and industry obdfcvers exflgifthe two
referAfei
ssbeforetheLegislahu-e1|jjour»i¥ortheyear
thisg,jj!g£, KDe3rt_
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oaguesday'^s House Bin 3400, wIudRf s3ied, mBcreate
^ aaSoyerall firework for the l^BKation~3teecreabonal
'ymarijuana, saiif,$eqff SugermNpi represenfltere for the
Oregon CannabisRBUticalAedJS'Committee.
'^t
' one ounce outside the
j^Sraw upto four plantsper
fence (not per resident), out
ofixlfelicview
» Shi^r giveawayrecreationai
marijusF. ta, Itcantbesoldofa*^
bought dtefl
openfdepL
sage). ^ '^^, ',;
» Make edib^^pdil
or receive t|)6a Ate
i at home
canon|»t-^usedirPj
tfo^ttii under the
ate.
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KlSVsot-
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but they
Some of the prf(JUqBK itained in HB 34(J(Siaclude ji/W'.Possess and use recreai
<^-:marijuanarfyouareund
changes to the agescQflOfyias labs for both rec
y » Userecreational mariji
andmedical marijugdPI8ky[escnptors for whatthe 1
testing for, and iikNlTini iiil'il'tliii forinformation tobei
edonconsumei^Bckaging.
"It also lets the Oregon Uquor Control ConmflHSon set
?r??'i£91 ?" size limits oiirecreationalproducers,
"
Sugenmn
said. 'This bill sets an overaU framework for recreatioiiai
marijuana, and among other things, ensures that excess med-
public
rBuyorsellrecreati
juana or marij'uailK. ira.
» Drive under theWfluenceof
marijuana The Oregon Uquc
Control Commission asteynni
lcal marijuana doesn't windup on the black market."
be responsible
» Take marijuana in or out»;.-
SeeMARUUANA
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state. This includes Was -'- -
,
The^daythat 'ReeferMadness
becamelegalm Oregon
lighthoursbeforemanjuanawouldbecomelegalin
Oregon,I time-tripped backto 1936,withoutbenefit
, of any substance, herbal or otherwise
In thatyear:
» Billboard magazine published its first Hit Parade.
» OnWXYZradioin Detroit, the GreenHomet andKato
first convinced radiolisteners thatthey werescreedung
aroundcorners andnabbingracketeers.
» Ufe, thepicture magazine,debutedonnewsstands
» Genocidal madman Adolf Hitler introduced the compact, affprdable Volkswagen.
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10
MARIJUANA
'"ys^<~i*
LEGALIZATION
<si. ' .
it^ons, answprs
er penalties fogffcall amounts of
poC "decriqiNlfiUzing" it. That
came in 1973. Medical marijuana
)8. In 2012, voters re-
jectgdi. tt' first attempt to legalize
reajEStional marijuana. It was
ilyviewedaspoorlyGrafted.In
113,the state approved dispensarto sell medical pot, replacing a
system that allowed patients to
grd'fttheirownor,morecomrggnly,
designate someone to eroaeBPtor
them. AU along, manjuagffHEnners
in
soutftwestem
tjafKl,
were
growingwftdd-clag(^ied.Someof
lextyearinNe1 advocacy or-
ties say some jdfeB t to theblackmar-
j reports there
for 2016 initia-
culturaUBSls dE-pot emerging
en more states.
from tb tmdergToiiiid, such as the
bigg<ltt PTe>
specgl^ mdoor gardtnstoresthat
seNt'.Sngation fittings and other
inandthei^esi- Ciaatavation gear nobody thinks is
ttractmg yo<
rse a 2010
votes arepc
i, Maine,:
and
Stbr orchids. Then, in November,
voters approved Measure 91 by 12
ipercentage points, 56-44. jft:
X What's ahead?
:y
re Oregon IjSBNt Control
ote tbS year in
ators are trying
Conwp^ssion is yff^S rales far
grawK^ and sglBffg legal pot. It
n the November
plans hr accsliffapplications from
prospecthg^Srmers on Jan. 1. It
says reti^-^es could start about
narijuana advosgatetheirs. Neieserved a baUot
.
rljuana:Abrief
Continuedfrom Page1A
» Charlie Chaplin's "Modem Times, " Buster
Crabbe's "FlashGordon" and CaroleLombard's
"My Man Godfrey" unspooled in local theaters.
But it was anotherfilm that prompted my time
travel, a cautionary tale witha rolling text prologue
meant to scare the Jujubes out of an audience:
"The motion picture you are about to witness
may startle you," it began
"It would'not have been possible, otherwise, to
sufficiently emphasizethefnghtfultaleofthenew
drug menace which is destroying the youth of
America in alarmingly increasing numbers.
"Marijuana is the drug - a violent narcotic, an
unspeakable scourge - the real Public Enemy No.
it was for mitdiflNU'use. Authori-
ket. BasewhriKlliere are plenty of
iropoaeiBRtiope
'Madness'
Isarvest^Sme'ilKfS fall Last week,
the Kglslaturrit joint marijuana
cotBttuttee voted";ft start retail
fes sooner, by Oct"t,tbis year.
first statetolow-
V,:^r.
-^
ari
"Its first effect is sudden, violent, uncontadlable
laughter, thencome dangeroushaBucmatioasspace expands, time slows down, almost stands
stffl.
"Fixed ideas come next, conjuring up monstrous
extravaganres followed by emotional disturbances,
thetotafinability to directthoughts,theloss ofaB
powertoresistphysicalemotionsleadingfinallyto
shockingviolence endingofteninincurable insan-
ity.
"Inpicturingits souldestroying effects, noattempt wasmade to eqmvocate The scenes and
incidents... are based on actual research into the
results of marijuana addiction
"Something must be done to wipe out this ghast-
ly menace... because the dread marijuana may be
reachingforthnextforyour sonor daughter.. "
Seenthroughmodem sensibilities, "ReeterMadness, " originaBy titled "IteachYour Clnldren, " is an
unintentionally hilariouspropagandafilm ofthe
worstorder, meantto disbursepanicandexploit
the easily misled.
The caimed-ham castblurts its waythrough a
melodrama featuring a trio of drug dealers who
seduce some gee-whiz teens, a descent into the
depths that leads thepUyers into a hit-and-nm
accident, a framed murder, a furious assault on a
.
HpchstBtlcr__
jff'
3921-June27, 2015 jgf
raidin wbicha circle of law enforcement officers
stand around while one poor schnook does all the
and frii^UN-fhany, passed away
policing.
The last time I had seen "Reefer Madness" was
AlbauNW'hffehusband, family
andyre-givers byfeer side
<i-"Sf
V^Slf.f"''
smokerpummels anassociatewitha stick,and a
(dia, j(j<s? mother,
grai^Bother^^t-grandmother
in her iffjfe at Quail Run in
r^~
'*"<'\;:.
piano,a secondmurderinwhicha crazedreefer
lla was
was bofll|i|;o Edward
ylydia
alKclAlmaHershbergerStMilford,
Nebraska on March 18, 1921
where she Joined an older sister.
Eventually, three more sisters and
five brothers were added to their
family- ^y'^fc,
CaaffSn, N<ff8$ Pakota was the place where she
met dBmam'ed hlNfeysband Harold Hochstetler on
September 16. 1945 The^ad fourchildren.
at a midnight screening off the campus of Southern
Illinois University in 1971 It was hazy that night.
Inside the theater
Much has changed about our views and con-
sumpdon of marijuanain the79years sincethe
timepa&ons first purchased tickets for "Reefer
Madness" - and in the 44 years smce that night in
71,
While few believe manjuana to be a "ghastly
menace" or "anunspeakablescourge," many reasonable Americans consider it a dangerous and
.
addictive substance
Weremain at odds over whatmarijuana is and
The family lived in mSi^g places including Idaho,
KansasandOregonfollowingffiujnld'seducationandcall
totheministry.
^Ssi,
In 2000, they moved to the MenffCffHte Retirement
Ulllana in Alhanv Drpnon. Thev remained there until they
outhinlt.iaiFaggeratijNNmplyas&,;
peopl
comi
sumSd in *aE
11
.
opimon and the presiion, attracting young
' reverse a 2010 vote
cultivation gear nobodylg inks is
for orchids. Then, in NS 'ember,
voters approved Measure 1,Ay 12
wherev&tes ardpossi-
percentage points, 56-44
What's ahead?
rizona. Maine, Massa-
ssouri and Michigan.
)e a vote this year in
legislators are trying
lure ondiie November
sgal mSf^uaaa advors. Neiuldnega
a ballot
yet rest
'..
The Oregon Liquor Cgj>^ »t
Commission is writing j^S^'^. y
growing and selling jg|S'''pot. 'l
plans to accept ^ppSffions frorr
prospective. itjCBffirs on Jan. 1. It
says retBiNBBes could start about
fe next fall. Last week,
Sgislature's joint marijuana
munittee voted to start retail
idmarijua
sales sooner, by Oct. 1 this year.
"."" " . "e"
,
f.vw AUAAU-^f^vi
the total taabi
UJ l-UAU tJlUtltU
UAlSt. UJ. UCU11A-13,
. to(fS'^fftthoughts,thelossofall
»hysiCuF<yi otions leading finally to
ceending,!j,Ftenin incurable insan-
^
" "Inpicturing its soul deissjroylng effects, no attempt was made to equivocatA. The scenes and
incidents... are based on ac(i%jresearch into the
results of marijuana addictifcj"
"Somethingmust be doneto" <
ly menace... because the dread u
outthis ghast-gj
ilttUt^u vnmr43K^*
reaching forth next for your son <
Seenthrough modem sensibill
'wsa," origmally titled "Ifeaclijroi
^intentionallyhilariousjp^f,^.....T....
theftfUy misled ;;yv'
TL..
tunng a trio of drug dealers WISQ
Mardll
^CS^f
1 that;
accident, a t
ichsteder
.
piano, a secoc
lunc 27, 2015
mother,
E^grandmother
' nany, passed away
" Quail Run in
, -fianywith h^&isband,family
and care-givers bysiK side.
. Lydla was borti^j Edward
andAlmaHershberge?Ti?A;ilf6rd,
Nebraska on March 1Stfaj921
where she joined an older '-vjgr.
Eventually,threemoresisterscw^
five brothers were added to their
family
*>",,
ie-whiz teens, a descent into th'««,
Is the players into a bit-and-runi"-^
led murder, a furious assault on;
uiurder in which a crazed reefer'",
smokerpummi. 1 in associate with a stick, anda .
raid in which a clAde of law enforcement officers
stand around while" jie poor schnook does aBthe
policing.
The last time I hac .. en "Reefer Madness" was
at a midnight screemn( ^ 'f the campus of Soutfaem
IllinoisUniversity m 19 ' t washazythatnight. ;
Inside the theater
^i«A '.
Much has changed aboi
sumption of marijuana in
tune patrons first purchas
Madness" - and in the
v views asyigsW
SiSthe
'Reefer
it night in
.
WhilefewbeSrt^'fiaaruuanato bi
nace" ojJijgNhspeakable scourge,
'hastly
.
Casselton, North OU/^ta was the place where she
icans consider it a danger
substance
met and married her huit»nd Harold Hochstetler on
am at oddsover whatmarijuana .a and
September 16, 1945 They hiiitfeur children.
The family lived In many'places including Id;
Kapsps and Oregon following Hardlt^s. educatiflnjdiBMI
tothi ministry.
'-t.
jlafl castblurts its waythriwh a
melodi
k
..%3l
en, " is an
of the
vfiKajt order, meant tQ, di*Safse panic aii< oqriirit
istheflrsti
tuaries
aferfitad-
t[*M^^^
1^000, they moved to the MaNWKe Retirement
Vil'agel^Albany, Oregon. Thgj|p8 RRed tl^e until they
ircved iffljg, asslsted llv;fla||B6Ban Run one-j^t. y ago. In
a" ofthe pBfcgs w(])a|gW5?Iived, Lydia made th%tiome
s ;3zy, warm3jj<igWcoming place. Overthe year^glia
era Harojj, j^?t^ theirfamily, friends, and many giiSts
into tbdWSme. TSByalso shared their home with those
v.'ijj^B'K-e in need. '^gpe demonstrated her faith by the
"she lived her life.'
Lydia learned to saijand quilt and turned those
skills into an art form. She-8i|i[gned and made her own
weddingdressand madequilB^pd comfortersiar all her
granfltfiildren. Lydia was the Iffitef the,a^gyBeart of
thehojflj^he sharedwithHarold,^g^SKhe whowill
be missecN|glI whowere lucj(jgj||RS§|y;o know her.
ShewasTHt£?ded in^f^ffsSy her parents, her sister
Berdella, her br^BltaNM&n, Vftasand Ertis.
She is sungijjjB'^Jhjier husband, Harold, of nearly
isn't.
If you think I'm exaggerating, simply ashfive
people at work today to name marijuana's active
components -and what it actually accomplishes
when it is applied to the skm as a bdm, or consumed in a baked good, or inhaled lustily in the
manner of Cheech & Chong in "Up in Smoke."
marijuana's possible long-term effects on public
health and safety .
Perhapslike you, I remain ambivalent anamere
than a bit concerned about legal reefer oc Day One
We may, in time, look back at this mocest as
progress.
But it is not inconceivable that u e ssav 'KBk.;»;»
on our actions and caB it madness
Michael Dawisis executive editor of ^. he 5:-:£;-"".Journal Contacthimat mdavts4Ss^sz sw'~=". :-~^" -. :"
POBorU009. Saiem, OR973(»;~ ;:-; .';:-"--
70-years, h.ttriW6rsVe\?Shpa,
and Lila, brothers, Tlllman
AJ,>KB*fier four chiyS Bi, Laura (Mark) Heppner of
and
wifilWColorado, Gary!S|dy) Hochstetler ofGrovelai
sachusetts, John (SheBU. Hochstetler
Oregon and Doug (Mardi) Hocft^gtlerof/yhgB (B6gon.
There are ten grandchildren, LaiaiSuWSTObb (Abby),
Andrew, Chad, Michelle, Allcia^MUi Brett, Courtney
andone great-grandchild Ej]
A viewing will beJsllfWpm ThiiHNgy at Fisher
Funeral Home, and <^hemorial service''!Bl ill be at
11am Saturday July 4th at Albany Mennonitflltoi rch.
Contributions may be made to the Mennonlte CBHtral
CnmmiMaa
in raro
nf Fich&r
Fiinnral
1-lnmo
Wrt
<;W
We listen.
We care.
We have a variety of urns
for scatterina. olacement
12
THELEGALITIES
Steps in place for use
of recreational pot
Effective July 1, in Oregon you
may
» Possess and use recreational
marijuana ifyou are 21 and
older.
By Carol McAllce Currie
Statesman Journal
Lawmakers moved methodically TBiesday to ensure that
when Oregonians take a drag on their first legal recreationalmarijuana cigarettes or plant their first legal seeds today,
that tfaey have the full weight and force of the state behind
them.
On the eve of recreational marijuana's legalization in Oregon,thestatesenatepassedtwobills andreferred twoothers
totheHousethatwillhelpthestateandits residents comply
with the law created by the passage of Measure 91 last No-
vember. Lawmakersandindustry observers expectthetwo
referrals to pass before the Legislature adjoumsfor the year
this week or next.
The first bill sent to Gov. Kate Brown's desk for signature
on .Itaesday was Home Bill 3400, which, if signed, wiU create
an overall framework for the legalization of recreational
marijuana, said Geoff Sugerman, a representative for tile
Oregon Cannabis Political Action Committee.
Some of the provisions contained in HB 3400 include
changes to the agency certifying labs for both recreational
andmedical inaryuana, newdescriptors forwhatthelabsare
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marijuana. It cant be sold or
bought until licensed retail shops
open (depending on bill's passage).
» Makeedibleproductsat home
or receive them asgifts, but they
can only be used in private.
However, under the lawyou still
may not:
» Possess and use recreational
testingfor,andrecommendations forinformationtobeprintproduction sizelimitsonrecreationalproducers, " Sugerman
» Drive underthe influenceof
said. 'This bill sets an overall framework for recreational
marijuana, andamong otherthings, ensures that excess medical marijuana doesnt wind up oh the black market"
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home
» Grow up to four plants per
residence (not per resident), out
of publicview.
» Share or give away recreational
marijuana if you are under 21.
» Userecreational marijuanain
public.
» Buyor sell reaeationalmarijuana or marijuana products
ed on consumer packaging.
"It also lets tfae Oregon Liquor Control Commission set
.
» Userecreational marijuanaat
home or on private property.
» » Possessupto eightouncesof
useable marijuana in your home
and up to one ounce outside the
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"This tries to bring
smallandtegeproducers
into the industry, and
keeps with the idea of
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The second bffl sent to
Gov Brown's desk is
House Bffl 2041. This biU
identifies a tax stmcture
for recreational mari.juana that would begin next
year Sales would be tax
free until Jan. 4, 2016.
Then, Sugerman said, the
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Sugerman said this is
significantly less than the
taxes apphed in Washing-
making small producerspart of the legal move.
inent. " Sugerman said.
The other twopieces of
legiskition, Senate Joint
Measure 12 and Senate
BiU 460, now move to the
House for consideration
SJM 12 is a recommendationto the federal govemment to reschedule mari-
juana, or take it off the
Schedule I list
This has been a case,
Sugerman said,ofthefederal government saying
retailers haveto paytaxes
on the sale of whatit con-
siders illegal drugs, but
ton state and Colorado,
two of the other three
states where recreational
not allowing these same
retailers to take the normal business deductions
associated withthetrbuslness It would also allow
marijuana use is legal.
banks previously unwfll-
mg to open accounts for
commercial
marijuana
producers andprocessors
who want to deposit mon-
ey a way to allow such ac-
gib. SSI
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INCENTIVES
Qrigm»(Pric«$10, 4St
portantbillm thebunchis
galforrecreational marijuanausers21andoldertp
buytheir productfrom11censed medical marijua-
state a legal sales venue
until Oregon has Its system for recreational mari-
juana retailers up and
running next year.
Lawmakers believe
the early start to legalized
retail sales will help shift
consumers awayfrom the
black market and into le-
..-^
mmmdttdat7t9[9ft owr 144 nwori^.
inentmg recreational use
is someof our best work."
The bill's target date of
October this year is a departure from previous es:
timates that indicated
recreational users would
not be able to buy legally
until faU 2016.
The
disconnect
had
many would-beUSCTSand
those connected with the
industry scratching then:
heads and wondering
where someone who
wanted to buy it legally
was supposedto getit pnor to nsct fall. One solu-
tion proffered was that
couldntsellit
ning Oct 1. This would
give consumers in the
PERMONTH
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Day). "Not everyone will
agree, but Ibelieve the
package ofUUsforimple-
german said
Probably the most un-
na dispensaries begin-
LABOR
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for local control, " said
Sen. Ted FerriOB, (R-John
amounttoa fnendor famUy member, they just
TMs bill would make it le-
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medical users and respect
ease those federal-government concerns, " Su-.
SB 460, which was ap-
SS. &EE1
"... I believe the Legis-
lature has donea remarkable job of balancing the
interests of recreational
users with protections for
someonecouldlegaUygift
proved 23-6intfaeSenate.
Uplo
soon as possible, he added.
tivlty.
"This measure would
.
would be allowed. It's V
way to track and report
recreational marijuSnaas
galizedones.It is limited
to marijuana, seeds and
immature (plant) starts
only, " Sugerman said. No
a plant, seeds of small
Sen. GmnyBurdick(DPortland) said the pack-
age of biUs protects the
rights ofmedicalmanjua-
na patients, helps reduce
illegal
black-market
sates, ensures that recreational users can legally
obtain the product and
gives local governments
regulatory and revenue
options.
" I think for a few days,
it's going to look a little
UkeiIaight-Ashbury(synonymous with the 1960s
hippie culture), and then
well get back to normal
and to the business of
making this
work right."
industry
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joumal. com, (SOS)399-S74S
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ByTimRtught
Corrtini,
er penalties for small amounts of
Associated Press
PORTLAND- Starting today, the
pot stashes in Oregon are legal
up to 8 ounces. So is the home-
grown, up to four plants a household.
The legalization of recreational
marijuana onJulylmakes the state
the fourth to do so, following Colorado,Washingtonstate andAlaska.
The nation's capital, Washington,
DC., also allows possession ofpersonal amounts, though not sales.
Here's a lookatOregon's lawand
the legal pot movement
What changes today in Ore-
SOSIA WOZNIACKA/AP
Medical-marijuanaflowersondisplay
at Kaya Shackdispensaiy in Portland.
fled for the ballot next year in Nevada. The national advocacy organizatfon NORML reports there
are plans or hopes for 2016 initia-
gon?
Not much, actually. In populous
parts of the state that have long
been tolerant of marijuana, police
dont generally bust people usingit
inprivate. Most important, though,
That includes the biggest prize,
California, where proponents hope
that shiftmg opinion and the presi-
is that under the new law ifs stfll il-
voters, could reverse a 2010 vote.
tives in half a dozen more states
dential election, attracting young
legal to sell recreational marijuana. When Oregon voters approved
Measure 91 last November, they
left the job of writing rules for pot
shops to the Legislature and the
state liquor contert agency, which
so far haven't gotten it all figured
out As of now, it's likely that July 1
win pass andusers wont have a legalwaytobuy whatthey canuselegaily.
Whafsup In other states?
A legal pot measure has quaB-
pot, "decrimmaBzing" it That
came in 1973. Medical marijuana
followed in 1998. In 2012, votCTS rejected a first attempt to legalize
recreational marijuana. It was
widely viewed aspoorly Grafted. In
2013,the state approved dispensaries to sell medical pot, replacing a
system that allowed patients to
growtheir ownor,more commonly,
designate someone to grow it for
them. All along,marijuana farmers
in southwestern Oregon, were
spot.
Oregon and marijuana: A brief
history
Oregon was the first state to low-
"It 1
suffici
drug a.
Amerii
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laugs:-
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space:
still.
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specialty indoor garden stores that
sell irrigation fittings and other
cultivation gear nobody thinks is
the:_
for orchids. Then, in November,
p0 ?c7
voters approved Measure 91 by 12
Sb0;i'_ifr
The Oregon Liquor Control
Conmussion is writing rules for
growing and selling legal pot. It
plans to accept applications from
ballot that legal marijuana advocates fearwouldnegate theirs. Neither side has yet reserved a ballot
"n»
may st
ket. Elsewhere, there are plenty of
cultural signs of pot emerging
from the underground, such as the
chusetts, Missouri and Michigan.
to put a taeasureon the November
But
travel
meant
UDSpe5
percentage points, 56-44.
Ohio, where legislators are toying
"My M
growing world-class weed. Some of
it was for medicinal use. Authorities saysome went to theblackmar-
Other states where votes are possible in 2016- Arizona, Maine, MassaThere may be a vote this year m
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prospective farmers on Jan. 1. It
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the Legislature's joint marijuana
committee voted to start retail
sales sooner, by Oct 1 this year.
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JEFF BARNARD//
GinaEidmann.directoroftheOregonSunSrownGroweis-Guild,setsupa slgn-intableforthemonthlymeetingofmarijuana
growersintheoldWilliamsGrangehalllastThursday.
-: painting
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;;so while you paint
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.
3 ease call
Oregon growers look ahead
to era of retail maryuana
gon.
ByJeffBarnard
The climate is ideal for growm
Adults will be allowed to possess
Assoaated Press
cannabis,withlongwarmsummer
with little or no rain. The region i
remote and rural, which attracte
and grow limited amounts of man-
juana, butnottobuyorsellityet.It
dayofeachmonth,veteranmedical wifl bea fewmonths to more than a hippies looking for a Utrie land i:
marijuana growers andjtopeful year before it is legal to sell, and the 1970swho grew martluana m a
WUUAMS- On the third Thurs-
-aFTige
Mt-ugedby
Ssntor living,
t.
l.C
newbies gather in the old WiUiams
GrangehaUin a smaUniralOregon
sismals. ftastets
< resale starts
valley long known for griming
some of ttie best camabis on the
planet
Since voters last fall made the
state the fourth to legalize recre-
attonalmarijuana,peoplehavebeen
flockingtn file hall to getthelatest
update on lawmakers' progress on
Graftingrules forthenewindustry.
The entrepreneurs also share
tips on how to produce happy and
healthy marijuana plants.
"Why not come to the source to
learn about growing?" says Gina
Erdmann, director of tBe Oregon
SunGrowh Growers' Gufld, as she
lays out materials on the sign-in table outside the hall, now a commumty center.
Whilethepot lawwill gointo ef-
feet today, it may pass without
much fanfare in the" state, which
was the first to decriminalize small
amounts of marijuana m 1973.
then only with a state permit.
cret gardensinthenearbybills
In the old Williams Grange, ex-
After medical marijuana b<
pectations of pot prosperity drew
came legal in 1999, people brough
about 75 people to the most recent
their gardens home
For years, medical manjuas
laws did not'allow growers to b
growers'"gufld meeting, filling the
bsSLMany dropped $10into a donattonbox.
Attorney Paul Loney told the
paidfortheirlabor. Butthelumtsa
thorizes medical marijuana grow-
could possess left large surplusei
ers to sell to dispensaries for retail
sales starting Oct. 1, growers need
logsnotedpeoplefromother state
gatheringthatiftheLegislatureau- plants and the amount a paben
which"some sold illegaUy. Pohc
to be sure they get a teansfer form
arrested with large amounts of pc
'"There wfll be cops trolling
Just what the regulated reta
caimabis industry in Oregon wfl
in their trunks.
signedbythepatenttheygrowfor.
Craigslistlookingtosetuppeople,"
look like continues to be a movini
Loaey warned.
The Williams Valley was settled
m the 1850s gold rush, and has seen
eras of homesteading, timbermg
target. A bill would allow medics
manjuanadispensanestostartsdi
ing small amounts to retail custon
ers starting Oct 1, with suppBe
coming from medical growers
TheOregonUqupr Control Can
mission, which wffl oversee teaa
sales and production, plans to suetaking applications from growers »
and dairy farming. Farms today
grow herbs, vegetables, wine
grapes, hayandcattle Thevalley is
home to about 2,000people.
An analysis by The Associated
Press in 20U found that about 20
January, sopermits canbeawarfn
Smokingit in pubflc is illegal, but percent of residents held medical
Portland police are discduraging
residents from calling 9U to report
in time for springplanting.
marijuana cards, the highest concentratfon of any ZIP code in Ore-
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(Alaskai§<t %lg. ) .
would be'
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ing sure officers are wdl aware of
how things will change come Jaly I.
"We're really just making sure atficers are up to speed with the sen
legislation, " Okada said "IfsjustBne
enforcing any other law in thepast we're constantly deaUng with chang-
^ jast a couple of days, Oregon
--3 w31 be able to legally possess
grow manjuana, leaving local
--enforcement agencies with a lot
.
:-<pesnons.
WhitetheLegislatureisstiUdraft-
ing laws."
ing laws to determine how the overall
Polk County Sheriff Be* Wolfe
called a coimtywide meeting June IS
with local law enforcement agencies
iprsess will work, under current
-~^s, begmning July I, people 21 and
^lEr wifl be allowed to:
to ensure everyone is on the same
page.
. Possess up to 8 ounces in their
asses and carry 1 ounce outside
"It was a good discussion, " Wdfe
said. "Werespectthenewlaw, butifs
going to be a significant change"
tfaeir homes.
Wolfe highlighted that new laws
.
wont change the main objectives of
the Sheriff's Office
"Given the law as we understand
it, we're obligatedto enforcethelaw
to the best of our abUities, "he said.
DUIIs
ington and Colorado.
ibut^ou
So what does this new legislation
change for local law enforcement
at in-
agencies?
Lt. DaveOkadasaidlegalizedrecreational marijuana will have a big
impact on the Salem Police Department
"This is pretty significant for us,"
Okada said. "Whenever you see a sigmficant change in the law, it has abig
Impact. " .
Okada, who acknowledges there
area lot of unanswered questions regarding marijuana laws, saidthe Po-
I^s-'. a'-^
lice Department is preppmg by mak-
-^- Aumat
» Grow up to four plants per residence, out of public view.
Use it at home or on private
property, but public use is illegal.
» Share or give ltaway, butiiot buy
it or sellit. Thesamegoesforedibles
Driving under the influence of
marijuana is illegal. So is taking it
across state lines, according to the
OregonLiquor Control Commission.
OregonandAlaskabothapproved
measures to legalize recreational
marijuana last fall, following Wash-
.yS-m
Oneof the many concernslawenforcement officials have with the vpcoming changes ispeople driving under the influence of marijuana
"Ifs sffll not legal to be under die
influence of intoxicants while dnv-
ing, evenif ifs legaltopossess," Okada said.
Protocols for dealingwithdrivers
under the influence of intoncants
have already been put in place, Okadanoted. He saidfield sobriety tests,
the ones conducted when law en-
foreement officers believe you may
beimpaired while driving, aremeant
to detect all kinds of mtoxicatioD
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gardmgDUIIs
"Ifs honestly not going to be that
much different than before, " Wolfe
said. "There's not a different test for it;
we have to detect it through a field sobriety test"
With an alcohol-related DUII, police
conduct a field sobriety test when they
see signs of impairment. If the subject
doesnotpassthetest, law enforcement
representatives are then permitted to
arrest the person and subject him or
her to a breath test or a urine sample to
measure blood-alcohol level.
In Oregon, the legal blood-alcohol
content limit is 0.08percent.
Wolfe said a similar limit has not
beenestablished for those under the in-
fluence ofmarijuana.
"Oncepeople complete the filed sobriety test and we cant smell alcohol in
their breath, weTl call in the DKE,"
Wolfesaid.
"The DRE can then request a urine
sample orawarrant, but really that just
tdls us how much THC is in their system, and that doesnt really matter
right now," Wolfe said.
Firsttime users, edibles and
children
Edible marijuana products and
first-tnne users are another concern
for law enforcement officials in Mar-
ion andPolk counties. Wolfe expressed
concern for those who will be trying
"I honestlybelievethat folks areunaware of the long-lasdng effects,"
Wolfe said. "Those people that are trying it for the first time and get in their
cars to go to the store and don't have a
feel quite yet for how it affects their
driving."
Lt. Chris Baldridge of the Marion
Les Sdwt^fa. Fanswill begiven
County Sheriff's Office said edible
marijuana products are one of his main
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How the law applies to children and
places where children are present is
another issue.
"Those tests are not specific to just
alcohol or narcotics," Okada said.
"They're meant to detect impairment."
Okadasaidthe agency alsohas drug
recognition experts, called DREs, who
are specially trained to recognize im-
marijuana for the first time.
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moderation, especiafly if they're drink-
"We're glad that there's a time and a
spaceinthelawforregulationforthose
typesofthings," Baldridgesaid.'We're
going to be really watching those
things and asking that people use it m
"So many people are asking me
about what to do if they smell ittTrom
their neighbor and their kids are playingintheyard, " Baldndge said."Sbfar,
the only answer I have is to knock on
their door andhave a neighborly conversation and talk about how to deal
with it"
Deputy Distnet Attorney Amy
Queen said that come July I, the District Attorney's Office will focus on
how the new legislation wffl affect publie healthandsafety.
"In reviewing criminal investigatioas and making decisions involving
violations of the new marijuana laws.
the Marion County District Attorney's
Office will continue to focus on public
health and safety priorities, " Queen
said.
"Specifically, we wffl continue to
prosecute cases that impact thehealth
andsafetyofchildren, involve violence
or firearms, or create a risk of danger
to the community by the operation of a
vehicle while under the influence of
marijuana, " Queen said. "We will con-
tinue adjudicadon of juvenile offenders through education and treatment,
with a focus on rehabilitation and fam-
fly."
Learning process for all
WIiilemuch of howlawenforcement
will deal with legalized pot is still up in
the air, most agencies agree that preemptive education onthe topic is benefidal for thepublic.
Baldndge said his agency is hoping
to provide as much relevant informa-
tion to the public as possible before
July 1.
"We're going to push out the OLCC
campaignaboutwhat'slegalandwhat's
not, but it's a learning process for us
too," Baldridge said. "We have to see
how things are going to progress; we
cant just immediately institute
things."
Wolfe agreed.
"We're going to move forward cautiously, " he said.
Muchoftherules surrounding marijuana are yet to be determined, but
each agency agrees that come July 1,
everyone will haveto adaptto the new
law.
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will stiU be a very serious/ederal
crime to possess and use marijuana.
Somaybe the OLCCcampaign
should be saying that after July 1 recreationalmarijuanawillbemostly
legal.
I waskindofstunnedthatanOregon
state agency like OLCC would be so
Irresponsible in educatingOregonians
about thenew state law. For something
marijuanais still a very serious federal
ly possess anduse recreational marl-
Marijuana is a very serious federal
Schedule I drug under the 1970 Con-
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awfa-eof that as they grfBNrir dei
previously, "Anyonegrowing, selling
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codeineor VaUum. As I noted
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or possessingmarijuanais still com-
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Additiolltgas I notedin a previ
at least up to five years in prison and a
fine up toi $250, 006"
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could ^cide to starNtlfrrcing exist
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you know that possessingor using
effect on July 1.Campaign materials
andtheOLCC website stete: "Starting
July 1, Oregon's recreational manjuma
Oregonlaw for adultsto "legallypos-
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be labeled. But
Oregon won't let
crime. Instead, theytell you"canlegal-
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state level, the state solicitor general
hasacknowledged,"Noonecontends
thatColoradolawtrumpsthefederal
marijuana ban or unmunizes anyone
from federalprosecution."
The realityis thatmarijuana users
Jersey Gov. Gms Carsssi B . ssi. z ai
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or sellers in OregonwiBbem a legal
or selling marijuana sbcald also be
theview ofthe current admnristration
inWashington,D.C,it'sunlikelythat
awarethatby federaliawthey're not
allowedto buyorawsfirearms,and
they should know that Oregon's new
arrested orchargedforusingorselling
beingfiredformarijuanauseif their
gray area. Because ofthe state lawand
most people in Oregon will ever be
marijuana. But the point is they could
be
Andthechargescouldbeveryseri-
ous, andso Oregonians shouldbe
aware of that as they make their deci-
sions TheOLCCshouldbeincluding
that important information in their
campaign.
AdditionaBy,asI notedm a previous
column, whena newpresidenttakes
officeinJanuary2017,thatperson
could decideto start ehfprcmg eastmg
federalmarijuanadruglawsagain.At
leastonepresidentialcandidate.New
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The OLCC's marijuana awareness
campaign is laudable. People need to
understand the new state law OLCC
needsto move pastanypolitical resb-amts, however, and fully educate
Oregonians on all the aspects ofthe
new state law.
DanLucas ofSalem is anindependent
researcherandpolicy advocate, andthe
chiefectttorfbr theWagOregonCatalyst
FoHow his work at www dan-lucas. com or
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ByCarol McAIIce Cuirie | StatesmanJournal
COMING MONDAY
a What the new law means for
t'sbeingcalledthesecondunmaetdateconceptiQn.
Come Wedtafsday, adults 21and older inll legally be
allowed to possess attd useirecreational maryuanain 6regon.
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But complicating this new, hard-fought-for freedom is
onenigglingdetail:Potentialusersmust receivetheirmarijuanaasa gift or getit ontheillegal blackmarket because
there are still no licensed retaH stores in Oregon where
few-atuding residents can buy it.
Simply put, residents can smoke and mhale pot, eat
m-^mies bakedwith it or rub lotions containing the oils
intotheirskin;there'sjustnolegalwaytopurchaseit.
Thiscannabiscontradictionisfrustratingsupporters of
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» Howto talk to yourchildren
about marijuana.
SEEDGIVEAWAYS
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There areseveral seed ghrethefirst daymarijuana pos-~
sessionanduse in Oregonwill
Oneseedcompany isgiving
. away seeds on July 1, whkh is
r legal.StoneyGirl Gardenswill
distribute 10,000packetsofcannabis
seeds during an event from 9 a.m. to 9
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legalizedmarijuanauseinOregonandrunscountertohow
p.m. (or untilsuppliesare exhausted)
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to any adult 21 and older who visits
thestate'sneighbortothenorth,Washingtoii, rolled outits
the dlspensary at 10287 SEHighway
Cultural pi
legal program last year.
Legaldoesn'tmeaneasy
Oregon's legalizedmarijuanainiUaUve, Measure91,waspassedby a
56 percent majority of voters in November 2014. The measure made it
legal for individual adults 21and older to possess
and use limited
amounts of marijuana.
The measure also gave the Oregon Liquor Control Commission the
authoritytotax,licenseandregulate
are not expected to begin selling rec-
until fan 2M6 SohowIs an Orego-
aian expected to legally use maryuana on Wednesday if he or she can't
buy die plant or its products until
nextfafl?
This disconnect between adults
being able to use the plant recreatiomlly butnotbeingabletolegally
buy it has left many shaking Uieir
heads
or processed for commercial purposes. The OICC does not regulate
the home grow/personal possession
provisions of the law butwill begin
accepting applications for growers,
And it gets a little complicated
federafly, as weU. Ths federal gav-
outlets Jan. 4.
Licensed retail shops, however,
i latest news
"s, go to
manjoumal. com
212, Gackamas.
One packet per adult with a valid
recreational marijuana grown, sold
wholesalers, processors and retail
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and cultivation ofpotagainst the law.
Possession typicaUy carries a misde-
meaner charge and fines ranging
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IDwill geta packetwhilesupplies last
The company also has plans to give
awaystarts during an upcoming grow
dass.
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Forecast
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At 11:30p. m. Tuesday, June 30,
Portland NORMLwilljoin other
i . activistgroupsfor a commemorative photo opportunity on the west
sideofthe Bumside Bridgewith the
tonic"Portland, Oregon"sign inthe
background.
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At midnight, asmarijuana becomes
legal, volunteer activists will give any
adult 21andolderwith proper tdentification free cannabis seeds and some
usablemarijuanafrom an enclosed
tentandhiddenfrom publicviewas
required by the new law.
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prison terms and penalties
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will be making it,a pnl
Stggcars suspected of i
Sfuana from Washrl
Into .^gon/bnt it can -Umidffijggto users who w_-
^^^^t^8"6""""""3"5^^"'-
across the state border to Wash^
ington, where legal marijuana
BeIviUe said it's 8fc«(E-
ed that the local poli(
^ro, l,'l'J'tln.slratestartat$250. Perh°ur-"»d""b include
?^ZW h^Aed"cat'°". mh°rt'cutoralsde""and^
;.TP-mhs!th-wprad'cei('UICMy-Heals°teaches'farm'e'rs'wlth'n^
^^s^^. ^owv eK^e7nd'^^^'an^
to many. Residents can travel
is a
hyb"'d of°'utd°°'ra"d
greenh
ouse
eamy.0 eisamplyneedquestionsansweredabout'whvtheir
adherajgalhe letter of t-^
aer op9fy include
tmg someone lalfcn to L.
their medical nd
that, said Todd DalE
dentofCAWConsti
vayjg. can leadiiiedica!^
jyain|jpers yb6in violate
' marijuanaee-a
tent registered »
"Ittumsouttobepretlyaffordable, " Datottosaid.
law-enforcementagents.
^Hom^groweRplantingfourseeds nowcanexpectthreeto
^,r°fthemt°gern""ate'Half°fth'»ewi"'be'ffTa1es.^h;*"are
Sa,^u!te^be°uses"ds_plan^thB'l^n
'ese^n°^
1,low-yiefding plants.
l^;. te".'d--m. l.e"the9rowe. risbTO^
^m^izlcta"CJ's.°fgetu"9ai'ield-he """"mends being
-3
black markeFfcrces-or~
low
eral law if they're stopped by
Tack to do $2 miffion in bus?
medic%^i@uana sale; 7
same stftjes as recreK-r
manjugjaaiyM orado, -rte
iai»|^o legal, p;-a
^o^ ld°L?redtoJ1 elpprodTO"<CT"T^
h^^.a"d.d."e"2a"dProc OR:He^""'"°^in'g"^ices
recreational users. But the
saidhis shopis theNo 1 adulfr
igtg^"does me ^
S^ngTas°newayt°9etth;msl rcinal^rtKU
medical marijuana dispensar-
jse recreational marijuana
store in the world. He is on
tomers. Counties
e<teoUecting an,
pe"tet p»u'ej
-The°mablsleaf':a''besauteedincookingoilorbutterand
les to sell limited amounts to
ig F^:.ac
The a
werffraised on
£^^^soushtafterforltsant"'n'e'rti"''::°r^""
The Oregon Legislature was
considennga bill latelastweek
that might create an oufletfor
^smce its sva
marijuana purcl
^ed^airalu"swe"-The flmi'eralsoproduc'K'the'aD'<Snnabl-
! "immaculateconception"is
saic
than $5;.-
beg^r-in July
"e"tlyassoci8tedw 'tepsychoactivepropeitieTbut has"
formofManjuanaLaws),said
Vtr<ar~-
seed-jjKSale
£e"es:'Lfatrac"?'ls fr°nlthe fl<"*rerindudeTHC-whichB~m(Mt
tional prganizatfon for the'Re-
?'Iam Street Marijuana^here;
terredi
ThestaU
coUected]
m excisg'
^^
^^J^^^^1"^^^^^
el(!racBa-'mprod"c?thec°mP°unds"""na'"n°ids"an3"ie^
!"gresidentsto partake ofpot,
it succeeded Russ Belvile;
nUy
tax oi
,.Ih!fl°werBti1?m°st. P°te"tPartoftheplant,Dalottosaid.It
make it difficult for la'w-abid-
Adam Hamlde, manager of
HSifejesaid.
u'Sya"y°"estarti"? togrowcamabis'ftSm seedsoutdo"o'R°
lion.
across the Columbia River
from Portland.
c(B)ts come from
J^dDalottoLpres"le"tofcAN'. cons"ltlng inCorvallls, offers
'wg.Buthe
a^w!w!s^. '^^lam*»"h°mes, v!H^^i^''
from $1,000to$5,000. Growing
ofWashington.Sixofthemare
m Vancouver which is just
testicicalte-
anti»l
.
CurrenUy, there are more
iometl-. rr^
t.b-ansferringae
m
SU]
Iregoi
position to whei
when medical
masiaj
rtients ygs,
legalized in 1999, "Di
jnany cases, the <
irtl'Hrt"a^rts'
ps had to cgigefroiti
lurce. pane Jun
^^^ beca"sethesrov""9»S°"'""?l"notbe"weather
adults w^g^nt to be Aa
c
.
,
£.°fsenrt'aa"d. 9enderand9^"SPla
^w'th. a. k"°'m_gender-Hesu?SessP lmTng'todoora t feu
therefllS6a|»'tobeafa
use ma^pailggany DE
want ttem bdSlte. from
soasis or going%itte'te
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uA'*
S»
tSt
; -;e.
The OregoniairK
=£d and dying h^
-.ereil the sidasS'E
arts of the i
riculture 1<
UgatorMike
results
offs arf
'ithat
ibees
ISSaSe
Oregon Department of Ae-
ade inves-
(Something to the
isticideorpollutwhetqgr there's ~som(
sayslab
dieweek
lent
trying to find out w
ig strangegqing on wit
major bee dii
to the agrici
nt in the pc
place n<
iden tree bld8|ftns thad
often sprayed
nators had been
f^-?<
TOGROWYOUROWN
To^dOatotto,presidentofCANIConsultinginCorvallis,offers
^""""erclalcannabjsproductionandprocessing.' But'he
iwlth individual amateur home growers .kfw'aidlfs'
'.al1Hi|£startlng to growcannabisfromseaa'Wtdoors
fjggaUuly1 will havemuchct»».» offtgrowic
largeenoughtoijjgducemuchofa flowetdBT
Ite fl°werJS U'Ntet potentBnaNwre P!arrt.
Motto said. It
'swh<rtBI'a"re?ted a1^&edfSfl BE"a andvaponzing'FTower
,.
ness m June. He finished May
market?"
"Andabout45percentofmy
clients come Cmm Portland,"
juana is strictly tested for po-
with $1.75 mfflion in sales
extracaalsoproducethqfc||»ds"cam~abinoi'(fa'"M3'-te,:"
Apparently
Washington's
terredcustomersfromOregon..
black-marketpurchases.
Ibm Tbwslee, a spokesman
for the Oregon Uquor Control
m excise taxes since its retail
are no easy solutions to the
The state's website said it has
collectedmorethan$53million
percent on the sales.
^Tl^a-nnabis
cooifeu oil
or
butter and
aerties
It.
CAN!Consulting isteachinga nme-month coursethatendsin
"'JtMeslgne<:lto he'PProd"'»''s(commercial q®weii
jmrs)andprocessors.Heoffersconst<f®|services
.
m\ght wantto growtheir <-.;';. ";
HesaidseedssT^ldhavebeenplantedi.-®pnl
maxmizetheiryiel^g ifsnottooltii»|ii>homegroweBwho
wamt°-makethe"1''amarijuana indoors.
Hisconsulting ratesstayxg
growers who lackedugjgk £i
nnproyi ng their pra^jp'Ejuldu,
-bandequipmenttogrow
perhour. Hisclients include
:ultural science and benefit
also teaches farmerswrthno'
8"e'MBRh°win9th- ienceandartoffarmir
a, ^<Ptsfcrthe marijuSfcj .alant quickly Other
pe stons with no experienc;8 in cannabis or horticul-
ture, andWSffieedthe most work
Hiscompan/sspecialtyisa low-energyinput s^je ofHoopHouseProduction,whichisa hybridof'outdoorandgreenhouse
growing.
HomegrowBj^ hesaid,tendto bepeoplewithvegetable
were raised on $143 million in
marijuana purchased by cus-
ed, coBecting an average of 9
mg or use. But we've gotten a
marijuana is also legal, permits
onwtop shopping for both
medical andrecreational marijuana.
Belville said it's not expect-
ed that the local police bureaus
usete!B'hesald' ""!iaPr9""^LbreedmS. One may perform
Inadequately be^pe eds plantSlys late'in the seasonwiil'
result insmaiyBRii-eldingplants. %
Jomj/ffPschanas at 9etti"s. a yHi»tele recommends being
vstnsandgenderandgetdrJHtonts at least a foot"
tail with a known gender. Hesuggests plaiBBSrindooisatthis'
time of year because the growing season wiiFSrt be weather
lependent.
does not regutote home grow
lotofcallsaskingthe question,
'How do I stay within die law?;
so we remind them that it can
begivenaway.Thereisgoingto
be a gray area that will "be
workedout over time. Oregomans are resourceful; they'll
winbe making ft a priority to
figure it out."
marijuana from Washington
into Oregon, but'it can beintimidatmg to users who want to
adhere to the letter of the law
instead of just the spirit.
there is a fourth option. On
stop cars suspected ofcarrying
Ib that end, Belvffle said,
Ttesday, Portland NORML wffl
jomother activist groups for a
celebratory photo opportumtT
onthe WestsideoftheBuraside
Otheroptions includeusing Bridge in Portland with the
black market sources orget- "Portland, Oregon" sign in the
tmg someone known to share
their medical marijuana But
background
Then, at midnight, the c-i-
that, said Ibdd Dalotto, presi- mart recreational marijua'i
dentofCANIConsultinginCor-
vallis, can lead medical-mari-
thearmedicalmarijuana cards,
Homegrowersplantin^^eds nowcanexpectthreeto
fourofthemtogermlitrtB'BUbf thosewill~be-maies, whichare
"Our official response has
been we can't help with that is-
same stores as recreational
marijuana. Colorado, where
leaves are turning y31hv. '
-Itturnsouttobepf^aqgj^l?, " Dalottosaid.
and federal laws
sue, " TDWsIee said. .'The OLCC
juana users to be in violation of
_jC
looking to celebrate the'end of
cannabis prolribition but who
dont want to violate other state
Washington does not allow
medical-marijuana sales in the
9a"lem"gexPer*?S^andtypicallypickupgggdligpractices
easily. Othersslmp^eed questions anwf'SESboutwhu then
Commission, agreed that there
seed-to-sale trackingprogram problem facing Oregonlans
began in July 2014. The taxes
tumor nf^HBtion.
leaf can be sauteed in
hopes the Legislature will work
outadealtoallowuserstoavoid
tax on marijuana hasn't de-
tomers. Counties also benefit-
^ftft..
tency, pesticides and mold. He
Hamidesaid.
?^es.'J^':?.°ns.fr^ S2werind"deTHC, whid'"mwt
frequentlyassociatg|| «'^!oact-ivepropertles~birthas"
m-ed'araivall,!ft2llmmefl°a<te°ProducKtheCBD'cannabidoil.
_whidi^ypl ^ sought after ^llliptl. epilepticandan't^"
Dalotto said medical mari-
whichprevent registered card
holders from b-ansferring their
medical supply
"Oregoniansare in a similar
positionto wherepatients were
when medical marijuana was
legalizedin 1999," Dalotto said.
In many cases, the original
cannabis had to come from an
illegal source. Come July i,
there are going to be a lot of
adults who want to be able to
use marijuana legaUy Do we
want them buvine from safe
withprqperidentlficatione :efree caimabis seeds and sc-.s
usable marijuana. Bdvffle ia::
the giveaway will occa- :- s
nearby enclosed tent. t^iie-
from pubBc new, as re:-_-5:
by the newlaw.
'We're calling it a ce:e-rstipn oftfae midnight h'-u-" 3e'ville said. "Wherea6sKs .<-:;--;
allowed to give it away -a-_ethan aUowirig the b'ac'- -s-fito thrive on our r.e-v '.s K^ccunieSslstes"^:::.-.
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Factsaboutthenewmarijuanalaw
By Noetle dmnbte
TheOregbjwn/OregonLive
s-aiaftithc
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^naers" saidJim
5eeRoads, Al4
Oregonmakes historythisweek, jomiBg
a handful ofstates where ifs legal to possessandgrowmanjuana.
Voters last faB said yes to a law that
does two key things: Itallows anyme 21
and older to possess and grow cannabis
and directs the state to create a regulated
industry that produces and sells marijuana for recreational use.
The personal possession and culUva-
tionprovisiaiKoffhenewlawtalceefifect
Wednesday. Oregonians canpossess up to
anounce ofcaimabis awayfrom home and
up to 8 ounces athome. Every household
cm grow up to four marijuana plants.
The Oregon Legislature and the Oregon Liquor Control Commission are still
craftmg regulations that will shape the
state's regulated industry. Sales of marijuana aretft expected to begin untU late
2016, although lawmakers are consider-
Inside
Marijuanabills inthe
Legislature | A13
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your own
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T-storm chance
Bill 3400, a sweeping mar- days m jafl and was OH proijuaaa regulatoiy bfll that bation, says he drifted from
passed the House last week one temporary job to another
1a 52^4 vote - a sign ofhow for years because employers
ively noncontroverslal oftedKfe'uId not consider him
i were.lliebffl SUB becai^iafhisfelony convicmuSUbartheSenate.
turn. liij;^
while otfaers have toked up m
safety for decades "
Josh Marquis, the datsop
County distticC attorney who
campaigne^Dieavily against
Measure 91, '<Bies that Ore-
gon had alreaifcone a long
waytoward redu<S8feand even
cal maniuau'+aspensary, one eBmmating pnsori^jiptences
"for marijuana use. 'Tpt pot
juanaconnggitnsdeaiedfrom business fhat (%iut have
issue witfa his coii^etion.
crimescouldbesetasffl
theirrecoi
"Wewant tai^Sikegrife it's he has adjusted to'^gy. Smt before Measure 91passt
nolonger goingfcs'^^nmtize thathehasntwantB||s''SS%d says, addingthat he was:
them and shut-ftaidf^doors fheincmeytoIure^wiyei'J^
Ucaloftheneedfori
thatshouldbe(#fen, "sa";ipep. gethisconvictio,Se!eared.
^Tmdofieductions. ^^
Drug conwcgons have hit
^if Marquis sajf^JHe and
AnnLmmg^O-Lake 0< ^;To,
:ement
the mariju^t some coqagumties hard,
.
also would make it
Now h3?Svprks at a medi-
easier fd^fifipple to have man-
"If a young pt!ff, however. ^^:Lew Frederick,
; a mistake, we warn;' D-PortlgOCone oftwo African
i have a second chance " "A Tien^lSs in the Legislature,
Ie Measure 91 contained S 'SaK tan barely go grocery
some sentence reductions,
£1 BifKng without someone
Questions
ContawedjromAl
ingabfflthatwouldaUowmedical manjuana dispensanes to
clones from stores that stock
them
UntU then, the oaty way to
legaBy obtain a starter plant
is to ask someone who grows
marijuana to give one to you.
Here are answers to a wide
range of questions about Oregon'snewlaw.
Of, HDwmBchmanj1
I have?
'?^3 can
A: In addition to growing
four plants and possessing
up to 8 ounces at home or l
0: Where can I buy marijaastsff
A Unless you're an Oregon
moacal marijuana patient,
tfaere's no way to tegaUy buy
manjuana. Legal marijuana
sales asesit expected to begin
until late2016
QiSowheracanIgetmari-
ounce away from home, anyone 21 and older can possess
up to 1 pound of solid edibles;
or about10 chocolatebars; 72
ounces ofmanjuana-mfused
liquid, orasix-pack ofu-ounce
sodas; and i ounce of marijuana extract.
Q: What are marijuana Hq»?
uidsandconcentrates?
A; For now, you^U have to
A:Marijuanacomesinmany
depend on the generosity of forms, from sodas and pizzas
fneods. Peoptewifh marijuana to tmctaues and lotions. Uqcangive it awayorshareit, but uids include sodas and other
they cant sell it You also can beverages mfused with margrowyour own at home.
ijuana. Extracts are a concentrated form ofmarijuana, such
Q: Where can I legally buy as butane hash ofl. Extracts or
concentrates are often conA: You're out of luck. For sumed jn portable devices
now, only medical marijuana called vape pens.
patients m Oregon can buy
Q:Howmuchisanounceof
starter cannabis plants, known
as dones, &om diq»nsanes. manjuaiia?
Os^e the state's retail indusA: Enough for about 28
try is up and numm& anyone jomts, or 57 modest half-gram
J*r..
"^
juanamStoztifSidntthink it exhausttsa factoi
sT
y
Stfli, Marquis
'says,
; "we'd maifly concen
the Legis(|®iremuch on this
addingthat'Sse fell
be baBgmg dSB l<
against
issue. "I Bunk there is an
thewaU."
would bejipluctiue to lobby
21and older wfll be ableto buy joints.
seEdC rea-eational consumers
this year
officials^^riticj^^ the mari-
mtheh-backyaidandthesmdl
drifts farto my yard, where my
kids are playing. Is there myflringlcando?
Q: Where can I legaBy consiuncmarijuana?
A: The new law does not
A: At home, at a friend's
house or at another private address marijuana-rdated
odors,butlocalnuisanceordiplace.
nances may apply.
In Portland, dty codes dorft
Q:CanIUghtupa joint ata
coversmoke(rom a Bt device,
park?
A; No. It's iBegal to consume mduding pipes, cigarettes
in public places, which state or marijuana, says Mike Leiflawsays mdudes hallways and dd, enforcement program
lobbies ofapartment buildings manager, or odors from marandhotels,onthestreet,and m ijuana plants. Neighborswho
schools, amusement parks and can't resolve the problem on
thai own, he says, may want
public parks.
to work with a neighborhood
Q:HowaboutTriMet?CanI mediation program the city
contracts with.
getstoned onthebut?
A: Not legally. PubUc transQ: Public consumption
portation is considered a pubis prohibited, but does that
licplace. , extendtovapingPMyvape pen
Q: CanI smoke on my front doesntsmdl, socanlusellm
pubBc?
porch?
AsNo.Publicmanjflana conA: Can your neighbors and
passersby see you? If so, your sumptton is illegal even if you
&ontporchispK >bablyapubIlc areusmgadiscreet device such
place. You'rebetter offmoiving asavapepen.
to your back poich..
Q: Is it legal for people 21
Q: My friends are visiting and oldff to consume cannaborn out of state. Can they bisin &cnt ofchildren?
A: Yes. Just litce tobacco and
legally possess ^*s*rijiiRiia in
alcohol, ifs legal to consume
Oregon?
As Yes. The law applies to cmnabisinfrontofmmois.
Whether ifs a good idea is
anyone 21andolder.
another issue, state officials
Q:My nd^ibore smoke pot and the law's authors say. "I
serving existmj
intoxicated dr
.
d advisepc
Myspous
"anapati
.
shiSS'n'epta
Can ~" '
four pl
Psoffice'
j^bpuuon.
Johnson say
pressed to ca
-I
25
uittcuit
expung
^. ^
-^
RANDYL
crimes,
saywiB
usebeo
adults.
Figui
Crimini
show f
state pr
priman
a small
thanu,
tionssy
SSS.Maiquissaysheispri^ dealingmarijuana to mmors.
marily concerned with pre- "SeUtng dope to high school
setVBtg existing penalties for kids certainly seems Bke a
atfancated driving and for considerably more serious
wtnddadvisepeoplenottouse cnmethatwouldapply. Ldand
manjuana in front of minors Eager, a Portland attorney
»Bt to be safe," says Anthony whohelpedwritethelaw,says
fobason, chief petitioner of he advises people to label the
Measure 91, the new mari- plants covered by the medical
paaalaw.
manjuanalaw so they canbe
.
distinguished ftom those cov-
0: DoI haveto notifyany- eiedbythenewlaw.
-za-the government or the
pofice-thatI amgrowingmy
sssnpot?
Q:The]awsayseveryhonse-
hold can grow four plants.
A:No.There arenoreporting Doestfaatmeantotal plants or
zequuementsfhrgrowmgyour only mature ones?
own marijuana at home.
A:Households areallowedto
havefourplantstotal.Tbelaw
Q: Can poBce askme where does not distinguish between
I gotmymarijuana?Dolteve mature or immature plants.
s answer?
A: Police can ask you, but
icsido not have to tdl them
Q: Say I grow four plants
andtheyproducenuueusable
marijuanathanthelaiyallows
0: My spouse is a medical me to possess. What should I
".?TM patient who grows do?
auutureplantsatourhome.
A: "Harvest carefuUy,* says
Ca we grow an additional Dave KopOak, an author of
lawplants?
A: Wegot different answers
(rom legal experts. Authois of
thelaw saymedical marijuana
S^xss andpatientscangrow
-fli to four additional plants
Measure 9L
tfyou five alone andharvest
four plants at the same time,
you may end up going over
the 8-ounce possession limit
If you have roommates, you
a their household. But Rob can spread (he usable manBovett, legal counsel for the juana across each household
Assoaabon of Oregon Coun- member.
ties. saysthesituationislegafly
If you exceed the posses"sautky" The Oregon attorney sion limits, you have some
gEDeral'soffioe declined togive options: Consume it, share
asopmion
withotherswhoare21orolder,
Johnson says he^d be hard
donateittomedicalmanjuana
pressed to come up with a patients, 01 destroy it. Some-
crime" than furnishing them brains.
with alcohol, he says, citing
Cnme statistics show law
leseaxch. showing the danger enforcement is beginnmg a
of marijuana to developing shift away from marijuana
served!
manjua
Aires
have dn
month;
thing else to consider: "S you fdony. CanIgrowandpossess
are by yourself, why are you manjuana?
growmgfourplants?" Kbpflak
A:Yes.
eqiuvali
Astt's
wifhafi
says.
Q:CanIbechaigedwitha
auneiflgooverthepossessum limil?
Q: Fm un probation. Can I
1: Ip
possessandgrowmarijuana? athome
A: Dependson your proba- Unnson
toon agreement. Agreements
A:Yoi
A:Yes.Evenwithchangesto typlcaUy require people to aslonge
the law,it's stiBpossibleto be comply vrifh a]l la»re Johnson Kadilys
chaiBedvnth a crime fbrmar- saysthat's beenmteipreted to vision ft
ijuanapossession.
include federal laws, which law says
Possession of more than 8 considermanjuana illegal.
toyourt
ounces but not more than 16
ounces is a Class B molabon, a
thatobs
Q: If I have more than four
noncnromal violation e^iiva- plantsm myhousehold,can I
Q:Caj
bechaigedwitfaacrime?
tontob
A: If you grow five to eight regulate
plants, you can be charged Oregoni
lenttoatraffictlcket.
Possessionof16to32ounces
isa Class B misdemeanor. Possessionofmorethan32ounces
is a Class C felony, but a bill m
the Legislature wouldreduceit
to a dass A misdemeanor.
Q:V atjfafterIharvestbut
before the flowers and leaves
dry, Ihavemorethan8ounces
of marijuana in my possession?Isthatillegal?
A: The law does not cover
with a Class B misdemeanor.
A: The
It's a Class C felony to grow travellqg
nine or more plants.
Q:CanIgo to prison for seDfrigmappwna?
A: In theoiy, yes. IMawfiil
camiabi;
saypeo]
come ini
juanale;
mgtonai
delivery ofmanjuana is a feloaypunishable with a prison
Q:IBv
sentence. The bill m the Leg- IsUHgr.
islature would reduce it to a
growit ii
this stage of production, Qass A misdemeanor, which
AiIfS
Kopilak says. Freshly hai- camesapotential. jafl sentence 1,000 ft
vested material isnt a plant, ofup to oneyear. A person 21 hUlmtt
so it wouldirt be covered in the orolderwhoseUsmarguanato altowit.]
finn-plant Hmit and wouldn't a minor canbechaiged with a schools s
be considered "usaUe mari- OassCfeloay,punishablewith extreme
juaoa," whichthe law defines upto fiveyearsm prison.
you are
asdriedleavesandflowers.
Q: Whatis the penalty for
Q; Pre been convicted of a pabHcconsumption?
Johnson
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a.a t^i. Mesauggledtofcdajobmth .fetavaxmcUon
HmseBB2041;TheMl, whicfapasseddieHouse .net
seatIntheSaiate, would setsalestaxesoniEaeax)nalaa
am Aifted fromonetemporaryjobtoanother.Nowheworksat
ame<ikatT'VTdispCTsaiyare
s working for more lenient
acpuneement potdes.
FA51AJE3
i. 'n.s
rf*'.'
juana Saleswouldbetax-freeuntilJan.4, 2016.ThenaZSS*
centtaxwouldlackin.OncethefuBprogramismmn^.'d
statewidetaxwouldbelPperoent. withapronsioDtolaihe
governments imposeanadditional3 pacmttax.
:£S-'
cnrnes, a move manv
since the commit ^h started
saywifllaccelerat" ". '
usebecomes CT., ^^T^T.. *...
'fdts-
^i
jam the Oregon
stice Commission
Gfenders entered
m 2014 for crimes.
BdtOl
-a small frai- " "f »"
thanu. oooui
turns system. ;
served local];
keeping thes^^aBstics in
WhabSB460wouMallowmedicalmanjuanadqaa^
^>06. resea ySnalystKelly i. to seU dried maquana to adult lecFeattoialcustomas. Ctol
"" - d, this Is a pubBcjtijSMkB ; lem^saysDoug
"roa. a ( fonner Lane
ity disti_ f.attorney who
'lobbies for th8 (Sstrict attnr-
neysassociation.^Iyviewis
iec. wedontneedtobe
"Jdngthe
[98 copsbackintoenfc
for juanalaw."
b
manjuana-rek
eaalaUcs sliow law
Anestsfbri^ ^
nes
aaect is heginnmg a havedroppedtolessthanisoa
wi7 from xnarijuana month and are at theii lowest
Earlysales
tomeiscouMhuyone-quaitETOunceofpQ taday. plusseri
or young plants to grow attana
When:Tlieprogram wnridranfiomOa. 1, 2015,isnniza
than Dec 31, 2016.
WhysLawmataswauansiniastBta-ali^ii^c
obtainmarijuanasbortiyafterft'kBnaa-fe^Uk"';acie
dont turn to the blackmafat
(citing cuts QtiesaiidcouBtLSE-oaEajCtr^r
-
througha voteofa atycoiaKiciraaunB-Na
Salestaaes: WithHBZMl. maal-c::
tax-freeuntil Jan. 4, 2016.Then*ef -.
untilpamaneu salesbegin,espcexalxasl
jmapes@or^gfmwi. com
legislationcallsibra pennanentafcrfr'ga
plusapercentforparticipatingSocaiggtaanBa
SQ3-22I-8209; SJffmapes
Dispensaries:Fmdthelocations rfza dto-N:
agreed to public disclosure at an Oregni BaiS te_
djrectoiy atwwwoiegon gov/oha/mmj
fc-Tgrawandpossess
A: It's a Class B violati<m, the
fourplants within l.ooofeet of
equivalent to a traffic ticket, aschool?IsthereastifferpU
vnfh a fineofupto $1,000.
ishment?
Canl
Q: I plan to growcannabis
athome. Arethere anyrestric-oba- tnmsongrowipginrayyard?
its
A:Youcangrowinyour yard
to aslongastheplant "taumotbe
ion
readilyseenbynormalnnaided
[to visionftomapul)licphce, "the
rtach law says. So if you plant next
1.
to yourtomatoes,haveaience
that obscures tfaenew.
four
can I
t
,
cd
janor.
3 grow
nrseU-
A: Yes. If you grow more
than five plants andyou're not
within 1,000 feet of a school,
ifs a Class B violation. Do it
within 1,000 feet and ifs a
OassAfelony.
Q:B'myrooDanatetas three
plants aiuiI havetwo, arewe
breakingthelaw?
A: Yes. Each household, not
mdividuatcanhaveuptofinir
Q: Can I travel to Washing- manjuana plants.
ton to buy marijuanafrom a
regulated store and return to
Q: I Uve in eastern Oregoii,
Oregonwithit?
where marijuana shops probA;The OLCCadvises against ablynffl facerestrictions. Cm
travdmg across statelines with
my dty restrict my ability to
cannate. But Portland police possess or grow marijuana at
say people 21 and older who home?
come into the dty withmanA: No. The authors say the
juanalegaUybou^rt in Wash- lawdoesntaBow localgovem-
wful ington are "not anissue."
»jn
D-
Q:IBvenexttoaschooLCan
ments that power
Q!Canmylandlordprohibit
Leg- I stfll grow marijuana? Can I me from gnmring or possessto a
ituch
growitinmyyaid?
ingcaanabisinmyapartmait?
Ailfsfflegaltogrowwithln
A: Yes. Those restrictions
1,000 feet of a school. The may be spelled out in your
bffl in the Legislature would rental agreement, justlikepolaflow it. People whogrownear ides on pets and tobacco use,
ence
m 21
nato
"a a schoolsshould"delautelytake
nth extremeprecautionto ensure
far
andlandlords canadda clause
prohibiting both.
you are not m pubBc view,"
Johnsonsays.
ncrombie@ore;sonwLcom
CfeWhat iflgrow more than
503-276-7184; ©noefleomnine
Optingout
Here'showthebfflsmtheLegislaturewouidaaoCTaciES-'
emmentsto opt outofaUowmgmanjuana sates:
Medical andlecreaUoaalniaiguanasalessIniSEasffim Oct
goncounties whereatleast55percent ofvotffsfacetedMtB
sure 91last November, local govemmeius could ban medEa
marijuanadispensaiiK,reaeationalmanjuanaredas,|a£
duceis,piocessoisand/orwholesalers.Iaothaaitmlies,art
voterscouldapprovea measuretobanmaiguanabmnesau
Areasthatoptoutcannotcollectmmjuanataxrevenue
EarlysalestfSB460passes,dtycouncilsanytriinen to
state could ban early sales in their dties, and co-jav iBnri
could ban sales m unmcoiporated areas
Keydates
'
<nOregon.
Oct. is IfSB460 Is approved, eariy sales ofdned mai&ca
wouldbeginm commumttes thathavent optedout.
fan.4, 2<M6:IfHB2041Isapproved, a25peicmtsalesSza
recreatiofnal raanjuana would b^gin.
Secondhalfof2016: The Oregon Liquor Contrd ConmEB
slon expects to be ready to license recreational marijuan.
retafleis. Once that happens:
. Edibles and other manjuana products can be added E
retailsales.
' Thestatewidesalestax.underHB2041,wouldfalltc E
onanadditional3 percent
.
Medicalmarijuanawouldremamtax-fi-eeatdispaisansi
butpatientswouldbesubjecttosalestaxesatOLCC-lKEmri
stores.
Dec.31, 2016:Theearlysalesprogram wouldsunset
mbrence@oresoiman. aom
503^12-7059
J^ffMapescontributedtottereport.
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Legislatorsconsader
aligningpenaltieswith
alcohol andexpunging
AR DUE FORA MAKEOVER
marijuana convictions
ByJ«ffMapu>
TheOregaifwm/OregSMLive
Is it any worse to seU a teenager a
jomt thana six-packofbeer''
That question is at the heart of
the debate in the Oregon Legislature
aver how far to go in lowering manjuana penalties now that voters have
approved recreational useofthe dmg
for adults,
Legislation is movmg through
Salemthatwouldreduce penalties for
anumberofmarijuana-related crimes
soit ishandledmorelilcealcoholthan
aniUegaldrug.
"Weought to treat marijuana aswe
treat beer andwine" saysSen. Noyd
FrozansId, D-Eugme, akey supporter
ofredudngmanjuana crimes. "We're
seeingachmgemhow this particular
substance should beviewed andhow
it would be regulated."
Supporters of lower penalties
say they want to move away from
a wai-cm-drags mentality and help
marijuana offenders erase previous
^
convictions that have made it harder
ASSUUIftl LU KKLSiSi/ZUld
aboutth^ew marif malaw
legislators, who are often wary of
Marijuanabillsinthe
Legislature[ AI3
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mm^uma.
^Anything involving a minor is
where things get very sensitive, " says
Kevin Campbell, a lobbyist for the
Oregon police duefs, who predicts
that "we*B stffl be looking at aU of
fhisw for the next seveial years.
.
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TOPICMarijuanalegalizationinOregon
Penalties
OantirwedfromAl
marijuana advocates pressed
Bus Rroject, which mobilized
young left-of-center activists
tn contact legislators in favor
Rep. Andy Olson, R-AIbany,
a retiied state cop, negoti- ofmore lenient espungement
ated many ofthechanges with policies.
Prozanski andagreed to reduce
"I want people to work
fhe charge for providing man- wheretheywantto work. Eve
juanatoaminorftomaClassA
wherethey wantto, haveagun
telfssff, the most senous cate- if they want to protect themgoiy,toa ClassC felony,which selves," says Justin Myers, 27,
carries lower penalties and is who helped the Bus Project
easier for judges to treat as a
misdemeanor
stopping him who wants to
LiningerandhercoBeaguesfor talk about his work to change
additionalchanges.Sodidthe theapproach to drugcrimes.
campaign.
He managed to get some
of his wording into HB3400,
which he promoted with an
impassioned speech.
^veiy time marijuanause
has been shldied, it has been
found to be fairly evenly distributed across not just racial
and ethnic communities but
also across economic drcum-
stances," he told colleagues.
"Everytime incarcaationfbi
Myers pleaded guilty to a marijuana ofFenses has been
"I couUnt get there right felony manjuana possession studied, it has been shown to
now" to treat giving pot to chaige after he was caught be drasBcaDyskewed towaid
teenagers the same way you witha handfulofplants in his communities ofcolorandpoor
doaswithbooze, Olsonsays. doset He faced more senous
"We're going to continue that
discussion iutheEebmaiysession."
The two legislators' handiwork was inserted mto House
Bill 3400, a sweeping marijiitna regulatory bill that
passed the House last week
on a 52-4vote - a signofhow
relatively nonconboversial
the changes were. The bffl stiB
must deartheSenate.
The bdl alsowould make it
communities.
charges because his younger
"Whatevertheexplanations
forUnsmaybe,thefactisthat
Qadamas County mobile these laws have turned laige
sister had just moved into his
homewiththeirfather.
numbers ofblack or brown,or
Myers, who served four poor citizens into crmunals,
days m jafl and was on pro- whileothershavetokedup m
batton, says he drifted &om safety for decades."
one tempoiaryjob to another
for years because employers
Josh Marquis, the Clatsop
County district attorney who
often would not consider him campaigned heavily against
becauseofhis felony convic- Measure 91, argues that Oretion.
gon hadalreadygone a long
Now he works at a inedi" waytofwaidreducingandeven
easierforpeopletohaveman- calmarijuana dispensary, one elurunatmg prison sentences
juana convictions cleared &om
business that didnt have an for marijuanause. "Mostpot
theirreand.
issuewifhhiscomriction. And comes could be set aside even
"Wewant to make sure if s he has adjusted to the point beffare Measure 91passed, " he
no longer going to stigmatize
than and shut a tot ofdoois
that hehasnt wanted tospend says, adding that hewas skepthemoneytohirea lawyerand tical oftheneedforanother big
fhatshouldbeopen," saysSep. BBS.hisconvictioncleared.
round ofreductions.
AnnLmmger,D-LakeOswego,
Drug convictions have hit
But Marquis says he and
co-chair of the marijuana some communities hard, many other law enforcement
coiDgrittee. Tf a ysung per- however. Rep. LewFrederick, ofi&dals critical of the man-
son makes a mistake, we want
themto haveasecond chance"
WhileMeasure 91contained
some sentence reductions,
ions
mgabfllthat'
icalmarit
se&s& rea'eatHmal coi
this year,
Here are answersto a wide
D-Porfland,oneoftwoAfrican juana initiative didnt think it exhaustion factor," he says,
Amencansin the Legislature, would be productive to tobby addingthat he fdt like "we'd man
says he canbaidy go gnxaiy the Legislature much on this be banging OUT head against ser^
shopping without someone
aapi i:
rrtnflbeabtetobuy
issue. "I think there is an
thewaB."
joints.
Tdandfhesmefl
1 stores fhat stock
UntBflKj^jifeionlywayto ?
legally obtamljKarter plant.iitea! At no
isto asksomeom. ,.., ^ms ,,,,.,., 3"lmuse or at ^
maniuanatognreone^psW place.
lean
mIlegaDycon-
a? r
a fhend'sA:«.; luc
m privat4<-address n
iTd, where my
g. Is there any-
(OUW--1-!
I BBfetfl
law does T~
-S;' odois. butlocaJ'aas
Q:CanIligfatupajointata
Pariff
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nmcesmayapply. -
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Juanali-
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cover smoke from a Ht device. DoUce-HiatIaat
a.
£3
a
a
c
si
a
.
g"1
SUB, Marquis says he is pS- dealingmanjuana to minors.
marfly concerned with pre- "Selling dope to high school
seramg existingpenalties for kids certainly seems like a
intoxicated drivtag and for considerably more serious
crime" than fuimshing diem brains.
Crime statistics show towtth alcohol, he says, atmg
research showingthe danger enforcement is begimsng a
of marijuana to developing shift away from maQpaaa 3
wouldadvisepeoplenott'
thing else to co)
are by yours<
ijuana in front of -^
to tie safe," SE"
ion, chief itemonei of
re 91, Sc new man-
to notify any-
crimethatwouldapply.Lela
: .rger, a Portland attoj^_
plaiu;^, ,
" iAemedical
i they can be
m those coviW.
; or the
1pot?
A {to.Thneatfc»«-.";»peB!aig
^SL
loqtBieiEBatsfcrgECwaeyaBr
growing faaftSaS^" Kopilak
^helped write the ias^says
ht*Sl ises people toiiiibel the
manji^;^
<iistmgu;8!
tyhoosertants.
i: "If you
ly are you
says.
,f
Mony. CanIgrawSEifll
maiguaDa?
A: Yes.
fi,
X-
tt: Can I be chargf
ffi^tme if I go owes the
^. sionlimit?
b A:Yes Evenwith i
.
anl^na^aaaC
Deparis ec jacsic.fsr
.
»tioc agreaneB. ^ut, ;..-.
^aslsff
&e law, in stiB possible
.
-~%d with a crime i ^sssm
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Possession of one ounce in puuic or eigniounces at home Is
legalasofJuly!
Before
After
]
Threemaigiiana-relatedbiBsadvancedm theCh^onLeg-
islaturc test week, bringing possible legulatioais mto better
focus.Herearethekeytinngsyouneedtoknow:
Possession of
nmmthanSouncas
Class C
felony
Class A
misdemeanor
Unhwftil ddhmy
B felony
A misdemeanor
Ddh-y to a ndnor
Afelony
C felony
Manufacture by a mhwr
Bfelony
C felony
marijuana growers, reducing penalties for remaming cnmes
Minor possessing
morethan8 ounces
Cfelony
A misdemeanor
andmakmgiteasierfor15eastemOregoncountiestobanretail
sales.ThebillpassedtheHouseandawaitsSenateapproval
ThebiUs
House MU 3400: This is the main Ml for r^ulatmg reae-
aticmalmarijuanain Oregon, settingnewlimits onmedical
SaiateBBl460: Thebfll, passedoutofcommittee andawfflt-
ing approval in the House andSenate, would let adults buy
small amounts ofpot from medical marijuana dispensanes
Justin Myeis wasISwhen he was arrested for growing pot. He
pleaded guilty to a felony marijuana possession and served four
daysinjail. Hestruggledtofinda jobwitha felonyconvictton
expungement policies.
hasa fullsystemsetupforretalleis.
HouseMl 2041:TheMl, whichpassedtheHouseandwas
seattotheSenate,wouldsetsalestaxesonrecreationalmarijuana. Saleswouldbetax-fteeimtfl Jan.4. 2016. Thena25percenttaxwould Uckm. Oncethefiril pragram ismimmg, the
RANWLRASMUSSEN/STAFF
governments impose anadditional3 percent tax.
and drifted from one temporaiyjob to another. Now he works at
a medical marijuanadispensaiyandIsworkingfor more lenient
cnraes, a move inany officials
statewidetaxwouldbe17percent, withaprovisiontoletloc^
since the commission started
saywffl accelerateaslegalpot keeping these statistics in
usebecomes commonplace for 2006, research aiialyst Kdly
Officersays.
adults.
"Inmy mind, this is a pubFigures from the Otegfsn
Criminal Justice Commission lie health problem, " says Doug
show 55 offenders entered Haideroad, a foimer Lane
state prison m 2014 fbi crimes County district attorney who
primarily related to marijuana, lobbies for the district attora small fraction of the mare neys association. "My vieur is
than 14,000inthestatecorrec- wedorftneedtobesuckiDgthe
tions system.Anadditional98 copsbackmtoeiifoidngmariserved localjafl sentencesfbi juanalaw"
madjuana-relatedcrimes.
»
law
starting Oct. 1. The ideaisto give consumeis an avenue for
legalsalesafterpossessionbecomeslegalbutbefore thestate
Arrests for marijuana crimes
ig a have dropped to less than 150a
lana month and are at their lowest
jmapes@oregonum. wm
503-221-8809; Wljfmafes
Earlysales
What SB460 would allow medical marijuana dispensanes
to sell driedmarijuanato adultrecreational customers. Customers could buy one-quarter ounce ofpot a day, plus seeds
oryoungplantstogrowathome
When:Theprogramwould run from Oct. 1, 2015, to nolater
than Dec. 31, 2016
Why;lawmakers want consumers to have a legal way to
obtain marijuana shortly after tt becomes legal July l so they
dontturnto theblackmaricet.
Optingout:Citiesandcountiescouldbantemporaiysales
thmu^iavote ofadty council or countyboard.
Sales taxes: With HB2041, recreational pot sales wouldbt
tax-freeuntfl Jan.4, 2016.Thenthetaxwouldbe25perceu
untflpennanentsalesbegin,expectedm mid-tolate2016.The
legislation caBsfara pennanent rateof17percent statewide,
plus3 percent forpaitidpatmg localgovernments.
Dispensaries;Findthelocations of222dispensariesthat
agreedtn public disclosure at anOregonHealUiAuthority
directoryatwww.oregoii.gov/olH/aiHg/.
A: Ifs a ClassB violation, the fourpla^vrithin 1,000feetof
equivalent to aj|pi c ticket, aschonBEUenastiflierpun.,«,WW^
with afineofuiffigymo.
grow more
"*s
athome.^prtiiereany^turns oit^ftnring in myi.
MedicailaBidrecilHttiffnali"fmjnanpaaIms
In 15eastemCte-
id you're not
'a school,
goncountieswhereatleast55percsitofvotersrejectedMea-
S a Class B violin. Do it
sure 91lastNovember, localgowmments couldbanmedical
Q:I]
row]
ioa your;
Optingout
"Hei^ShowthehilIsintlieLegislaturewoiridanowlocalgiwemments to optout ofaUowmgmarijuana sales:
ithin 1,000 feet
iAfelnny.
ips a
AsyVsnemvimyoaiyi t,
nt. Agreemi
t as iQO^'as the plant "cannot j
[uire people
rseenbynormali
ifllaws. Johnsotf
Fmyroommate I
ifromapubBcpl
2Cmteipreted to
i we
llhavel
lys. So if you pladFhext
ral laws, which
law?
breal
'.tomatoes,
harfB
fence
juanaillegal. ^
lold, not
A: Ye
idle'
^
up to four
indlvidi
moredan;
.
.
marijuanadispeasaries,reccieationalmarijuanaretailers,p^1'
duceE5, pT Ocessoisand/orwholesaIeK. IhothercauDties, ooty
voters couldapprove a measure tobanmarijuanabusmesses.
Areas tiiat opt out cannot collect maiguana tax revenue
EariysalesstfSB46opasses,dtycouncilsanyvAereindie
state could ban early sates in tfadr dties, and county bomis
could ban sales mumncoiporated areas-
.
.
Ixxisehold,
[thai
'vw five
eight
Q:Cariihavi^toWashing-
manjuanap
ton to bufdBuana ftum a
Q:I1
regulated sUBBgmd return to
where:
Oregon'
can bf
A:TheflECCaaUgsagainst ably'
mor.
Bmii
restrict my aMflty to
rossstadeeswith my
fekuly to grow
or grow marijuana at
3. But Portla^tooUce
say people 21 and ol<
No. The authors say the
come into the dty with
lawdoesn'tallowioca;goveinjuanalegaUybou^tt m
meats that powes.
ingtonaie"notanissue*
Keydates
Jttfyit Possession ofrecreational marijuana becomes legal
inOregon.
Oct1:IfSB460is approved, early salesofdriedmaiguaoa
wouldbeginincoimhumties that haverrt opted out.
Jan. 4, 20l6:ffHB2041isapproved, a25pB -centsatestax!n
recreational maiijuana would begm
Secondhalfof2<n6:TheOsegmliquor CosaciCaaaacr
£ion expects to be ready to license rea'eatksnal manjaasaa
rataflas. tea tfaat happas
31&
. Eddesasxietfeer maEFuar^a^rochxts caBbeaAied
-'-"-""""uyuttuaaiiu.iuy txit-u ILutxuuieslegal jiuy i so tuey
oaatiOB. "Myview is
donlturnto theblackmarket.
aeedtobesuckingthe
; CitiesandcountiesmgfgSISSfempotaay sales
tT'ad-
dnou^i a^lfepfa dty councflaN(W%rboaid.
^is^
"';'.-
Sales tan^a^gi TSBmy^SSsaOaaal pot sales
wouldj®
tax-freeuntflJaiB^jglgflBen thetaxwouldbe25percent
'jen. oom
I^islationcaS^jy&p9flysnt rateof17percentstatewide,
untapeimanents^gi^gn. expectedmmid-to late2616. The
plus3per^(IBTpartic(pat|^)caI governments.
Find the lo3^|apf 222 dispensanes that
agreedto public disclosure at aSfll^uHealth Authnnty
directoiy atwww.oiegon. gov/ohaAmni7'
.
h=wMuni,ooof< :i
faereastifFa- ia.
.
"}:
lowthebiUsin&eLegislaturewouldaUgwlocalgov-
v*<!:
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r>" fltN? more
pl
IgjS yoirtenot
x
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ion. Do it
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tony.
roommate]
iIlavet^BBtewe
Ihelaws'-?
rold, not
gjflveuptofbur
emmenlS|o opt outofallowing mariji
[BiISeastern Ore-
goncounU^Sj^ereatleast55jNl@iS6?votersrejectedMea-
sure 91last Noflin^er, lo(aUJ|Sinnents could banmedical
manjuana dlspenS^gjj^liBticaial manjuaca retaileis, iffS^
duceis, processoisjjgllpa holesalers
Bl other counties,
Eariygjg|ffSB46opasses,d!^^3p]sanywhereinthe
state.<jggyBm early sales in their dE*g||pd county boaris
could bc^i sales in unincorporated areas. ^"
Keydates
meastt^ Oregon,
.
only
voters couldagiffKSevsssKtp banmanjuanabusinesses.
Areas that ogllpR apnot colS^UEJuana tax revenue.
~
My1:PossessionofrecreationalmarijuanabecomesIqpl
cguanas^ ^pro|»-
in Oregon.
strict my aWSy to
wouldbeginincommumties thathaverft opted out
Jan.4, 2ca(>!ffllB204lIsapproved, a25percentsalestaxon
rccreahonalmarijuanawouldbegin.
Secondhalfof2016:TheOieffmUquorControl Commission expects to be ready to license recreational marijuana
KBrestrict IteA
.
smwmijflfbSKyf
Tieaigp&ssayfhe
taU^flocalgovem-
Oct1:IfSB46Qisapproved,earlysalesofdriedmarijuana
retafleis. Oncethathappeas:
. Edibles and other manjuana products cm be added to
retailsales.
ssmmyapi
Those y
relied ojtfin
anenttf&stlikepolts aiyFtobacco use,
"dsrftaadda clause
both.
©orEgonum. oom
H; @noeUecTombie
. Thestatewidesalestax,underHB2041,wouldfallto -a
percait,witha provisionto allowlocalgDvemmmts to tack
onanadditional3 percent
. MedlcalmarijuanawouMremaintax-fieeatdispensanes,
butpatientswouldbesubjecttosalestaxesatOLCC-Bcensed
stores.
Bee.31, 2016s The early sales program wrould sunseL
m&rence@w%DnKin. oom
503-4X2-7059
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iwy panel
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OKs
early
-ealth care law
Bobarf
Sun*
JUNn
Thomas
Astlisa&pisa-Somestatesset Affordable Care Act to improve health
NNM^a^asgeSr but about three
insurancemaricets,notto destroyaan,"
'-I d>efcdnal government to ChiefJusticeJohn G.Roberts B. wrote Im
a unitedsix-justtcemajority.
»6KE a dae case, Kmg v. &irllie dissent:JusticeAntoninScaIiacaBed
<d* to make ofa phrase in the filemajority'sieasoning"quiteabsurd"and
BUiist&saytfaesubsidiesareavail-
mteipretivej®@eiy-pofceryw
UT-itehujmg insurance on"an
He announced his dissent ftorn the
caafc'iAedbythestate."
bench, a signofbitter disagteement "We
henBng means: The Affordable realty should start calling this law ScoB aBbut certam to survive after tus-care," ScaBasaid,to hn^rter finm die
mes office in 2017. More than 6
tOfk wBIcontinue to get insm<Ehtfaelaw.
Isales of
Imarijuana
ByjBffttapa.
TteOngonian/OngonLne
audience.
SALEM - A keylegislative committee on Thmsday
q)iaoved a UDto create a program aBovringtempotaiy
HotToptaCompletecoverageoftheruling
sumas at existing medical mari-
"Congress passed the onPftUlWW.
marifuamsatesstartingOct I to adultrearationalconjuanadtspensariesaroundOregon.
Legislators on the House-Sen-
Moreon
atemmjuanacommitteesaidcoa-
sumers shouldhavea legal place liuiduTherutes
tobuythedrugnotlongafterpossessionbecomes legalJnlyi. 'Hie
OregonLiquorControl Canrnussion, wiudlischaigedwithlicensingreaeahoml marijuanacetaUers,
forcountiestoopt
outandkeydates
andeariyales
provisions| AID
hassaidit wont bereadyto allow OnllnuReadthe
shopstoopenunfflthesecondhalf
of20I6Supportasofa temporary sales
program at dispensanessaidthis
latestdevetopments
andthespecial
reportonpesUadelacedpotreaching
is a way to avoid a new smge of medical marijuana
demand for pot on the black mar-
ket. llielegislation.SenateBill460,
includes restachons Ihnitfng the
patients at
ongonlhajcom/
marUuan*.
extent of sates.
Keaeational buyers would be ComingSiBKhy:
limited to one-quarter ounce of Everything you
dried marijuana buds and leaves need to knowabout
paSay.TheycouUalsobuyseeds legalreaeational
andimmature plantstarts togrow maniuanalnOngon
athome.Consumerswouldnotbe
JACQUELVN MAR71N/ASSOCIATED PRESS
theAfloidabteCareActcheerastheoplnunforthehealthcarelawis
iinsday.
allowed tobuyothamarijuana-Iaced products sud as
food01concentratedfennsofthedrug.
The(tegmHealthAuthorityhasissuedaboutSU)dispensaryBcenses,andmorethansoq)plicatKmsaiepending. OnitswdMitE, Uieauflmrilyiists222dispen^teftat
agreedtobepubliclyidentified.Nmety-orieareinFurt-
land.
Maigr dlspensaiy owneis have pleaded fin-the temSeeManjuana, Alo
Revised emissions data sink roads bill
By lan K. KuBgnnandDenisC. nenull
TheOregoman/OfvgonLive
sellingpoints.
Bnrtm's best chance at a transportation
packagefellwithoutwarning.
to ao^oum,instantlysentphonesbuzzing
Aneffmttoeasetrafficcongestionwould made stunned Senate offices. It alsoled to
SALEM- The deathblow fir Gov. Kate cutemiffiimis&T less than estimated. amis-
UuDtremarksfiomHOuseDemoaatsanbut
talBefbatwnildposnblybringfiienewpIairti coDfinnmgtiieplan'sdeiniseshouU itreach
totaibenefitsweUbetowtfaeinarkpromfeed
tfaat chamber.
Two houis Into a hofly contested hear- byfhe dean.fuels program.
LateWednesdaynight Brown caDedSenmgthatnaaikedtheonlypuhBcairingof a IvriSi I had better newra ... I do" Matt atePresident
Peter Courtney, D-Salem,to
Senate plan diatwould raise unBionsrfdoI-
fallen, directoroftheOregonDepartment pun her support. By Thursdaymommg,
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imoiesaiers.inoinwuiuiiues,
Herhus&i
ay pmhbBon onananjuana
basn'(e$ses must besutemrtted
I avoid gc
.
"Thepl
lowthea
toawteaftiepeople.Any
toealltythat bansanyaspect
care, bull
oftte marijuana business is
Oregw
nnlenUBedte any marijuana
hybndm.
texrevenueftomthestateand
Lastye
cannot te«ylocal pot taxes.
Bui». s:»
as*, f*
EilynleapngrancThe
Legislaturemayaltowsalesiirf
recreational marijuanatostart
aseaityasOctlatmedtaal
inari^ana(fepensaries. Gfly
councitsanywhereinthestate
canvotetBprohlbit theseearly
saleswlSmtheirtxMHdaies,
andwuriy commissions can
bansales in unincorporated
areas.
Under HB204I, fwasss&-a..
Marijuana
in ananatteeIndicatesstnmg
ContmuedfromAl
ChapmanandotfafiiiadasbyaAocatBSsadearlysales Oct.1, 2015:IfSB460 is
users in those OuX-^zcsa"
stores would pay a r yiTisS-'
aveESlsapsaSintileI^psla- July1, 2015:Possession
tae.
of recreationalmari)uana
becomes legal h Oregon.
pormy sates piogran, say-
shodd start as soon as possi-
approved,earlysateofdried
to an oveisataiated aafket.
sure on medteal marijaana
ng tt wffl h^i Aen siBvive l)Ie, mparttoreducefhepi«s-
sales tax on margsas*. u3S»
govemmeirts ca^ z^ Ki" s
3 percenttaxwiife'Saft'^'p";^
oftheir voteB-
marijuana would begh in
eommunttesthathaven'topted
A Portland sSr<«a a-e.
llimsday dat ti»:
out
Sam Qiapaaa, an tadustry patients to buypot for tiiea J-fc4. 2MB;IfHB2041E!
consultant who wnries wDfa a flteads.
be UBttriy te a;
seedgBnedessmap. ssS.Ire
surveyed Portland dispensa- tnre fi»r (inefflcal maiguana wouUbegm.
riesandteaaSdatoriyabout patients)todothis"saidChap-^ swondhaifofaae:
aquartnwaebieaMBgCTen- saaaii,notegtfeaEt40peiCCTt<rf TheOregonLiquorControl
Tbs legislation would also dienareonscmefiamofgiwCommission expects to be
dow aty andoousty SPWSB- eiianentassistance.
Rep.Asa Unmgei, D-take readytoBcensena'eationatments to bar fte temporary
Oswegoandtheotherco-chaii marijuanaretailers Oncethat
ijuana.
. EUMes and other maniiana
immities -wbeselocal nUctals saN it aaices sense to wait
products
can;beaddedfoffeterT
uBtflOct.
l.
lhat^vestheOiedoBtwmtmanjuanaiBtaBeB
sates.
andhavetaten stgps to keep gon HeaUi Auttxmty time to . Thestatewidesalestax,
out dtepaisades. Under fte putdetaflfidDflesm phceto dnderHB2041,wouUMIto
tte progiam-aDdtimefcrdy
^sfHrikwaizfsase. 'fst y .
1 .-.. I.i.iy tneri'iea. ..isa-borhood gTOUps. 3£*!3ibusiness cmnas aei ce? 3s"
"Thare's almost an lacea-
sdespsoffam-soits^tnat
Bteplacelumaiwo ecom- of)te Measure91ccmaSSSse,
1 CKxn.be5-". « l=S!t« 4-
poart ourcG**^c-' ^3£ -. -.
estmop^t"3-"^^ fefia.
MaB-dei& '..."Sw ySt'-^
masaps a *wS»ai»s^Sea.
of Mj^SsCCOtai iLT^svf"
met. aaa«!ife=s .»S ; .
happens:
MB, cnmBes anflddeddeto
17percent,witha prevjatonto
prohibit earlysalesnimrincor- coBncflsandcmsSy cofmrais- altowlocalgiwemmartstotacti
sions
to
dedde
whetlrer
ttey
poratedareasaidcB?coiacflswoddtai 'eswayoTOrfteir
wmttopsntidpatB.
In addttion, die aid, the
areas. '
aBonttoorma'giHma
hanrest
To vase effect, the teglsla-
on an additional 3 percent
Mecbcalmaniuanaumuid
tton slB must wm appnwal wfflbecoariagtobyCttaba, tosalestaiesatOLCC-ricensed
ftorn the fU Honse and San- eBSintogplenty ofsupper te
stores.
ateandlieslgiedbyGw. Kate bothaieiBcal and lecrerional Dec.31, 2016: Theearlysates
consaaaes.
Blown. The gcnnmor has not
GecffSnganan, a IiAbyi^ program wouldend.
saUpH blldywhether Aesupfin
Oregon Caiaabis ME,
portseailysales.OLCCofficials said(he
he
flaudts the Oct. i date
sttongly opposetheMM, say^
daIstodiscusshBf!tE~:W3iulate tfae gidistey.
OtBdak m cl6aacSae- 31r
haw been toss nCTFSW
totalkabouteasfyais.fin
thebBlpassbe&AicaES.
"We havnst S.3S-'
it," said Jan Hri=3E. »:Growe's C<KB£EISZ*% ^
meat miaagE--. -"ke
unffl the US3SC=--
ingthestateshouldwattwtsl alsovia hdpInddpoHUcd Jan. 4. At that point, aaoBier
BBsboiEft sacaaiss.:
tte agencytaesBictcoittids supportamonglawmakersfor measure.HouseBU12041,calls rid Preste-» MJS t?
, in placeto ensumthrt Mffll^ goingaheadwSbeariysales. fbraZSpN centtaxoapatsates earfy" to fcsd-a £l i~"B does make die overaB
to ea^tr saCeA, A '^6^-.,^
; jamaisatdngenflylestedaid
toreaeaflonaluseis.
Legislaturea Htdewarncoa-
'
"l WeBt (Brawn) wB took fertable wiBi Bm*e fiawaid
on adult sales.* te rid. TUs
i atitvaycarefUBy'saldSea;
the tenpoaay sales pm- cnlsay&as'ac.;-^'"
gram is set to esd BO itaitei
Ginny Bunfick, D-FOTttoad isthepaththatwittbringthe
snd die ce-chab of the Jmnt aaosttepstaaisoulioaHlwith
Sim Dec. 31, 2016. at wMch
Ifthebillbecomeslaw, raaf-
dispensanes an eaipected tc
convertto reaeaUonalsakst.
Committee cm iBpteaiaBt- theUa."
yssaaumasWWIifat^KVSi
time OUX-teS Bed stoles
Upt&SKiA VS'S-
are
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