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Initiative petitions to impose mandatory prison sentences for some felonies and to establish a medical marijuana distribution system have made it to the Nov. 2 general election ballot.
Secretary of State Kate Brown said Friday that the petitions had enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot. They were among six proposed measures submitted by July 2. Both measures, which required 82,769 valid signatures, went through a statistical sampling process to determine that they qualified.
Initiative Petition 13 imposes mandatory minimum sentences for some major felony sex crimes and driving under the influence convictions.
Initiative Petition 28 establishes a medical marijuana supply system and assistance and research programs. It also allows limited selling of marijuana in the state.
The Elections Division has until Aug. 1 to determine which initiative petitions qualify for the ballot. Once that process is complete, each qualified petition will be assigned a measure number in the order in which the completed petitions were submitted for signature verification.
Numbering will start with Measure 70, which will be assigned to one of the three referrals sent to the Nov. 2 ballot by the Legislature. The measure numbers will begin this year with 73.
The ballot measure will likely be tied in with very unfavorable alternate situation (like raising property taxes) to make sure it goes down by voters. That seems to be the sneakiest and most effective way of getting laws passed in Oregon. My concern is not that people smoke MJ for their medical issues (which I favor)but that too many out-of-staters will arrive in Oregon and become a major problem for an already overpopulated area, such as Portland. Maybe the initiative could limit usage by counties with the lowest populous.
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Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 06:04 AM
The ballot measure will likely be tied in with very unfavorable alternate situation (like raising property taxes) to make sure it goes down by voters. That seems to be the sneakiest and most effective way of getting laws passed in Oregon. My concern is not that people smoke MJ for their medical issues (which I favor)but that too many out-of-staters will arrive in Oregon and become a major problem for an already overpopulated area, such as Portland. Maybe the initiative could limit usage by counties with the lowest populous.
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Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 06:04 AM
Great news for patients on the OMMP.
If this passes safe access to medicine will be a reality to thousands who now go without.
For the real info on medical marijuana go to
http://www.oregongreenfree.net/
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Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 07:48 AM
Great news for patients on the OMMP.
If this passes safe access to medicine will be a reality to thousands who now go without.
For the real info on medical marijuana go to
http://www.oregongreenfree.net/
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Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 07:49 AM
I 28 will be good for Oregon
It gives us the first regulation of producers in the country.
This is an important distinction from other states.
No other state has legal, regulated producers of medical cannabis for sale.
Producers in Oregon will be subject to regulations, quarterly reporting, criminal background checks, inspections and fees, both up front for the permit, and quarterly as a percentage of receipts.
They may be subject to zoning, permits to prove electric equipment is up to code, safety rules and anything else DHS determines is necessary for producers, and dispensaries to run legally and safely in appropriate places in our communities.
The same is true for dispensaries. They will be regulated.
One thing I think we will see is many small businesses starting up doing things like preparing medicated baked goods, tinctures or body care products.
Many businesses could expand their services:
Weekly delivered meals might include medicated food for patients.
Cannabis oil therapeutic massage is wonderful for sore muscles and body pain.
Farmers could add medical cannabis to their crops.
There will be plenty of cannabis stalks for fiber or mosquito repellent or press board.
The possibilities are limited by our imaginations and collective creativity.
We know medical cannabis works. We have tens of thousands of medical cannabis patients in Oregon and the program is growing.
I 28 gives us tools to manage the growth and to meet the needs of the growing medical cannabis population in a regulated way with oversight from DHS.
It gives us research, and it will create a program to ensure safe access to medical cannabis patients in Oregon regardless of their ability to pay, it is entirely self funded (as is the current OMMP, through yearly patient fees) and will generate revenue for the State.
Most importantly, it gets the medical cannabis patients and their money out of the back alleys and from behind grocery stores, into a legitimate, regulated, inspected dispensary to access their cannabis medicine.
Safe medicine.
Food subject to health department regulations.
Workers subject to criminal background checks and penalties for violations.
Medical cannabis patients' money becomes part of the above ground economy. That helps all of us.
Please do support I 28.
It is good for business in Oregon.
Thank you for listening,
Kristen Gustafson
Portland, Oregon
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Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 08:00 AM
We are building a team of independent representatives to sell industrial hemp-based products. Please call to learn more about this explosive industry. 808-965-0077 or sdg@purplemd.org
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Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 08:49 PM
I'm all in support of anything that helps people get their medicine.
If the OMMP is not going to extend parity to mental health conditions, I would like to see marijuana legalized, so that those of us who use it as medicine to treat to treat mood disorders like anxiety, PTSD or depression can also obtain it safely and easily.
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Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 02:01 PM
im rather ambivilent about the marujuana law. really it should be totally legal but i guess this is a good step. what really bugs me is minimum sentence requirements for sex offenders and dui's. sex offenders should be instantly executed and as far as dui's, no second chance, 25 yrs madatory sentance no reduction or plea bargains, and loss of drivers license for life. if caught again driving drunk or under the influence then the perp should be executed. how bout those minimum sentences? we are way too soft on crime and criminals in this state. time to put down the hammer and nip this chit in the bud!
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Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 06:41 PM
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Re: Medical marijuana, prison sentencing measures qualify for ballot
Good measures! Unfortunately it seems that the Measure to oust Sam Adams didnt make it to the ballot. :(
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Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:19 PM