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At Church & State: Updates From The Capitol

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Second OMMBC in Eugene Another Great Event!

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National News Historic Federal Bill to Legalize Medical Marijuana Rolled Out

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By Keith Mansur By As of February 18th at 10 am, Oregon swore in a new Governor. Kate Brown became Oregon’s Governor after John Kitzhaber was forced to resign amid a lot of controversy. It was a sad day for Oregon, but from a purely marijuana activist standpoint, I wasn’t too sad to see Kitzhaber step down. During the 2014 Election Oregon voters approved Oregon Measure 91, which was very well written and had specific provisions included. For some reason former Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber didn’t think those provisions mattered, and for that matter the will of Oregon voters didn’t matter, because he was seeking to alter the initiative drastically before it was implemented.

John Kitzhaber wanted to merge the medical marijuana program in Oregon with the recreational program, which was something the initiative was very specific about, and stated no less than three times in the initiative that the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program would be unaffected by Measure 91. It’s a big provision that resulted in a lot of people voting for the initiative that were on the fence about it.

Kitzhaber also wanted to reduce the possession limit in the initiative. I, along with all of the other ‘yes’ votes, voted for Measure 91 because it allowed certain possession limits.

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time in her career that she cracked down hard on marijuana reform, which could provide some insight into how she will view marijuana policy now that she is Governor.

During the 2012 Election in Oregon, during which a marijuana legalization initiative made the ballot (Measure 80), there was another, better initiative trying to get on the ballot. Initiative 24 was a campaign that I was helping with. It had solid funding – the same funding source that Oregon’s successful medical marijuana initiative from 1998 was built on. The initiative was gathering more signatures than Measure 80, and polled better.

But the second initiative ran into a huge roadblock at a critical juncture of the signature gathering phase of the election. Kate Brown issued by far the largest election fine ever levied by the State of Oregon, which instantly derailed the initiative.

So how will Oregon’s new Governor approach the marijuana legalization rule making process? Kate Brown is progressive on a lot of things, but there is at least one

Indeed, more appropriate questions should be raised about the recipients of the leaked document instead of such a suspicion raising, cannabis bashing article the WW published. Why not more questions for the Growers PAC? I intend to set the record straight, and show how inaccurate it is, how they misquoted people, and how they use ridiculous and demeaning terms, terms that demean patients who get great relief, and demean the enlightened view of a majority of Oregonians that also find it helpful, relaxing, and safe enough to legalize.

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John Kitzhaber and others at the Oregon capital tried to make it sound like voters approved marijuana legalization in general, and didn’t care about the details. That couldn’t be further from the truth, proven by the fact that the same Oregon voters rejected a marijuana legalization initiative in 2012 because it was poorly written without possession limits. We didn’t vote on marijuana legalization in general, we voted for marijuana legalization because it was a well crafted initiative that had provisions we liked.

What is the story behind Tom Burns' abrupt dismissal as the head of Marijuana Programs for the Oregon Liquor Control Commission? There remain many questions surrounding his firing, beyond the reasons offered thus far. Media coverage has not dug deep enough, and, the misrepresentation of the memo provided by the Willamette Week's Aaron Mesh in his April 1st article “Burns Notice” has done nothing but smear the intentions and character of the three involved in the discussions.

Per Oregon Live: "Oregon elections officials slapped a $65,000 fine on the chief petitioner of a marijuana legalization measure, saying he violated the state’s constitutional prohibition against paying a bounty for each signature collected.

That’s the largest penalty ever issued by the secretary of state’s office for violating the requirement that petitioners be paid by the hour. Officials say they are continuing to investigate other possibile (sic) violations by the chief petitioner, Robert Wolfe, and that he could face further fines.

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The ridiculousness starts with the description of a meeting that had already been acknowledged publicly. The author Aaron Mesh described the meeting early in the article: “OLCC chairman Patridge and Johnson, who led the successful Measure 91 campaign to legalize weed last fall, wanted the March 12 meeting kept quiet for good reason.

Patridge and Johnson had discussed a plan to give the commission control of nearly all legal weed sales in the state—including those under the state’s existing medical marijuana system.”

And later in the article: “Patridge’s secret talks showed the OLCC was already talking about how to take over the medical marijuana system and put larger growers under its thumb.”

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Yet, in more than one public meeting Anthony Johnson admitted that there had been a discussion over drinks in Portland.

It was a productive meeting with Rob Patridge, Chair of the OLCC, that was unplanned and happened, essentially, spur of the moment. It was not a secret meeting.

There was no need to keep it so quiet, and the proposals that would have likely come about, had the memo not been leaked, would have shown how productive their discussions were, but Burns stopped that before any progress on solutions could be made.

Then Mesh writes, “The ideas Patridge and Johnson discussed would go far beyond the scope of the ballot measure voters approved in November.”

There is no doubt Patridge would like major changes, and they were discussed, but no agreement was reached, by any means. A better way to characterize their discussion would be that Patridge forwarded ideas that would go far beyond what Johnson was be willing to accept, and they were trying to find common ground that Johnson and the majority of the medical marijuana community could support. No deal had been struck!

And again, Mesh states, “the memo embarrassed the OLCC by showing the agency was taking sides in the highly competitive and lucrative pot-growing industry.”

The OLCC was embarrassed because they had to fire their Marijuana Director three months into his job. The memo simply expressed many of the controls that the OLCC wanted, and were common knowledge to many.

He paints the Southern Oregon region as a problem, using old

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By Keith Mansur Oregon Cannabis Connection

Anthony Taylor is the Executive Director of Compassionate Oregon and has unique access and insights into Oregon's lawmaking process, much of which takes place in the Capitol building, near the corners of Church and State streets in Salem.

Well, it certainly has been an interesting month in Salem.

The Director of Marijuana for the OLCC, Tom Burns was fired, the Measure 91 committee met with huge opposition to their attempts to limit the number of plants a grower may produce for a patient, and then followed it up with a bruising critique of OLCC’s attempt to establish the same dominating enforcement scheme they are associated with when enforcing alcohol laws.

But, in other legislative news, HB 2636 limiting physicians to 450 patients was given a hearing in front of the House Health Care Committee with only the Chair present while the House debated the Clean Fuel Bill on the floor of the House. The committee has decided not to move the bill.

HB 2025 allowing those going through diversion to use medical marijuana was given a courtesy hearing before the House Judiciary Committee where it faced stiff opposition from law enforcement and the diversion community. With testimony in favor of the bill from Compassionate Oregon who had asked that the bill be introduced and the Cannabis Group, it will not likely move out of committee.

SB 445 requiring posting signs warning consumers of the dangers of using cannabis during pregnancy passed the Senate Health Care Committee and was referred to the Measure 91 committee where it had a public hearing on March 25th with no further action scheduled.

The Measure 91 Committee seems to be struggling to arrive at a decision on how to implement Measure 91 alongside the existing Oregon Medical Marijuana and Medical Marijuana Dispensary Programs. The Committee has been working for two months and after nearly six weeks of informational hearings has finally begun holding hearings on bills that have been referred to their committee.

On March 30th the Measure 91 Committee heard public testimony on SB 936 and HB 3400 put forth by the Committee that lasted for more than two

Image Anthony Taylor hours. Both bills limit the number of plants medical marijuana growers may produce and require reporting. SB 936 set this limit at 24 plants and HB 3400 limits it to 48. The medical marijuana community, patients and growers alike, spoke in opposition to both bills although they preferred HB 3400 being the lesser of two evils but questioned the need for plant limits and its impact on patients.

Public hearings on these two bills had been scheduled for two nights of hearings but public opposition was strong enough to make the Committee reconsider these bills before having another hearing.

In a back and forth hearing on April 1st, the Committee held a hearing to discuss OLCC requests for legislative changes to help implement Measure 91. The Committee challenged the Oregon Liquor Control Commission at nearly every turn during their testimony. Co-chair Lininger questioned tactics used by OLCC enforcement officers during an interaction with college students wondering aloud if this treatment may transfer to those using cannabis recreationally. Sen. Prozanski and Rep. Buckley were equally concerned with the extent of proposed inspection authority asking if this would also apply to home gardens. Rep. Olson questioned the extent of peace officer authority and training requirements for those officers. Sen. Ferrioli questioning OLCC’s overall competence in implementing Measure 91 ended the hearing by suggesting the State create an Oregon Cannabis Commission limiting some of the OLCC powers over the cannabis industry.

Amid all the hearings and testimony, however, came the surprise from the OLCC when they announced the firing of Tom Burns, OLCC’s Marijuana Program Director. His unexpected termination surprised many on the Committee and caused ripples throughout the building and the marijuana community alike.

Mr. Burns has been a prominent public figure in the marijuana conversation for the past two years as the Oregon Health Authority’s pick to Chair of the Rules Advisory Committee tasked with implementing the Oregon Medical Marijuana Dispensary Program under HB 3460 and then as OLCC’s choice to implement Measure 91. His termination will leave a hole in the debate but a lot of work remains to implement Cont. on Page 9

The second Oregon Medical Marijuana Business Conference (OMMBC) that was held in Eugene, Oregon on March 15th and 16th was another successful event from Alex Rogers and his staff.

Held at the Downtown Hilton in Eugene, the event again offered a group of great speakers, including keynote speakers former Gov. Gary Johnson and cannabis industry legend Steve DeAngelo.

Johnson, the former libertarian minded Republican Governor of New Mexico, served from 1995 until 2003 and ran openly in favor of marijuana legalization and ending the drug war during his reelection in 1998. His comments were telling, and he openly promoted his new company, Cannabis Sativa, during the event by wearing a T-Shirt representing one of their products. He knows the economy from legal adult use will be enormous, and spoke of smart and simple regulations.

DeAngelo is the notable founder of the nation's “Most successful marijuana dispensary”, as he rightly describes. Harborside Health center, located in Oakland, California has provided him an intimate knowledge of running a large operation, and the many legal hurdles around cannabis distribution. His case still lingers in court, with the federal government refusing to back down after years of tiring litigation over a responsible, well run, legal California dispensary operation.

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majority of the rest were dispensary minded people and growers hoping to supply the market, but there were many business concepts and markets represented, allowing for good networking opportunities during the conference and after hours events.

Other networking opportunities included a VIP mixer on the top floor of the Hilton that special guest Steve DeAngelo attended. It offered an opportunity to speak with the legend, or get a selfie for those selfie minded people.

Saturday night there was a music and mixer event at Cosmic Pizza a few blocks from the Hilton, where most sat and chatted or mulled about with a pint and smile. Music was provided by Del the Funky Homosapien. Sunday evening featured a comedy show at Eugene's iconic Wow Hall by the conference Master of Ceremonies, Ngaio Bealum, renowned pot comedian.

As usual, Alex provided multiple opportunities for the event attendees to network and relax beyond the conference itself.

Vendors occupied the large space across from the main hall. They represented every aspect of the industry, from Image: Keith Mansur, OCC security systems to grow condominiums. There were medible representatives and dispensaries, and associations The many panels were wide ranging and focused on of businesses and growers. Even the UFCW union issues that were current and relevant. They covered had a booth, and were seeking new members and topics on legislation, business development issues, organizations to partner with. hurdles and pitfalls in a dispensary environment, legal issues surrounding taxes and regulations, and There was even a vendor that just supplies CO2 more. In every instance, the panels offered current and a Nitrogen gas generator for packaging. It was information and thoughts surrounding the topics, their first foray into the marijuana industry, having providing attendees real time information that is served other industries for many years. helpful, not hollow and typical broad discussions heard before.

The most unlikely vendor was easily the Eugene Particularly interesting was when one presenter asked how many people were there to start an extract business, and a startling number of hands went up. Dozens, if not more than a hundred of the attendees, were there with an interest, intent, or already operating in the extract industry. The

Water and Electric Board, or EWEB. EWEB is the electricity company for Eugene and some surrounding areas and they were there for an unlikely reason. I thought at first, as many reading this may be thinking, that EWEB was there basically to provide Cont. on Page 9 information for those wanting

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By Lori Duckworth

Radical

Sitting quietly at my friends, exhausted! The legislative committee had just ended and we'd arrived home late to share an evening medication session. Then off for a few hours sleep. Tomorrow is sure too be another busy day.

But, my friend is undaunted.

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Have you ever tried to keep up with a person like that?

we’ll gather signatures and place the legalization we like on the ballot, and it will probably win.

It’s a question I’ve been pondering since Oregon passed its marijuana legalization initiative, Measure 91, with the greatest margin of support for any state that has legalized marijuana, 56.1 percent. More Oregonians voted for legalized marijuana than voted for any statewide official.

Now, the legislature seeks to undo much of what the people approved as the legalization regulations are written.

The story begins with the previous general election in 2012. Measure 80, known as the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act or OCTA, had made the ballot, but went to down to defeat at the same time Washington and Colorado were passing their historic marijuana legalization laws.

The major newspapers had mostly come out against OCTA. They cited numerous flaws with the proposal, such as allowing for unlimited personal possession and cultivation and establishing a centralized marijuana commission selected by marijuana growers that would control the wholesale purchase and pricing of all marijuana in Oregon. When OCTA lost as Washington and Colorado won, political observers explained that the wise electorate had resisted their inclination to legalize marijuana because the details of this particular legalization plan were unwise and unworkable.

But the strong showing for legalization in Washington and Colorado lent an air of inevitability to eventual legalization in Oregon, if not in the 2014 midterm election then certainly during the 2016 presidential election year.

That’s when organizers of what would become Measure 91 began engaging the legislature with their ideas of how legalization should unfold in Oregon.

The group, New Approach Oregon, explained that they were willing to work with the legislature to craft a legalization plan with their input. Furthermore, the legislature need not have put their political careers at risk by going on the record for or against marijuana legalization. New Approach Oregon asked the legislature to craft a legalization plan and submit it to the voters as a referendum.

The inevitability of legalization acted as a thinlyveiled ultimatum: Work with us to create the legalization you’ll like, New Approach offered, or

The legislature refused the offer, so New Approach followed through on its promise. New Approach gathered the requisite number of signatures, the measure made the ballot, and it passed overwhelmingly. Fifty-six percent of the voters agreed that on July 1, adults get to possess 1 ounce of marijuana, 16 ounces of edibles, 72 ounces of tinctures, and 1 ounce of concentrates. Oregonians decided that adults also get to possess 8 ounces of marijuana and cultivate 4 marijuana plants per household. The electorate mandated that only the state can tax marijuana at a low $35 per ounce and only a vote of the people can ban marijuana commerce in a city or county. Most importantly, the will of the people is that the existing medical marijuana program is not to be affected by passing legalization - Measure 91 made that point in three separate sections (Section 4.7, Section 6.2a, and Section 6.2b).

Now the legislature is suddenly very interested in writing the details of marijuana legalization.

When Washington State passed their Initiative 502, it was safe from legislative tampering for two years, thanks to that state’s constitutional requirement of a two-thirds legislative majority to override an initiative passed by the people.

Colorado’s Amendment 64 is in that state’s constitution, and thus can’t be changed without another constitutional amendment. But since Oregon’s Measure 91 is neither constitutionally protected nor a constitutional amendment, it is immediately subject to the regulation and amendment that can be passed within the House and Senate. The legislative disdain for the clear intent of the people reached all the way to the governor’s office as well.

Before he resigned due to an influence scandal involving his fiancée, former governor Kitzhaber was announcing his set of “principles” that should guide the implementation of Measure 91.

“The amount that you can actually grow at a home-grow operation,” Kitzhaber told the Bend Bulletin, “seems to me to exceed the amount that you’re supposed to be able to have legally.”

Kitzhaber seemed to be thinking that four plants would produce more than eight ounces, which may be true. But I doubt Kitzhaber was arguing that the home possession limit should be higher; rather, he was arguing that there should be fewer plants allowed than what was approved by 115,000 more voters than re-elected him.

The former governor was also quick to ignore the

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The walls of Elvy Musikka's home are like that of a small museum. On 1 wall there's a picture of Jack Herer & John Sajo as young men together.

Then, a personal hand written message at the bottom of a family photo, from Michelle Obama, placed right next to her own family image. The countless number of festival speaker passes hanging about.

I think to myself, “I bet she's lost count over the years, because I've collected so many myself in just 7.”

It was just 3 weeks ago, I was waving Bye to her as the Amtrak train headed South. Elvy was to attend yet another court hearing.

No doubt she'll be sure to have her famous, federally issued, Government tin of Medical Marijuana in hand. This morning, she was so excited to be going and, as I woke, the birds were singing right along with her.

What a true gem Ms. Elvy Musikka is! Born in Columbia, 75 years ago.

Elvy is one of the four remaining Federal medical Image: Elvy Musikka. marijuana patients. Two, including her, receive their marijuana directly from Uncle Sam. YES! I did say that!

Page 7 The criminal charges against Randall were dropped, and following a petition filed in May 1976 by Randall, federal agencies began providing him with FDA-approved access to government supplies of medical marijuana, becoming the first American to receive marijuana for the treatment of a medical disorder. Randall went public with his victory and shortly after the government tried to prevent his legal access to marijuana. This led to the 1978 lawsuit where Randall was represented pro bono by law firm Steptoe & Johnson.

Twenty-four hours after filing the suit, the federal agencies requested an out-of-court settlement which resulted in Randall gaining “prescriptive” access to marijuana through a federal pharmacy near his home.

The settlement in Randall v. U.S. became the legal basis for the FDA's Compassionate Investigative New Drug program. Initially only available to patients afflicted by marijuanaresponsive disorders and orphan drugs, the Compassionate IND program was expanded to include HIVpositive patients in the mid1980s. At its peak, the program had thirty active patients. It stopped accepting new patients in 1992 after public health authorities concluded there was no scientific value to it, and due to President George H.W. Bush administration's desire to "get tough on crime and drugs."

Elvy received her prescription for treatment of her glaucoma during this period, and, as of 2011, four patients continue to receive cannabis from the government under the program.

On November 24, 1976, federal Judge James Washington ruled:

Clinton A. Werner, author of "Medical Marijuana and the AIDS Crisis", says that the closure of the government program during the height of the AIDS epidemic led directly to the formation of the medical cannabis movement in the United States, a movement which initially sought to provide cannabis for treating anorexia and wasting syndrome in AIDS patients.

“While blindness was shown by competent medical testimony to be the otherwise inevitable result of the defendant's disease, no adverse effects from the smoking of marijuana have been demonstrated...Medical evidence suggests that the medical prohibition is not well-founded.”

Elvy raised her children in her home with no horrible or negative social effects at a time when marijuana was considered one of the most harmful drugs in the nation. While struggling to end the failed war on Cont. on Page 9 drugs, there were many

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Oregon News Nugs Oregon Cities and Counties Still Aiming For Marijuana Control Oregon Cannabis Connection Rob Bovett, the council for the Association of Oregon Counties has made no bones about the fact that his clients, most of the counties across Oregon, want to have local control over marijuana, including the right to tax or ban them outright.

Bovett and the counties reasoning is based on the seldom used concept of the “Home rule” provisions in the Oregon constitution. The provision empowers local control over some laws and taxes, such like a hotel or food tax, or regulating businesses like junk yards to a certain location in a town or county.

They recently laid out their plans in an eight page memo, providing some further insights into their strategy.

Matt Goldberg on Marijuanaventure.com explained: “The cities and counties argue that Measure 91’s text is not evidence of a specific enough intent to preclude local governments from regulating marijuana beyond the requirements of the measure. Because Measure 91 does not state, for example, that a local election is the “only” way for a city or county to opt out of recreational marijuana, the cities and counties argue that they retain local authority to ban businesses.”

The measure did, in fact, spell out that it was the “only” way for a town to “opt out” was through a general election vote, but it was done in the voters pamphlet footnotes, as the AOC memo footnotes.

It could be a serious problem, as Goldberg noted further: “If successful, the argument is also dangerous because it could open the door to a possible multiplicity of rules and regulations on the local level, treating the forthcoming rules from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission not as a regulatory standard across local jurisdictions but as a regulatory floor on which local jurisdictions can establish their own unique rules and

requirements.”

Legislation introduced providing all the power the Counties wanted has gotten little traction, though some amount of local controls may be addressed by the legislature before the session ends. It remains to be seen just how broad those powers of control will be.

Matt Goldbergs entire post can be read here: http://www.marijuanaventure.com/oregoncities-outline-attack-plan-against-measure-91/

Oregon's Current Cannabis Supply is Enough For Entire Market Oregon Cannabis Connection

An Oregon State University sociologist and expert on marijuana explained how Oregon's marijuana production is already enough to supply the market once recreational marijuana begins commercially next year.

Seth Crawford, who teaches a class at OSU entitled “Marijuana Policy in the 21st Century” said, “There’s a difference between large-scale agricultural producers and these marijuana producers,” explaining the small scale high quality production that already exist in Oregon, reported the Capital Press.

“They’re still small scale compared to a 10,000acre wheat ranch. The way the Oregon market evolved was thousands of small growers producing high quality products and unique products. You couldn’t do it on an industrial scale,” he explained in the article.

Crawford further explained that Oregon's production of cannabis is more than the state consumes, and likely the demand could be met with a single 35 acre Southern Oregon garden, and added, “Oregon’s growers could supply the total U.S. cannabis market on just 5,000 acres.”

Capital Press further reported: “Crawford said cannabis — unofficially — is Oregon’s most valuable crop, with an estimated annual value approaching $1 billion. Based on his surveys of legal and illegal growers, the state’s “internal marijuana demand” in 2014 was about 150,628 pounds. At $150 an ounce, that’s $361 million.

Medical marijuana growers grew and exported 391,694 pounds above the Oregon demand, worth another $587 million, Crawford said.

That makes the farm gate value of Oregon’s pot

exports alone greater than the combined value of hazelnuts, pears, wine grapes, Christmas trees and blueberries, according to Crawford’s estimates.”

Oregon outsiders take note, Oregon has a great production system in place, and there's not a lot of room, at this point. Maybe you should wait until interstate commerce is allowed, then there might be room, maybe.

Find the entire article from Capital Press here: http://www.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20150331/ osu-expert-says-skilled-farmers-would-swamppot-market

NIC USA To Handle Online Marijuana Applications for Oregon Oregon Cannabis Connection

With an eye on January, 2016, the Oegon Liquor Control Commission signed a contract with NIC USA to handle the online application process, and more. In addition to accepting applications for marijuana licenses, they will allow processing of tax payments, renewal of licenses, and update of license information.

A statement released by the OLCC said: “Under the measure approved by voters last November to legalize recreational marijuana, the OLCC has a deadline of January 4, 2016, to begin accepting applications for commercial growers, processors, wholesalers and retail outlets.

“The agreement with NIC USA is an important step on the path to getting the marijuana program up and running

by January of next year,” said Tom Towslee, acting communications director for the OLCC. “The next step is to appoint a rules advisory committee to help write the rules necessary to implement the new law.”

The design phase will begin immediately to be completed in time to meet the deadline imposed under Measure 91. The agreement has an annual subscription fee of $80,000. NIC USA also manages the Oregon E-Gov web portal for the government under the Department of Administrative Services.

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New Governor Cont. from Pg. 5 the largest penalty issued for a violation of the pay-per-signature ban was $10,900, issued in 2008."

Would Initiative 24 have succeeded on Election Day 2012? I think so, based off of the polling results I saw and the strong campaign team I saw behind the scenes. Obviously we will never know for sure. But I have always had a bad taste in my mouth ever since the campaign was derailed. The day after the 2012 Election, a long time, respected marijuana activist from Oregon pointed out at a meeting that the signature gathering issues that Initiative 24 was fined for were definitely occurring with the Measure 80 campaign, while there was just mere speculation with the Initiative 24 campaign.

Yet Kate Brown chose to go after the initiative that had a better chance of winning, and went after it hard. Why? While there’s no way to know for sure, I have always felt that it was a very strategic move by Kate Brown to try to derail marijuana legalization altogether. I feel that Kate Brown purposely targeted the better initiative to derail it, and allowed Oregon Measure 80 to proceed because she knew it wouldn’t pass due to being so poorly written and had next to no campaign running to support it. Then other politicians at the capital could point to Oregon Measure 80’s failure as a sign that Oregon voters didn’t want legalization at all, and then could fail to act, which is exactly what happened.

Fortunately, two years later Oregon voters did pass a marijuana legalization initiative, one that is better than both of the 2012 initiatives.

But it still makes me wonder just what type of Governor we are going to see in regards to marijuana policy. Will Kate Brown uphold the will of the voters, and fight to implement Oregon Measure 91 as it was passed? Kate Brown claims all the time that she is her to carry out the voter’s will, and now she has the opportunity to back those words up with actions. I truly hope that we don’t see her go the Kitzhaber route, and start calling for lower possession limits, a merging of the OMMP with the recreational industry, and who knows what else.

That would be a sad day for Oregon, which is a state that has already had enough sad days lately. © 2015 The Weed Blog. Reprinted by permission. Orig. article at: http://www.theweedblog.com/oregongovernor-marijuana-legalization/

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OMMBC in Eugene

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using old demeaning terms for cannabis, stating, “...Medical growers in Southern Oregon are widely believed to be feeding the black market for marijuana. The more dope they supply, the lower the black market’s costs keeping illegal dealers’ prices competitive with state-licensed stores.”

to use electricity, limits of transformers, proper wiring requirements, and other safety oriented information.

But, to my surprise, their primary objective was to sell their power! They did have all they safety information you might need, but they were really showing potential indoor growers that its a lot cheaper to grow in Eugene than in most other areas. Why, because their power is cheaper and largely from sustainable sources. Imagine, a public utility actively courting marijuana grows in their region!

That's an amazing change!

News flash! There are a lot more people diverting cannabis to the black market than just Southern Oregon! Even indoor cannabis coming out of Portland!

But, more importantly, why use the term “dope”? What decade is this writer living in? He uses the term twice in the article, he also used “weed” seven times, marijuana 13 times, yet never used “cannabis” once!

The Willamette Week should publish a retraction of their imbalanced article and offer Anthony Johnson an apology, as well as the others involved in the drafting of the memo.

I spoke to Anthony Johnson, and he sent me a post he composed and placed online in the comments of the Willamette Week Article. Here is what he wrote: “While I am actually very reluctant to post a comment here, not wanting to give any more attention to such an inaccurate and misleading article, I feel that I must set the record straight. I have also sent an email to Mr. Mesh asking for a correction of the record.

The "meeting" in question with Rob Patridge actually had 3 other people present, which was conveniently left out of this article for some reason. One of the people present isn't even involved in public cannabis law reform advocacy. Mr. Patridge just happened to get into Portland and called someone else at the table just as I was about to leave as I needed to deliver food that I ordered to-go.

If I had ordered the food 90 seconds earlier, I would have been out the door and I wouldn't even have attended the "meeting," which did not in any way involve any "plan" to change the medical marijuana program. This could easily have been corroborated by calling the other people who were there.

Here (below) is the email exchange between myself and Aaron Mesh. You can view for yourself if this story is accurate and reflects my answers or whether the story seems to want to craft a narrative of "secret" "meetings" regardless of the facts.”

---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Anthony Johnson <anthony********.com> Date: Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 1:12 PM Subject: Re: WW Questions To: Aaron Mesh <amesh@wweek.com> 1. What was the purpose of your March 12 meeting with Rob Patridge?

The May 12 "meeting" referred to in the leaked document was actually me getting lunch with some friends who are also cannabis law reform advocates. One of them, by coincidence, got a call from Mr. Patridge while we were at the table. Mr. Patridge happened to be nearby, so he was invited to stop by. After Mr. Patridge arrived, I asked him some questions about his perspective on regulations. He told me what he was thinking. I mostly listened but did tell him I think it's important to follow the text of Measure 91 and adhere to the will of the voters. I didn't negotiate anything.

2. Why were you negotiating to give OLCC more authority over medical marijuana?

What concessions from the state did you feel would benefit medical growers?

Alex is planning another event in Portland this September, and it should be every bit as useful to the attendees as his other events. For more information on it, visit www.ommbc.com or www.marijuanapolitics.com.

I want to be clear that I was not negotiating to give the OLCC more authority over medical marijuana. Nor was I negotiating any policy provisions.

The impromptu "meeting" with Mr. Patridge was not a negotiation in any way.

No negotiations occurred at all. I wasn't formally considering any concessions or policy decisions and nobody made any policy decisions. I was mostly just listening to what he had to say. In a few cases, I told him what I thought.

3. What involvement will you have in future proposals to shape the OLCC policy on medical marijuana?

I will provide testimony, help keep supporters of Measure 91 informed, talk to legislators and policy makers and work towards helping Oregon implement the best marijuana regulations possible.

Lawmakers and policy makers get to decide for themselves whom they listen to, but I hope they will continue to consider what I have to say.

Thanks, --Anthony Johnson

And, although the Willamette Week may not have questions for Burns, we do, and so do many others. A few of the questions for him, specifically, would be: (6 of the 21 questions from: http://marijuanapolitics.com/burnsgate-21questions-after-tom-burns-firing/) Why did Tom Burns leak the documents in the first place? (Was it a policy decision or a personal decision or another reason?

Why did Tom Burns lie about being the source of the leak? (Was it just a heat of the moment lapse or was there some thought behind it?

Why would Tom Burns be willing to risk a prominent government job, paying him more than $100,000 a year, to leak an internal document to a lobbyist and then lie about leaking it?

Did Burns tell Ms. Margolis, the recipient of the document, that she needed to keep the document, or source of the document, secret?

Did Burns tell Ms. Margolis that this was just a working, unfinished document?

Will Burns speak publicly about this leak and his motive for leaking it and then lying about leaking it?

Time to get on the right side of history, Willamette Week. © 2015 Oregon Cannabis Connection,. All Rights Reserved.

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Church & State Cont. from Pg. 6 Measure 91. His termination will leave a hole in the debate but a lot of work remains to implement Measure 91 and as session nears its mid-point Oregonians are beginning to expect some movement from the Committee.

We are, in fact, rapidly approaching the halfway point this session and legislation is pending throughout the building that will help OMMP patients. Unfortunately moving some of this legislation depends on the Measure 91 committee wrapping up its attempts to adjust the medical marijuana program and get on with measuring the merits of other legislation.

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Cont. from Pg. 7 wonderful life experiences and friends that would cross into and out of Elvy's life.

As a young girl, she grew up in Columbia, South America. Moving to Florida and raising her family. At 49 ImageOCC years old, Ms. Musikka hit the road full time. Her children were grown, free to the world and so was she! To free the precious plant that she'd used to treat her glaucoma.

That's the story most know about her, the story of why she uses medical marijuana. Few know the historical “golden nuggets” of the woman that dwells within. Like a student, I listen and know I have learned so much, but also so little, from this beautiful soul. There's so many wonderful stories of our friends that fought so hard for the reform our marijuana and yet, did not live to see the day Oregon legalized it.

Christine McGarvin, Jim Grieg, Jim Klahr, Jack Herer, and the list grows.

Elvy laughs at the life experiences she shares with me, and how she shows up to court with her 'famous tin' at the oddest places and people become educated.

She's her own rolling classroom! OH WOW! I hear her shout as she sprints from the bedroom with a stack of pictures in hand, “Can you tell me who's in these pictures?!”

“I think they're the ones I've been looking for,” she exclaims further. She's as excited as a kid in a candy store on Easter morning!

As I describe to her the people in the photos, her mind and lips start to work together as her blind eyes let her heart flow...her memories vivid and captivating.

Anthony Taylor is the Executive Director of Compassionate Oregon and a longtime cannabis activist. He has been instrumental in legislative gains for the OMMP in recent years.

You see, it's as simple as this. The first woman to receive Medical Marijuana from the United Stated of America, a legally blind woman, can see more clear than any of the politicians or elected officials that continue this senseless failed war on drugs.

Visit ww.occnewspaper.com for updated information on their Bill Tracker page. We also provide links to the The Oregon Legislative Information System (or OLIS),

"This insanity will never be over, Until Cannabis is completely removed from the controlled substance act", Elvy says.

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Though he had been specially trained in chemical warfare, he was sent to the Infantry to become a scout - the most dangerous job in the war, serving under the infamous General George Patton.

By Bonnie King Standing up for others has always been something "Doc" does best.

(PORTLAND, Ore. Feb 25, 2015) - “I have been studying the medical use of marijuana since 1950 and I am very proud of the fact that I essentially introduced medical marijuana to the state of Oregon,” said Dr. Phil Leveque.

Now, with so many proactive changes going on throughout the United States in regard to rational marijuana laws, Dr. Leveque says he feels like people are finally catching up.

He spoke to Amy Frazier from KOIN 6 on February 24th, and she learned about a man who has dedicated his life to helping others even in the face of controversy.

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As a Scout, he walked from Luxembourg to Czechoslovakia mostly under fire. When crossing the Rhine River, they lost 150 men from the platoon, in one day. Another day, they lost 20 men of a thirty man platoon who charged a German machine gun. War is full of losses.

A better story is the day he captured 26 Nazi officers almost single-handedly! The officers were holding a meeting inside a commandeered French house with their weapons lined up at the front door. Leveque and another soldier came upon them, and literally convinced them to give themselves up. The two soldiers marched the Germans back to camp amid real shock and awe.

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When she asked him how he wants to be remembered, he said with a smile, “Pot Doc.” Nothing could be more “right”.

Dr. Phil Leveque is a well-known doctor, though some may not recognize his notoriety as hot a topic as it once was. The doctor who helped legalize medical marijuana in the state of Oregon is now witnessing the consequence of his endeavors.

“Finally, there are dispensaries so patients can access their medicine,” says Leveque. “That was a real problem for a long time. And they’ve added important conditions, like Alzheimer’s rage, and PTSD to Oregon’s law. This is all real progress in taking care of people.”

He just celebrated his 92nd birthday with friends and family, with chocolate covered strawberries and carrot cake, topped off with Doc’s colorful stories causing unrestrained laughter from our slightly-delinquent crowd. He is in a Portland rehab facility, dealing with several physical issues and is under hospice care; he’s as much a fighter as ever.

Though federal prohibition of marijuana is still a major factor for all Americans, Oregonians have taken the high road, and passed an initiative allowing the adult use of marijuana recreationally. It goes into effect on July 1.

Though it is not a medical choice, Dr. Leveque is in agreement that this is great news for Oregonians.

“Finally, people over 21 can use it without fear, instead of the very unhealthy options that have been the only option since 1938. Alcohol kills.

Marijuana does not. Yes, I am very happy to see this in my lifetime.”

Leveque Walks the Walk He came from hearty stock. His father was a Construction Superintendent for about 50 sawmills in the Pacific Northwest. Between 5 and 12 years old, his family lived in Klamath Falls, Oregon, a pure log and sawmill town.

Then they moved to Hood River, where he enjoyed a healthy, happy childhood, and was a great student.

He was studying chemistry at the University of Oregon when WWII was underway, and the draft board deterred his service in exchange for continuing his education in that field. He finished his undergraduate studies early, and decided to volunteer for the war.

"I volunteered for the Army in May 1944. I thought they could use a good chemist, but I was wrong. Instead, I was dragooned into being a Battalion scout, point man and forward observer, a real Dogface," he said.

After the war, he was sent to Eisenhower's Headquarters to be a statistician in Public Health. He was severely injured in a car accident shortly after returning to the United States, and his neck was broken. He was told he would never walk again, but he spent many months in traction, and eventually did walk, indeed- dance!.

Though suffering from chronic pain, he did not let it stop him from moving on with his life. He and his wife, Eve, a nurse, had five children who traveled the globe with them.

The esteemed Doctor continued his education after the war, and holds five academic degrees in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Osteopathy.

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effects of PTSD, he specialized in treating Veterans during his years as a doctor in Molalla, Oregon. Many of them attribute their success in overcoming hard drug and alcohol addiction to his help and support.

“I salute you; I was once a patient of yours Sir,” said Don Land. “Thank you for the courage to fight the good fight that has led me to here and now. Without that inspiration and tough love from you I would not be alive today.”

“He is my Hero...and always has been. Back when PTSD was just a laughable excuse, he seen me. I had come to him out of desperation, when the Oregon D.V.A. failed me. His grit and his courage more than anything renewed me and gave me a purpose in my life.

"I taught in Africa for two years. My students were from a dozen different African tribes as well as Pakistan and India. When I left I was presented with a Chief's cane and an invitation to return," Leveque recalled.

Leveque was one of Oregon's first toxicologists and has served as an expert witness in more than 400 cases.

"I won about 80% of my cases and angered a lot of lawyers in the process," he laughed. "Pretty good for a Hood River farm boy!"

Oregon Voters Pass Marijuana for Medical Purposes A long-time friend of Leveque’s, Alfred Hayward said, “He is passionately patriotic veteran and an old-school doctor who is more interested in helping others than helping himself.” He’s right on the money.

Most Oregonians have known Dr. Leveque for years as “Pot Doc”, a name he’s proud to wear.

Dr. Leveque ("Doc") was instrumental in the creation of the Oregon law that allows the use of Medical Marijuana in the late 1990's. The law went into effect in 1999.

Dr. Phil Leveque has been a leading advocate for the legalization of medical marijuana since the beginning. In the first few years after the voters said yes to medical use, Dr. Leveque signed over 50% of the patient applications.

Very few doctors were brave enough to put their pen to paper, but he knew that the natural medicine helped people and had no negative health consequences. People would travel hours to visit Leveque at his office in Molalla, Oregon.

He was a godsend.

Because he had a unique understanding of the

people on leaving the medical marijuana program untouched, asking “If you could use marijuana recreationally, why do you even need a separate medical marijuana statute?” That’s a refrain picked up on by members of the legislature who are floating various bills that would in some way merge medical with recreational or eliminate major parts of the medical law altogether (some of those bills, sadly, are proposed by medical marijuana growers seeking greater profits and less responsibility to care for patients).

“He above all others in this Cannabis Movement is owed a debt of gratitude that should be immortalized,” said Land.

They Didn’t Stop The Movement His popularity also made him a target. The medical board didn’t know how to react to the new law, and opted to turn on Dr. Leveque.

“Four other doctors in Oregon complained that I was “stealing their patients and doping them up,” Leveque said, which was insulting for a man who had dedicated his life to helping.

“They had hopes of scaring other doctors away from signing medical marijuana applications.” It didn’t work.

In 2004, the medical board succeeded in taking away his license. His removal left 5,000 patients in a lurch, and some had a hard time finding another doctor, but it did not stop the increasing numbers of sick and ill people seeking medical marijuana for relief.

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He spent the next 25 years as a professor, teaching in 10 different colleges and universities in the U.S., and spending two years teaching in Africa through the University of London. He personally trained the first doctors in Tanzania.

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“They tried to frighten every other doctor in Oregon by revoking my license, but that didn’t work, because the other doctor says, ‘they’re spending all their time harassing Dr. Leveque, they’re going to leave us alone,’ and that’s what happened,” explained Leveque.

Being deemed a “danger” by the Oregonian has been a joke for a decade. In fact, it’s more a term of endearment by those closest to him. “It’s true,” Leveque jokes, “I’m known by my friends as the most dangerous man in Oregon.”

But regarding the loss of his ability to practice medicine….Was it worth it?

“You bet,” he said with conviction. “If I hadn't done it, nobody would have.”

True. We needed an experienced scout to lead us.

Thank you, Dr. Leveque. From the thousands of people you’ve helped, and innumerable lives you’ve touched. We couldn’t have done this without you. © 2015 Salem-News.com.

Reprinted by permission.

The lobbyists for the cities and counties, meanwhile, are fighting to allow localities to set their own marijuana taxes, clearly counter to Measure 91’s vesting of sole taxation authority with the state. The cities are arguing for the legislature to let stand local taxes they passed prior to the election, despite Measure 91’s clear language repealing and superseding all inconsistent local laws. Those cities and counties also want to be able to ban all marijuana commerce through their councils and boards, rather than through Measure 91’s required vote of the people. One legislator even floated the idea of increasing Measure 91’s typical 1,000-foot buffer between commercial marijuana operations and schools to an entire mile, which would make marijuana commerce impossible in just about every city and town in Oregon.

So now the New Approach Oregon campaign is tasked with insuring that what the people voted for actually becomes the law. As the legislature sees it, in 2012, voters who craved legalization were apparently smart enough to reject the details of OCTA, but in 2014, voters were apparently ignoring the details of New Approach Oregon because they simply craved legalization.

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National News After persistent advocacy in my home state of New York, we finally saw a medical marijuana law passed last summer. Yet individual state's laws, including New York's, will not succeed until we lift the current federal restrictions surrounding this plant," she added.

A bipartisan trio of senators today introduced historic legislation to legalize medical marijuana at the federal level. Sens.

Cory Booker (D-NJ), Kirsten Gillibrand (DNY), and Rand Paul (R-KY) filed the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States (CARERS) Act, which would end the federal prohibition on medical marijuana and allow states to set their own policies.

We need policies that empower states to legalize medical marijuana if they so chooserecognizing that there are Americans who can realize real medical benefits if this treatment option is brought out of the shadows," said Sen. Booker.

"Doctors and patients deserve federal laws that are fair and compassionate, and states should be able to set their own medical marijuana policies without federal interference. I am thankful to Senators Gillibrand and Paul as well as the Drug Policy Alliance for their hard work on this common-sense bill to make medical marijuana accessible to the millions of Americans who could benefit from it."

The bill would reclassify marijuana for medical use, allow veterans to have access to medical marijuana, overhaul banking laws to allow licensed medical marijuana businesses to use financial services, and open up more research possibilities for medical marijuana.

In addition to the Drug Policy Alliance, the senators also consulted with the Marijuana Policy Project, Americans for Safe Access, and other voices for patients in drafting the bill. Although nearly half the states have passed medical marijuana laws (and a dozen more have passed limited CBD cannabis oil laws), marijuana remains illegal under federal law. That means patients and providers in medical marijuana states are still at risk of federal prosecution and families and patients in non-medical marijuana states must relocate or travel long distances to get treatment, facing the risk of prosecution in non-medical marijuana states along the way.

"I am so happy to support this bill. As the mother of a child with a severe seizure disorder, anxiously waiting to get access to a medication that is already helping thousands of others is unbearable," said Kate Hintz, a New York resident who has advocated for CBD to treat her daughter and others to treat epilepsy and seizures."

"I applaud Sens. Gillibrand, Booker and Paul for taking this bold step forward and insisting the federal government take action. Let's end the fear and stigma associated with marijuana, and instead allow this bill to provide research, medicine, and long needed relief to so many. It cannot come fast enough, especially for my daughter," Hintz concluded.

"For far too long, the government has enforced unnecessary laws that have restricted the ability of the medical community to determine the medicinal value of marijuana and have prohibited Americans from receiving essential care that would alleviate their chronic pain and suffering. I am proud today to stand with Sens. Gillibrand and Booker to introduce a bill that will fundamentally change our nation's drug policies and have a positive impact on the lives of our Veterans and children," said Sen. Paul.

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While the Obama administration has, in recent years, largely taken a laissez-faire approach to medical marijuana in states that have approved it, that approach is both uneven and dependent on the whim of the administration in power. Just last week, federal prosecutors in Washington state took a family of five medical marijuana patients--the Kettle Falls Five--to trial, threatening them with lengthy, mandatory minimum prison sentences for growing medical marijuana legally under state law (in a state where even recreational marijuana is legal!).

Fortunately for the Kettle Falls Five, a federal jury acquitted them of most charges, including the most serious ones. But under the current state of federal marijuana prohibition, such prosecutions could continue.

Similarly, the Obama administration's recent restraint on medical marijuana is derived from Justice Department guidance to federal prosecutors about which cases raise the level of federal concern high enough to warrant prosecution. That guidance was crafted by a deputy attorney general answerable to Attorney General Holder and the president. Absent protections provided by this bill or similar legislation, a new administration could easily return to the bad old days of DEA raids and patients and providers being hauled off to federal prison.

"As the parents of severely ill children who could be helped by medical cannabis, we are dedicated to advancing safe, legal and viable access," said Maria De Gregorio, a parent leader of the Kentucky-based Parents Coalition for Rescheduling Medical Cannabis. "Rescheduling efforts must also guarantee access to whole plant extracts that have proven therapeutic benefits. We feel it is crucial to support state rights in all current and future medical marijuana programs. Thus, we strongly endorse this bill as it is written."

"Almost half the states have legalized marijuana for medical use; it's long past time to end the federal ban," said Michael Collins, Policy Manager for the Drug Policy Alliance. "This bipartisan legislation allows states to set their own medical marijuana policies and ends the criminalization of patients, their families, and the caregivers and dispensary owners and employees who provide them their medicine."

"With studies showing that medical cannabis access decreases suicide and addiction rates, the CARERS Act is absolutely necessary to help fix a broken healthcare system for veterans, which deals with suicides and addiction at catastrophic rates," said TJ Thompson, a retired U.S. Navy Third Class Petty Officer. "Now, I'm considered a criminal because of the medication that helps me. I take it illegally to treat my PTSD." "This comprehensive proposal would effectively end the war on medical marijuana and let states compassionately provide care for seriously ill people without the federal government standing in the way," said Tom Angell, director of Marijuana Majority. "The fact that two young Democrats with likely long political futures have teamed up with a probable 2016 Republican presidential candidate shows how medical marijuana is a nonpartisan, noncontroversial issue that draws support from across the spectrum. With polls showing an overwhelming majority of American voters backing marijuana reform, you’d think taking up this proposal would be a nobrainer for legislative leaders who want to show that Congress can still get things done."

We shall see. The bill text is not yet available on the congressional website, and it has not yet been assigned to a committee.

That's the next step in a long process. © 2015 StopTheDrugWar.org. reprinted under licence.

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Colorado was joined by Oregon and Washington in the defense of Colorado's legal marijuana legislation. Two neighboring states of Colorado, Oklahoma and Nebraska, have filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Supreme Court to stop Colorado's legal cannabis laws which they claim violate federal law and also have increased possession in their own states.

The Washington and Oregon AG's also filed a joint “friend of the court” brief in support of Colorado. Both states have also passed similar marijuana legalization for adult use.

The Cato institute broke down the opposing arguments, in layman's terms, in their article “Colorado Pushes Back against Oklahoma and Nebraska Marijuana Suit” at www.cato.org: “The Nebraska/Oklahoma argument: because the federal government, through the Controlled Substances Act, has banned marijuana, states are not allowed to contradict that ban by creating a regulatory framework for legalization. Further, Colorado’s official regulation of recreational marijuana imposes a nuisance burden on surrounding states due to an alleged increase in drug trafficking.”

Colorado's response: Federal marijuana prohibition is still in effect, and the decision not to prioritize enforcement in states that legalize marijuana came from the federal government, not Colorado. If Nebraska and Oklahoma object to the manner in which the federal government is discharging its law enforcement duties in Colorado, they should be suing the federal government.”

The irony is apparent, since the two States filing the suit are quite “red”, and they are filing a lawsuit that challenges a states sovereignty, a position normally championed by conservative States.

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt used Gonzales vs. Raich as precedence for his argument. The States believe that the U.S. Government should intervene in the Colorado law since there is “leakage” into neighboring states which still follow federal law, and fully criminalize cannabis use and possession.

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Justice Dept. Will Continue Prosecuting for Medical Marijuana From Drug Policy Alliance U.S. Justice Department Says It Will Ignore Federal Law and Prosecute People for Medical Marijuana Despite Congressional Spending Ban A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) told the Los Angeles Times that a bi-partisan amendment passed by Congress last year prohibiting DOJ from spending any money to undermine state medical marijuana laws doesn't prevent it from prosecuting people for medical marijuana or seizing their property. The statement comes as the agency continues to target people who are complying with their state medical marijuana law. This insubordination is occurring despite the fact that members of Congress in both parties were clear that their intent with the amendment was to protect medical marijuana patients and providers from federal prosecution and forfeiture.

"The Justice Department is ignoring the will of the voters, defying Congress, and breaking the law," said Bill Piper, director of national affairs for the Drug Policy Alliance.

"President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder need to rein in this out-of-control agency."

Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have laws that legalize and regulate marijuana for medicinal purposes.

Twelve states have laws on the books regulating cannabidiol (CBD) oils, a nonpsychotropic component of medical marijuana which some parents are utilizing to treat their children’s seizures. Four states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for non-medical use.

Last May Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher and Democratic Congressman Sam Farr offered an amendment to a spending bill prohibiting the Justice Department from spending any money in 2015 to prevent states "from implementing their own State laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana." Members of both parties took to the House floor in opposition to the prosecution of medical marijuana patients and providers and in defense of states setting their own marijuana laws without federal interference.

The Republican-controlled House passed the amendment with most Democrats and 49 Republicans approving it. The amendment

National News was backed in the Senate by Republican Senator Rand Paul and Democratic Senator Cory Booker and made it into the final "cromnibus" bill that was signed by President Obama in December. The spending restriction applies to fiscal year 2015 spending.

The House also passed three other amendments last year letting states set their own marijuana policies, but those amendments never made it into law. Polls show roughly three-quarters of Americans support legalizing marijuana for medical use.

A little more than half of voters support legalizing marijuana for non-medical use, in the same way alcohol is legal, taxed, and regulated.

“Congress should respond to the Justice Department’s insubordination by changing federal law...Patients and the people who provide them with their medicine will never be safe until states are free to set their own marijuana policy without federal interference.”

Bill Piper, Dir. of National Affairs Drug Policy Alliance

Advocates say that even though the spending restriction is a good restriction, the Department of Justice’s actions show the need for changing federal law. Last month Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Cory Booker (DNJ), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Dean Heller (R-NV) introduced bipartisan legislation to legalize marijuana for medical use. The Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States - CARERS Act is the first-ever bill in the U.S. Senate to legalize marijuana for medical use and the most comprehensive medical marijuana bill ever introduced in Congress. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Rep. Don Young (R-AK) introduced a House version of the bill last week.

"Congress should respond to the Justice Department’s insubordination by changing federal law," said Piper. "Patients and the people who provide them with their medicine will never be safe until states are free to set their own marijuana policy without federal interference." © 2015 Drug Policy Alliance. Reprinted by permission. Original Article at:

http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2015/04/ us-justice-department-says-it-will-ignorefederal-law-and-prosecute-people-medicalmari

Federal Government To Spend $69 Million On Medical Marijuana

By Johnny Green The Weed Blog

The federal government has been growing marijuana for medical purposes since 1968. It always surprises me just how many people don’t know that. Marijuana opponents are always quick to make the statement ‘it is still illegal federally’ when it comes to legalizing medical marijuana at the state level, as if the legality at the federal level means the federal government is completely opposed to medical marijuana. The federal government is only opposed to medical marijuana for everyone else, but not the feds themselves.

If the federal government truly believed that marijuana has no medical value, which is what the current classification of marijuana involves, than they wouldn’t be growing marijuana for distribution and research at the University of Mississippi. They wouldn’t own patents related to marijuana’s medical value. The truth is marijuana is medicine, and the federal government knows it. They want to do as much research as possible themselves, and stymie research attempts by others, in an attempt to corner the future medical marijuana industry. If people think that’s just a conspiracy theory, I’d love to hear why, and what the true explanation is for why the federal government owns medical patents for a plant that they are researching, yet prohibit anyone from possessing and using without their permission.

The federal government recently renewed its contract with the University of Mississippi to continue to grow marijuana for medical purposes. Per Time:

"Uncle Sam has awarded the University of Mississippi $68.8 million to grow marijuana and analyze it. The contract awarded Monday by an arm of the National Institutes of Health will go to a marijuana research lab at Ole Miss, which has been the sole producer of federally legal marijuana since 1968. The project is ramping up to grow 30,000 plants, according to the Los Angeles Times."

In its solicitation, the NIH’s National Institute on Drug Abuse mandated a “secure and video monitored outdoor facility of approximately 12 acres” that could handle the “cultivation, growing, harvesting, analyzing, and storing of research grade cannabis,” according to a listing posted on a federal government website. “The indoor facility must be at least 1000 square feet, having controls for light intensity, photo cycles, temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide concentration,” it added."

Cannabis Connection It’s beyond time that the United States government gave up this sham. The sham of declaring that marijuana has no medical value and classifying it as a Schedule I substance, while at the same time growing marijuana, researching it, holding patents as a result of that research, and even providing some of the medical marijuana to four federal patients. It’s time that the United States truly respected the will of voters and legislatures in states that have legalized medical marijuana. It’s time that the federal government stepped aside and allowed unimpeded medical marijuana research to anyone that wishes to pursue such a project.

Marijuana is medicine, and the federal government knows it, and has for a very long time. © 2015 The Weed Blog. Reprinted by permission.

Orig. article at: http://www.theweedblog.com/federalgovernment-to-spend-69-million-on-medicalmarijuana/

OK and NE Sue Cont. from Pg. 11 Gonzalez vs. Raich dealt with interstate commerce issues surrounding marijuana.

But, the attorney who argued the case for Angel Raich in the referenced case, Randy Barnett, wrote in the Washington Post, “In no way did [the decision in Raich] say or even imply that Congress had the power to compel state legislatures to exercise their police power to criminalize the possession of marijuana.”

It appears their case is without merit, and will not receive serious consideration by the court. We shall know in a while, which is many months in court time. And I agree with Johnny Green of The Weed Blog who wrote, “Colorado doesn’t have a marijuana problem, Oklahoma and Nebraska have a prohibition problem.” © 2015 Oregon Cannabis Connection. All rights reserved.

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National News Nugs Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Could Open In Hawaii By Next Year

National News Hawaii allow out of state patients to make purchases at dispensaries, much like what Nevada is going to do. Hawaii doesn’t have as many medical marijuana patients as some other states (roughly 13,000), but Hawaii gets more tourists than most other states, and allowing out of state patients to make purchases would be huge for the Hawaii medical marijuana industry, and those out of state dollars could go to things like schools. © 2015 The Weed Blog. Reprinted by permission. Orig. story at: http://www.theweedblog.com/medicalmarijuana-dispensaries-could-open-in-hawaiiby-next-year/

“People are burned out on the old doctrine, they offer guilt, they offer sin.” Levin explained to CNN March 31st. “We offer no judgment whatsoever, were based on love, compassion and health. Good things, you know, healthy things, happy things.”

Indiana Religious Restoration Law Spurs First Church of Cannabis

But, late night comedians took their shots at the idea, including the Tonight Show's Jimmy Fallon who said of the story, “In all fairness though, no one is higher than God, right?”

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I always say that a state’s medical marijuana program is only as good as the ability for patients to safely and easily access medicine. So if a state doesn’t allow patients to grow their own medical marijuana, or designate another person to do so, then that state’s medical marijuana program will never reach its full potential. The same is true if a state does not allow medical marijuana dispensaries. Not every patient has the means or skill set to grow medical marijuana, and they may not know someone else who does either. It’s vital that those patients have a safe and legal way to buy their medicine.

Hawaii has had a medical marijuana program for well over a decade now, but has never allowed medical marijuana dispensaries on the islands. That has harmed a lot of patients, forcing them to go without medicine or purchase it from the black market if they can’t cultivate it at home. That could change, finally, as early as 2016. Per Marijuana Business Daily: Dispensary owners could find their own piece of paradise earlier than previously expected after a state Senate committee in Hawaii passed a bill allowing dispensaries to open, along with an amendment to a previous bill that would allow them to open next year.

The original bill said licenses would be issued starting in January 2017 with operations beginning in June of that year.

The Medical Cannabis Coalition of Hawaii has been advocating for issuance of issue licenses in 2016 rather than 2017, according to the group’s website.

For the sake of patients, I hope that dispensaries become a reality in Hawaii in 2016 rather than 2017. They have gone long enough without safe access. I would really like to see

had over 16,000 likes, and the church has made over $4,000 dollars in donations, many of them a tithe of a mere $4.20 per month!

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A story went viral at the end of March that should have made almost everyone that has a descent sense of humor laugh, but unfortunately it was overshadowed by the very law that made the story possible. Indiana approved a cannabis centered church, even though Indiana does not allow cannabis, medically or otherwise.

The church, “The First Church of Cannabis”, was approved by the Indiana state government as an official church in March under the new Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The Act is very controversial for its lack of protections from those who would discriminate against others due to their religious beliefs.

State legislators made quick revisions to the law that would prevent religious discrimination within days of its signing, but only after getting lambasted across the news and internet for their restrictive and bigoted law, and also having many large organizations and corporations call for a boycott of the State.

However, due to the core, and still unchanged language in the law that offers broad protections for a person's basic religious beliefs and practices, the way was paved for the idea of a cannabis church. With the new protections available, Bill Levin decided to utilize what is an otherwise useless and divisive law to help protect his vision for cannabis and its wonderful properties.

“This snowballed a little more than I thought” Levin said to CNN. Levin has been making the rounds on TV and radio doing interviews and promoting his cause. Their Facebook page, as of March 31st,

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25,000 Marijuana Seeds Given Out In Washington D.C. The Weed Blog

Washington D.C. voters approved marijuana legalization by a very large margin.

Washington D.C. Initiative 71 passed during the 2014 Election by a margin of 70.06% ‘yes’ to 29.94% ‘no’. The initiative legalized marijuana possession and cultivation, but did not include a way to obtain marijuana from a store due to taxing and spending provisions that require Congressional approval. In order to help citizens of Washington D.C., the Initiative 71 campaign organized two marijuana seed giveaways last week, which was a tremendous success. Per WUSA9: "For the second time this week, people stood in line for free marijuana seeds The line was even longer Saturday for folks wanting marijuana seeds than the first ‘seed share’ on Thursday. Thousands waited outside DC Cannabis Campaign headquarters for hours for a few seeds. People have never been so elated standing in the cold."

“Everyone is very happy to be here,” said Amy Dunham. “We’re all getting along, all creeds and color,” added Patrick Mitchell The line stretched several blocks along embassy row on Massachusetts Avenue NW for the historic marijuana seed share event. In total, roughly 25,000 marijuana seeds were given out in Washington D.C.. D.C.’s marijuana

Page 13 legalization law allows people to give marijuana (seeds or otherwise) to other people, as long as no money changes hands. It still blows my mind to know that there are seeds and plants being cultivated all over our nation’s capital. These are truly exciting times in America, and it makes me very happy to see how far we have come. There is still a lot of work left to be done, but the success of the seed giveaways in D.C. is cause for celebration. © 2015 The Weed Blog. Reprinted by permission. Orig. story at: http://www.theweedblog.com/25000-marijuanaseeds-given-out-in-washington-dc/

Nevada: Voters To Decide On Statewide Measure Regulating Marijuana Sales

By Paul Armentano, NORML DeputyDir. Nevada voters will decide next November on ballot language that seeks to regulate the licensed production and retail sale of cannabis to adults. Lawmakers had until mid March to act on the initiative petition, filed by the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), but failed to do so – thus placing the measure on the 2016 electoral ballot.

Proponents of the measure, “The Initiative to Tax and Regulate Marijuana,” turned in over 200,000 signatures from registered Nevada voters in December to qualify it for the ballot.

The ballot language permits adults to possess and grow personal use quantities of cannabis (up to one ounce and/or six plants) for noncommercial purposes. The measure also regulates and taxes the commercial production and retail sale of cannabis.

It states, “The People of the State of Nevada find and declare that the use of marijuana should be legal for persons 21 years of age or older, and its cultivation and sale should be regulated similar to other businesses.”

Similar ballot measures are likely to be decided in 2016 in several other states, including Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Missouri.

For more information on this campaign, visit: http://www.regulatemarijuanainnevada.org © 2015 NORML. Reprinted by permission.

Orig. article at: http://blog.norml.org/2015/03/18/nevada-votersto-decide-in-2016-on-statewide-measureregulating-marijuana-sales/

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Our recurring column from Cheryl Smith, Former Executive Director of Compassion Center in Eugene, Oregon. Cheryl is also Chair of the State Advisory Committee on Medical Marijuana.

Cannabis & Chrohns More and more studies are showing what was known historically in medicine: that cannabis can help to cure bowel inflammation. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) includes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. More than a million people in the US are affected by these diseases.

Both cause diarrhea, pain, cramping, weight loss and affect the ability to digest food. In the most severe cases, surgery is required to remove the inflamed section of the bowel.

According to crohnsend.com, approximately 60-75% of people with Crohn’s will have surgery and then see a return of the disease in five to seven years. Most of the current treatment simply suppresses symptoms, while causing side effects that lead to even more problems.

Cannabis is well-known for its antiinflammatory action. In the case of IBS, it acts on the cannabinoid receptors (CB1 and CB2) found in the bowel to decrease inflammation and intestinal motility, relax smooth muscle and even heal the damaged epithelial tissue. It can also improve appetite, helping with obtaining nutrients and gaining weight.

A 2011 study of thirty patients found that 21 of them “improved significantly after treatment with cannabis” and they had a lower need for other medications. The study also found fewer surgeries during a three year period of cannabis use.

In a 2013 study of 21 patients, five out of 11 patients who received smoked cannabis for eight weeks had complete remission of their Crohn’s disease, while only one of ten in the

Medical News placebo group achieved this result. In addition, a positive response was seen in ten of those using cannabis, but only in four of the patients receiving placebo. The patients in the study had not seen a response to other treatments, including steroids.

All Crohn’s patients in the study who used the smoked cannabis twice a day saw an improvement in appetite and sleep, without any negative side effects. Three of them even were able to be weaned from steroids.

The 2013 study was unique in that a placebo of cannabis from which THC had been extracted was used for a control group.

A Canadian study of 313 patients in 20082009, published in 2014, had a different conclusion, finding that while cannabis helped with IBD symptoms, the patients who used it for six months or more were more likely to have surgery for their disease.

No conclusion was drawn regarding why this was the case.

More studies are needed to determine the mechanism for improvement, what cannabinoids are most helpful and whether there are adverse outcomes or not. Anyone who has ever suffered from a bowel inflammation or knows someone who has, can understand why they would try cannabis for symptom relief—legal or not.

Certainly it is superior in many ways to steroids and other drugs that are known to cause untenable side effects.

Cheryl K. Smith is a medical marijuana advocate and freelance writer. She is a director of Compassionate Oregon, chair of the Advisory Committee on Medical Marijuana (ACMM) and a recovering attorney.

HIJACKED: U.S. Healthcare

Care in Crisis, Physicians at the Center

By Dr. Ronald Stallings M.D.

Second of a multi part series. The entire essay can be found online at www.emeraldleafinstitute.com.

PART TWO - (Part one in Dec/Jan 2014-15) The Problem: Pharmaceutical Companies

Our Expense and Their Profits Americans now spend a staggering $420 billion a year on prescription drugs, and that figure is growing by about 12 percent a year. When considering Pharma profits, as Dr. Marcia Angell writes in her 2004 book, The Truth About the Drug Companies, it is useful to note that “…the median net return for all other industries in the Fortune 500 is only 3.3 percent of sales, while Pharma has netted a whopping 18.5 percent. With the collapse of Lehman Brothers as well as many other commercial banks, the banks’ financial records have come under intense scrutiny. Evidence shows, according to Dr. Angell, that “…commercial banking, itself no slouch as a well-connected and aggressive industry, runs a distant second at 13.5 percent.” (Angell, 2004, p. 11) In Jacky Law’s Big Pharma, 2006, the author notes, "Consider the world's top players. Just ten drugs earned no less than $48.3 billion in 2003.

Each of these products on its own represents more income than most companies see in a lifetime. Leading the table was Pfizer's Lipitor which earned $10.3 billion, followed by another cholesterol reducing drug, Merck's Zocor, which had sales of $6.1 billion (Law, 2006, p.8).

How did they do it? According to Dr. Angell, Before its patent ran out…the price of Schering Plough's top selling allergy pill, Claritin, was raised thirteen times over five years, for a cumulative increase of more that 50 percent, over four times the rate of general inflation (Angell, 2005, p. xii).

In 2001 the ten American drug companies in the Fortune 500 list… ranked far above all other American industries in average net return, whether as a percentage of sales (18.5%), of assets (16.3%), or of shareholders’ equity (33.2%). These are astonishing margins (Angell, 20005, p. 11)."

Drug Industry’s Fiction that Research is their Biggest Expense As Dr. Angell tell us, "Big Pharma often claims that it spends more money on research than on marketing, a claim that is easily shown to be untrue. According to the SEC and shareholder reports for 2001, the biggest drug companies spent, on the average, 35 percent of their revenues on marketing and administration. That is, approximately 19 billion dollars, but the figure leaves another 35 billion in expenses unaccounted for by Research and Development or other costs (Angell, 2005, p.

136)."

I imagine that the other 35 billion in expenses are used for the gray area marketing activities which drug companies call “education,” which include seminars for physicians and presentations at medical conferences.

Ilaria Passarani, health policy officer at the European consumer organization BEUC, commented, “These major drug companies should be focusing on innovative medicines, but this report says they actually spend 23% of turnover on marketing and promotional activities, a third more than the 17% they spend on research and development” (Cendrowicz, Time, Nov. 28, 2008).

As an example of the global reach of pharmaceutical advertising, when I was in east Africa in 1998, in a very remote area of Kenya, I was approached by two young men. They were the picture of health and they had only two questions for me. “Do you know Mike Tyson?” and “How can we get some Viagra?”

The Inflated Cost of US Drugs Because of the influence of the pharmaceutical

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So how is the American consumer grappling with the cost? As Dr. Angell notes, “They (lowincome patients) may trade off drugs against home heating or food. Some people try to string out their drugs by taking them less often than prescribed, or sharing with a spouse…Not only do these low-income patients go without needed treatment but their doctors sometimes wrongly conclude that the drugs they prescribed didn't work and prescribe yet others.” (Angell, 2005, p xii)

Boosting Profits by Prescribing for Lifestyle Benefits "Cialis is the third of the highly advertised impotence drugs, approved in November 2003.

When Pfizer launched Viagra in 1998 it insisted that the drug was aimed at older men suffering from a diagnosed medical condition called erectile dysfunction. But as the ads with beautiful blondes and hulking sports stars made clear, that strategy was quickly abandoned, and now all three brands are basically pitched to younger men like expensive sex toys. Indeed, the fastest-growing group of Viagra users from 1998 to 2002 were men aged 18 to 45 according to a survey by the pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts, Inc. (Hawthorne, 2005, p.276)."

Neglecting Urgent Human Needs to Pursue Profit I, and many of my colleagues, believe that development and promotion of lifestyle drugs drains the resources of the industry when those same resources would be better suited to research on HIV/AIDS and other life threatening disorders.

"In 2004, the total number of new active substances approved for use by the FDA had dwindled to a new low of just 23, down from 31 recorded in 2003, and 29 in 2002. Of those 23 new pharmaceuticals, says Ian Lloyd, Managing Editor of the Global Pharma Research Database, only four can be described as significant therapeutic advances (Law, 2006, p. 10).

The development of new antibiotics appears to take a back seat to high profits that pharmaceutical companies find in lifestyle drugs such as cholesterol-lowering drugs, Viagra, Propecia, etc. (Harrell, 2009)."

Designing New Conditions and New Drugs to Treat Them Jacky Law, in her 2006 book Big Pharma, described how Irritable Bowel Syndrome, as well as other diseases, was a disorder fostered by pharmaceutical companies to sell their drugs. “Their marketing machine is very methodical: The first step of the strategy was to set up an advisory board with one key opinion leader from each state of Australia. The job of this doctor would be to provide advice to the corporate sponsors of current opinion in gastroenterology and on 'opportunities for shaping it'. Further work included developing 'best practice guidelines' for diagnosing and managing IBS.” (Law, 2006, p. 58) Law goes on to explain how osteoporosis [in addition to such conditions as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS), and Fibromyalgia (FM)], is a classic example of how corporations have changed the way populations think about disease, in this case about bone loss. In the case of osteoporosis treatments, you have to take the costly drugs for several years to show the slightest drop in risk. Also the risk is not equal across racial lines. For instance black people are less like to develop osteoporosis than whites though it is marketed to African Americans equally (Law, 2006, p. 59).

To Be Continued...Online.

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We have an interesting problem that has come up that especially effects Southern Oregon concerning conflicts between Industrial Hemp and Marijuana.

Both hemp and marijuana are the same plant, Cannabis sativa, but legal hemp has no psychoactive effect and marijuana does.

Marijuana also has proven medicinal value, and soon will be accepted for recreational uses in Oregon.

The psychoactive effect comes from the THC levels, which MUST be below .3% in the hemp crops, and often wanted as high as possible in the marijuana crop.

The problem arises between marijuana and hemp because the marijuana that is used medicinally, and will also be expected in the adult use market, is expected to be seed free, (or “sensimilla”, which means “without seed” in Spanish).

Since Cannabis sativa is a dioecious plant that has separate male and female plants, “sensimilla” is achieved by eliminating male plants from the marijuana gardens and only cultivating the female plants.

Hemp, on the other hand, is generally grown with both male and female plants, and pollination is actively encouraged in most cases, producing prodigious seeds from the proper varieties of hemp. The pollen can carry for relatively long distances, which makes Southern Oregon's small valleys currently growing the majority of outdoor marijuana in the state vulnerable to the hemp pollen, and degradation of the crop.

Oregon began issuing Industrial Hemp licenses in February and the first license went to Edgar Winters of Southern Oregon.

His plan is to grow industrial hemp in the Applegate Valley, near the town of Ruch in Jackson County, and it has raised a ruckus, to say the least. Applegate Valley is in the heart of Southern Oregon's outdoor cannabis growing area.

Within days of the announcement, reports surfaced that Mr. Winters had been threatened personally, and threats were made to his planned 25 acre hemp crop.

Winters, who actually lives in Eagle Point Oregon, believes there are ways to reduce the risk of cross-pollination and indicated to the Oregonian that he would continue forward with his plans to plant a hemp crop in the spring.

"It's been doable all over the world," said Winters, who's also a medical marijuana grower. "People have misconceptions about industrial hemp. It's a viable crop," he said.

"There is no way we are going to be forced out of the county. I can tell you that. We are here to stay."

But, the growers point to studies, and most recently testimony in Salem, which supports their contention that the medical crop could be threatened.

On February 23rd, three separate witnesses appeared before the Oregon legislature's Joint Committee on Implementing Measure 91, Oregon's recently passed marijuana legalization bill. They provided testimony concerning the cross-pollination issues between marijuana and hemp, all in support of the marijuana growers.

Testimony from Russ Karow, an Oregon State University Professor Emeritus in the Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, detailed the only extensive and peer reviewed scientific studies on hemp pollen and pollen drift available. His testimony indicated pollen can drift up to 7.5 miles and it could be a serious threat to “seedless” marijuana crops without regulation.

Russ Karow told the committee: “From a wind standpoint - the specific studies that have been done – the pollen, at the most distant point, could travel 7.5 miles and can reach altitudes of up to 98 feet, and so you could, in theory, have a significant spread of pollen. So, I think at a minimum you're looking at a mile, if not three miles, isolation between hemp and a marijuana crop.”

The second person to testify was Anndrea Hermann from Ridge International Cannabis Consulting, who is also a certified Canadian Hemp Sampler who collects samples to insure Canadian hemp crops meet their similar “below .3% THC” requirement. Her testimony also supported the idea of separation of hemp and marijuana, as well as hemp varieties from themselves. At one point, Ms. Hermann spoke about her own experiences in hemp fields that were in full bloom...

Anndrea Hermann explained: “I am an authorized Canadian Hemp sampler for the federal government here in Canada, which means I go into the field and collect the pollen and I can tell you from first account that some of the fields are so inundated with male pollen that I have to wear [something] like ski goggles and a face mask to protect myself from basically gagging from the shear

Industrial Hemp amount of pollen in the air.”

The final testimony came from a medical marijuana grower and dispensary manager, Michael Johnson of Gratitude Farms and Talent Health Club. Having a garden in Williams, Oregon, Johnson's garden is located in the neighboring valley, within just a few miles of Winters' planned hemp farm.

Michael Johnson testified: “It's easy to see how special a situation it is we have here in southwest Oregon, especially in Jackson, Josephine, and Douglas counties.

We have a clean, virgin, pollen free environment that is capable of producing some of the highest grade marijuana in the world. This is something very special, and this is something that needs our protection.”

We heard from Mr. Winters, and a few local growers, that he ran into difficulties obtaining the land he originally planned to lease to plant his hemp crop, and also the Oregon Dept of Agriculture has not obtained certified seed, yet.

So, as we enter the era of legal cannabis in Oregon, two groups are in conflict over the same plant with different uses. It appears, so far, the number of hemp licenses are very few, “certified” seed is still needed, and, in the end, self regulation may take care of this years threats to marijuana crops.

In the end, regulation will be necessary and regions will likely need to be established. A dialog has begun and progress will hopefully be made. There will be conferences of

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concerned farmers and growers about the problem, which may allow for a solution.

Just so listeners know, I, myself, and a number of others have personally proposed a solution to this problem, or the start of a solution. The proposal would create “appellation regions” for cannabis, much like the wine industry, which would protect the Southern Oregon area but still allow hemp cultivation in many other areas of the state, especially Eastern Oregon.

Visit occnewspaper.com for more information on that proposal. For more cannabis and hemp news, tune in to www.kskq.org Tuesdays from 7 to 9 PM for Rogue Cannabis Radio.

Recipes

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Medical cannabis consumption can be Berry Moon Raw unpredictable, always start with a quarter serving and give it time. Effects can take up Fruit Pie to an hour and sometimes longer. If you

By Todd Dalotto ­ have doubts, you should contact a cannabis From The Hemp Cookbook: clinician about dosage.

From Seed to Shining Seed Not Medicated, Just Healthy!

Pound Cake Dani B. Ingredients: 1 cup canna butter 6 eggs 3 cups white sugar 1 pint heavy whipping cream 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 /2 teaspoon almond extract Garnish

Ingredients: 1 /2 cup almonds 4 cups dates 1 /2 cup sunflower seeds, hulled 1 /2 cup hempseed flour 1 cup oats 2 peaches 3 plums 3 cups any combination of juicy, locally harvested fresh berries 2 bananas 1 /2 cup hempseed oil

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HASHed Corned Beef

Tasty Quinoa

By "Mad Dog" Mansur

By Kristi Anderson

Ingredients:

Ingredients:

1 /2 stick unsalted canna butter 2 cups small diced yellow onions Salt Freshly ground black pepper 1 tablespoon chopped garlic 1 1 /2 pounds corned beef, chopped 1 1 /2 pounds Idaho potatoes, peeled, small diced and blanched

2 3/4 cups chicken stock (I use low sodium) 1 /4 cup fresh lemon juice 1 1 /2 cups quinoa (red quinoa can be used too)

Directions: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. In a large ovenproof skillet, over medium-high heat, melt the canna butter. Add the onions. Season with salt and pepper. Saute until golden, about 4 minutes.

Dressing: 1 /4 cup keif infused extra-virgin olive oil 1 /4 cup fresh lemon juice 3/4 cup chopped fresh basil leaves 1 /4 cup chopped fresh parsley leaves 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme leaves 2 teaspoons lemon zest Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper Directions:

Preheat oven to 325° F. Grease and flour one 9 or 1 0 inch tube pan.

Add the garlic and corned beef. Continue to saute for 2 minutes. Add the potatoes. Season with salt and pepper. Continue to cook for 4 minutes.

For the quinoa: In a medium saucepan, add the chicken stock, lemon juice and quinoa. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to a simmer, cover the pan and cook until all the liquid is absorbed, about 1 2 to 1 5 minutes.

With an electric mixer, cream canna butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time mixing well after each egg. Start adding the flour, one cup at a time, while adding the heavy cream, a little at a time, until all flour and cream is mixed in well.

Remove from the heat. Using the back of a large spoon or spatula, pack the mixture firmly into the pan. Place the pan in the oven.

For the dressing: In a small bowl, mix together the infused olive oil, lemon juice, basil, parsley, thyme, and lemon zest. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.

Cook for 8 to 1 0 minutes or until golden brown.

Remove from the oven and slice into individual servings.

Pour the dressing over the quinoa and toss until all the ingredients are coated. Transfer to a serving bowl. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and serve.

Directions:

Add the vanilla and lemon flavoring and blend well. Pour batter into prepared pan.

Bake for 1 1 /2 hours or until center springs back from small amount of pressure.

Immediately turn out on cake rack to cool.

Directions: To make the crust, grind the almonds in a handcranked grinder with large holes. Pit the dates and stem the figs. Combine the almonds, dates and figs with the sunflower seeds, flour, and oats in a large bowl and mash well. Press this into the sides of an 8 inch or larger pie pan to form a mold.

To make the filling, slice and pit the remainder of Garnish with some fresh strawberries or just about the fruit, and stir it up with the hempseed oil. anything you can think of.

Scoop and spread inside the crust. Remember, this is a raw fruit pie, so don't be throwing it in the Enjoy! oven. It's cool and it's done. Enjoy!

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Cultivation spraying schedule that prevents molds which are also being tested for and regulated now under new MMF laws. Proper air movement and monitoring of temperature and humidity are passive measures that can go a long way when it comes to keeping plants healthy and preventing mold and insects.

Growing with Good Earth

Prepping Your Plants And Soil

By Roach The Good Earth Organics

Is everyone ready to start getting busy? Spring is in the air, folks, and you know what that means. It's time to get your clones, stage them, and care for them in a way that is going to give you the best chance for success. We also need to prep those holes with all the goodies necessary give you a thriving garden fit to make Martha Stewart jealous, so buckle up kiddos because planting time is right around the corner and I'm going to give everyone some tips on how you can avoid sinking your season before it even gets started.

By this point I hope you've already cut your clones or are in the process of acquiring them so I'm going to skip over the cloning process and jump right into some key points when caring for small starts. Give babies plenty of light.

Keep your babies on a minimum of 18hrs of light per day using some kind of horticultural grade blue spectrum lamp. The accelerated growth attained from true horticultural lamps is a benefit that far outweighs the cost of purchasing them. This will ensure your precious starts don't go into early flowering while inside. In the weeks before planting set your starts outside for a few hours on nice days to harden them off. This gets them acclimated so they don't go into shock or burn on those long hot summer days. But don't obsess over matching their light cycle to whatever the light cycle is going to be outside when you're going to plant. It's too much work and I see too many customers accidentally send their plants into flower that way. If plants start stretching for the light you don't have enough of it and if leafs brown and curl, especially on the new growth, you might have your lights too close.

Feed babies with a balanced nutrient of your choice. Deficiencies in starts seem to show themselves in a more exaggerated manner when compared to large established plants so be sure you pH adjust your water and that you are feeding with a product that contains a complete micronutrient spectrum. I feed every other watering and I only water when their potting soil is registering dry on a moisture meter which is the best $8 investment you will ever make.

Transplant plants once you find yourself with a good root plug. I find it easier to transplant when the soil is registering dry so that way the plug doesn't crumble in your hands while transferring from one container to another.

Sticking your finger into the pot and feeling the mass at the edge can tell you if your plant has filled its current container. Telltale yellowing and nutrient deficiencies when you know your plants are being fed properly can be signs it's been in a container too long and is now becoming root bound. Root binding can be an issue some plants never recover from as the existing wrapped root mass inhibits the ability for new young feeder roots to spread.

When pruning, most strains respond well to topping for outdoor growing. Be sure to also strip the lower stalk and keep inside of your plant thinned. This begins the 'lollipopping' process that, when continued throughout the season, will eventually have your plant looking like a big bouquet of buds on a baseball bat.

This technique also helps you avoid a multitude of dreaded plant diseases and allows you to more easily apply preventative mite sprays under your plants leaves. If you're not familiar with mites count yourself lucky, they are the bane of all indoor growers. Once outside, mites become less of an issue but if plants are put out with an infestation then it will likely be a thorn in your side you for the rest of the year. Mites live primarily under plants leaves so it's critical to be able to contact them with some kind of product and wetting agent preventatively at least once per week. Some sprayers have nozzles pointing upward to make this job easier and there are quite a few different products on the market effective against mites.

I always recommend rotating products with different active ingredients to avoid possible burning by overuse and also so mites don't develop a resistance to a certain product. New laws for Medical Marijuana Facilities only allow 0.1 PPM of Pyrethroids and there are many other products like Abemectin (Avid) and Spinosad that could fall under a similar regulation so please do your own research on the active ingredients of different pesticides to decide for yourself if you're comfortable with their use both morally and legally. Along with preventative pesticides include a common sense

So now that we have our starts dialed in lets play in the dirt! In most cases plant matter above the soil is proportionally supported by root mass below the soil. What's this mean?

Generally speaking, if you want bigger plants then make your hole or pot sizes larger as well.

1 yard (27 cu.ft. or 203 gallons) up to as much as 8 yards is recommended to achieve maximum plant size. I don't advise going directly into the ground or using native soil.

The clay in most of our Oregon soils doesn't allow roots to breathe enough for ideal growth and there are a host of ground critters that would greatly appreciate access to the organic materials you're planting in as well as the roots themselves. Aside from the physical damage that an be done by these pests, damaged roots can leave your plant prone to soil diseases that can kill a healthy plant in a couple days. Raised bed, mound, or large fabric pot planting with a quality potting soil are preferred methods over ground planting and native soil use. Don't be afraid to reuse your potting soil from season to season.

Organic materials take many years to break down in some cases. Every year just till in some

Page 17 new nutrients as advised by your local cannafriendly organic garden supplier. I like to till on the first sunny day in May, mound my material in the middle at least 6 inches above the rest, and plan on planting on the day of the first new moon in June. When planting don't bury the plant very deep. Cannabis likes to have a dry crown and to be watered around the feeder roots, never directly on the stalk. Proper planting and watering helps avoid crown and root rot which are the 2 most common forms of root and vascular diseases we see all summer.

To kick start your outdoor season, I highly recommend using Mycorrhizae and other beneficial Fungus and Bacteria while transplanting to help reduce shock and the lag that sometimes comes after initial planting.

Beneficial micro organisms can also defend against diseases and help deliver water and nutrients more efficiently to plants.

Hopefully this gives some of you an idea on getting started. Of course, with the brevity of this article I don't expect anybody to glean every bit of info they need to start successfully this season. But, I do think I've covered most of the major pitfalls that I see really hamper my customers' early efforts. If there's anything discussed in this article that intrigues you and you want to learn more about it then you should contact your grow store pro and ask him or her to explain it to you in a little more detail.

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Cultivation

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When to Transplant Starts into Your Outdoor Garden

Once in a flowering state of growth it can take the plant months to readjust into vegetative growth, which means you have a stunted plant that will only reach a fraction of its potential size and yield. The best way to transition a clone going from indoor lighting conditions to outdoors is to wait until June for transplanting.

From Green Source Gardens A common problem that new growers deal with is transitioning a dispensary clone or start into their outdoor gardens. Many times the intention is to get the plant into the ground as soon as possible, this gets a jump on the season, and allows the plant as much time as possible to grow big and yield heavy. This is not the case.

Planting out early can have a very negative effect on your plant, especially when dealing with clones.

Typically the plants you buy are cuttings from mother plants (clones) that have generally been under artificial light cycles of 18 hours of light and 6 hours of darkness. This is a common practice for indoor cultivation, and this light cycle promotes the vegetative growth phase of the cannabis plant. This works great when there is control of the light environment but gets tricky for the plant when it is subjected to a natural light cycle. If such a clone is planted outdoors in May when the natural light cycle is around 13 hours of daylight and 11 hours of darkness, that

There are all kinds of tricks that growers with lots of experience utilize to get around light cycle issues, but for those just getting started it is easiest to wait until June to acquire and plant your starts.

Image: Green Source Gardens plant is registering an abrupt change in uninterrupted darkness that is several hours longer than what it was used to. Even though the days are getting longer in the outdoor conditions, it takes the plant a while to adjust to this

For questions or more information: email greensourcegardens@gmail.com and we will be glad to help.

Happy planting!

Image: Green Source Gardens

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