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Payaso

Original Editor of ICMagazine
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In Oregon organizers are collecting signatures for their own legalization measure in hopes of getting it on the ballot in November. 100,000 signatures are needed, reports indicate about 5,000 have signed so far.

Marijuana advocates are gearing up to legalize the drug for recreational use in Oregon with a new measure poised to go on the November ballot.

According to their website, the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act would "legalize the sale, possession and personal private cultivation of marijuana." It would also set aside two percent of profits from cannabis sales for commissions that promote industrial hemp biodiesel, fiber, protein and oil.

Growers and sellers would need a state license and could only sell in cannabis-only stores.

Oregon became the second state to pass a marijuana law in 1998, following California. There are nearly 24,000 patients with medical marijuana cards in Oregon. Only state residents can obtain the card after registering as a patient in the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program with a qualifying debilitating medical condition diagnosed by a doctor.

Organizers will start collecting signatures Saturday.

Kyndall Mason with the DemocracyResources.com organization was working with the National Organization for Reform of Mairjuana Laws (NORML) and Oregon groups to gather signatures starting Saturday.

"Oregon has a long history of laws that conflict with federal law, that includes the Death with Dignity Act," Mason said. "The feds have (recently) given states more autonomy, specifically regarding medical marijuana laws," she said.

With the Obama administration's decision last month to soften the federal stance on medical marijuana, Cannabis Cafe in Northeast Portland recently opened, where glass jars hold donations of pot for medical users, and the cafe serves up meals and snacks for the hungry.

The idea could catch on in the roughly dozen other states with medical marijuana laws. Allen St. Pierre, spokesman for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML, said the organization has already gotten inquiries from Washington state, Michigan, Montana and Maine.
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gongageek

gongageek

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Payaso....Thanks for posting this. Having already signed the petition and also circulating one for signature by others I am surprised at how apathetic folks here in Oregon are! They lament the lack of freedom but won't get off the sofa to make a change!

As Bob so eloquently states above: PLEASE GO SIGN THE DAMN PAPER!
 
gongageek

gongageek

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I like your thinking Old Dirty! Already well on the way to filling my first 10 and will start another right after that.

Legal Weed In Oregon! Not to mention the bill also deals with industrial hemp. Oregon needs a fiber replacement for the near dead lumber industry! Let's not let someone else be the first.

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draco

i'ma movin to Oregon! just kidding...

what a beautiful state though. i like tying canna to hemp production. perfect!
 
HorseMouth

HorseMouth

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I love my State. I donated a good amount to the Cafe's last fall, and am hoping we can take the next step.
If you are reading this PLEASE MOVE HERE! The quality of life, compared to the cost of living is fantastic. No sales tax, no luxury tax, very low home owner/land tax. Lots of diverse areas to pick from as well.
I have lived in Many states around the Union and really it comes down to Vermont and Oregon.

Peace.
 
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draco

so if we have Cali, Oregon, and Washington, that would be the west coast entire.

oh dare we dream this? freedom spreading like a green tsunami across the great basin, the rockies and the plains - all the way to the Atlantic... LIBERTY! from sea to shining sea! somebody tell me to shutup please
 
Maj.Cottonmouth

Maj.Cottonmouth

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ballplayer 2

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I am looking to go back to school in the near future. University of Oregon or Oregon State are looking better each day, especially considering where I am from the police still gloat (and seemingly believe) MJ is a dangerous substance. Its crazy out here in the MW. Time for me to start researching Eugene and Corvallis.

Loving the 2% for researching industrial hemp, LOVING IT. Hopefully its at least mostly altruistic.
 
chef

chef

Gene Mangler
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I-28 - the Dispensary/Producers License initiative, that expands the current MMJ laws is real close to making the ballot.
I-73 just started gathering lol

I-73 would create a clone of the OLCC (Oregon Liquor Control Commission) in the form of a OCCC (Oregon Cannabis Control Commission) & it's fkin assinine! Just what we need... another State run bureaucracy "Company Store"
Currently the OLCC purchases every drop of liquor made or imported into Oregon, THEN sells you your own booze back!
That's exactly what they're planning with I-73, plus it's written that ALL processing, packaging etc. is done by the state also lol
Yeah, right...

Those greasy bastards aren't layin a finger on my products. Let alone smash & abuse it, then sell it back to me at a huge markup all fucked up!
That is if they choose to issue me a license to "Run one of their stores" to sell MY product in which I bought back from them. lol

I'll happily pay all license fees & taxes like every other American business man.
Honestly, the bigger the tax check I write, the prouder I'll be!
This all boils down to 2 things to me...
Righting some wrongs & Jobs! :yes:

I'll gladly wait 2 more years to avoid this I-73 clusterfuck!

I-28 in 2010, a REAL Legalization bill in 2012!

my2
 
Clackamas Coot

Clackamas Coot

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gongageek said:
Oregon needs a fiber replacement for the near dead lumber industry!
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At the state level, Oregon has and has had a hemp law for a few years.

It's the federal prohibition that is stopping farmers from growing and producing hemp fiber.

It sure would be a real problem for the Boys of Summer if Southern Oregon was filled with hemp fields. To say the least.

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Clackamas Coot

Clackamas Coot

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chef said:
I-28 - the Dispensary/Producers License initiative, that expands the current MMJ laws is real close to making the ballot.
I-73 just started gathering lol

I-73 would create a clone of the OLCC (Oregon Liquor Control Commission) in the form of a OCCC (Oregon Cannabis Control Commission) & it's fkin assinine! Just what we need... another State run bureaucracy "Company Store"
Currently the OLCC purchases every drop of liquor made or imported into Oregon, THEN sells you your own booze back!
That's exactly what they're planning with I-73, plus it's written that ALL processing, packaging etc. is done by the state also lol
Yeah, right...

Those greasy bastards aren't layin a finger on my products. Let alone smash & abuse it, then sell it back to me at a huge markup all fucked up!
That is if they choose to issue me a license to "Run one of their stores" to sell MY product in which I bought back from them. lol

I'll happily pay all license fees & taxes like every other American business man.
Honestly, the bigger the tax check I write, the prouder I'll be!
This all boils down to 2 things to me...
Righting some wrongs & Jobs! :yes:

I'll gladly wait 2 more years to avoid this I-73 clusterfuck!

I-28 in 2010, a REAL Legalization bill in 2012!

my2
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I agree completely. One has to consider how the laws from 1938 continue to skew to seats in the state legislative bodies in Oregon. Cows in Eastern Oregon get more representation than the urban areas along I-5 between Portland and Eugene resulting in a heavy dominance by conservative Republicans. Look at Governor John Kitzhaber's problems dealing with the Eastern Oregon hillbillies and the political clowns down in Southern Oregon.

Then there's Paul Stanford. 'nuff said.

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