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Newsbrief:
Oregon
House
Passes
Bill
to
Restrict
Medical
Marijuana,
Action
Pending
in
Senate
5/2/03
A bill that would tighten
Oregon's medical marijuana law by limiting caregivers to growing for only
one patient and at one location passed the Oregon House on a 35-19 vote
Wednesday. The bill would also prohibit felons from being certified
caregivers.
Since some caregivers provide
marijuana for more than one patient, the result of the bill if passed will
be that some cardholding patients will be without a legal supply of their
medicine. According to one estimate, over 1,500 Oregon patients could lose
access to legal medical marijuana.
The bill now heads to the
Oregon Senate, which is currently evenly split among Republicans and
Democrats. Because it is late in the session, the bill's prospects are
cloudy, but Oregon medical marijuana advocates urge Oregon voters to
contact their representatives to ensure the bill dies.
Visit http://www.leg.state.or.us/comm/sms/sms03/hb2939ahhs04-14-2003.pdf
to read the bill online.
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Issue #285, 5/2/03
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