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13 years ago @ Hawaii Reporter - Marijuana Ballot Initi... · 0 replies · 0 points

According to Dr. Kevin Sabet the financial benefits of marijuana legalization would never outweigh its social and health related costs. Promising everything from increased tax revenue and a cure for cancer, to a reduction of violence near the Mexican border and fewer criminal justice costs, legalization advocates have convinced almost half of America that their policy of choice is inevitable and desirable. But their arguments are high on hyperbole and low on facts. Rarely discussed are the potential downsides of such a policy, ranging from increased addiction to greater health and criminal justice costs. In fact, both of our already legal drugs—alcohol and tobacco—offer chilling illustrations of how an open market fuels greater harms. They are cheap and easy to obtain. Commercialization glamorizes their use and furthers their social acceptance. High profits make aggressive marketing worthwhile for sellers. Addiction is simply the price of doing business.

Why is Kevin A. Sabet Against the Legalization of Marijuana? http://loop21.com/politics/kevin-sabet-against-le...

Vote NO on Measure 80

13 years ago @ Hawaii Reporter - Marijuana Ballot Initi... · 0 replies · -1 points

The Truth About Measure 80 in Oregon

M8O would allow anyone 21 to grow marijuana anywhere – in a vacant lot near a school yard or in a house next door to you. A user could grow football fields of marijuana without any restrictions for personal use. With Measure 80 kids will be able to get it free from the new black market that will be created by all those 21 years and over, who will be allowed to grow unlimited amounts of marijuana.

M8O prohibits any regulations and fees to grow Hemp with undefined THC levels, which is the primary psychoactive component of marijuana, posing the possibility that thousands of acres of rural farmland across Oregon could be bought up for the sole purpose of growing marijuana and hemp.

It is a NO for Measure 80.

14 years ago @ 2News - Boise, ID - Holton takes issue wit... · 0 replies · +1 points

It is clear that Holton’s opponent is out of touch with Oregon Voters and her only supporters seem to be those who are illegally opening marijuana distribution centers around the State and black marketing their so-called medical marijuana. The Oregon Voters have said NO twice to pot peddling centers in our communities.

The results of the Southern Oregon Raids from last year are in the below article.

Feds Charge Six Tied to Raided Marijuana Gardens in Region
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?...

Holton will hold accountable Oregon Laws that are being abused.

Holton for Oregon!

14 years ago @ KPIC - Roseburg, OR - \'Your Voice, Your Vot... · 0 replies · +1 points

It is clear that Holton’s opponent is out of touch with Oregon Voters and her only supporters seem to be those who are illegally opening marijuana distribution centers around the State and black marketing their so-called medical marijuana.

The results of the Southern Oregon Raids from last year are in the below article.

Feds Charge Six Tied to Raided Marijuana Gardens in Region
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?...

Holton will hold accountable Oregon Laws that are being abused.

Holton for Oregon!

15 years ago @ Portland News, Oregon ... - Debate Over Marijuana ... · 0 replies · -10 points

NO Limits, NO Boundaries, NO ON MEASURE 74

“We, 11 members of the Citizens’ Initiative Review, oppose M74:”

Proponents are saying “trust us” before rules are made.

Oregonians will not have a vote on such critical details as: maximum number of dispensaries, purchase limit for individuals in a given time period, penalties for infractions, and statewide recordkeeping for cardholders.
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Convicted felons can become dispensary directors or employees five years after conviction.

Dispensary directors and their employees are exempt from prosecution for marijuana related activities when in “substantial compliance.” * “Substantial compliance” is not defined or enforceable according to district attorneys and law enforcement.

Availability of marijuana will increase, inviting illegal activity.

The language of the measure lacks clarity on regulation, operation, and enforcement

Summary: Measure 74, a thinly veiled attempt to legalize marijuana, has a high probability of being abused! review74.org

15 years ago @ KPIC - Roseburg, OR - Rampid Medical Marijua... · 0 replies · 0 points

NO Limits, NO Boundaries, NO ON MEASURE 74

Why would voters believe Measure 74 proponents to trust the Oregon Health Authority to put the details together that would monitor M74 when the original OMMP has proven a failure for regulation?

Oregon Voters were told the OMMP was for the sick/dying, less than 4% is for cancer. Over 88% is used for common pain. A single doctor is responsible for recommending approximately 35% of all medical marijuana cards, with ten doctors recommending 59% of all cards. OMMP has grown because of misuse of the program.
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/print_story.p...

M74 does nothing to control the existing program, as M74 will not infringe on a cardholder’s ability to produce their own marijuana or to designate a person responsible for a marijuana grow site, to do so for them. In home grows and existing caregiver growers will continue to go unregulated and unchecked continuing to create problems in our communities and cause law enforcement to have to divert their resources to deal with the existing abuses.

NO Limits, NO Boundaries, NO ON MEASURE 74

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Oregon to vote on medi... · 1 reply · -4 points

NO Limits, NO Boundaries, NO ON MEASURE 74 IN OREGON

The Taxpayer Association of Oregon sent a straw poll mail ballot to involved taxpayers in August to show people's impression of Measure 74.

Ballot Measure 74

Yes - 21% (105) No - 79% (385) Total = 490

http://www.oregoncatalyst.com/index.php?url=archi...
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NO Limits, NO Boundaries, NO ON MEASURE 74

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Oregon to vote on medi... · 1 reply · -2 points

NO Limits, NO Boundaries, NO ON MEASURE 74 IN OREGON

Oregon Voters were told the OMMP was for the sick/dying, less than 4% is for cancer. Over 88% is used for common pain. A single doctor is responsible for recommending approximately 35% of all medical marijuana cards, with ten doctors recommending 59% of all cards
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/print_story.p...

Permissible locations for marijuana distribution centers would be located only a ¼ mile away from schools and neighborhoods.

GROW SITES can include marijuana grown in your neighbor’s yard or house. Indoor growing presents dangers because of toxic materials and high volumes of electricity increasing the potential for fires. Grow sites attract in home burglaries, and robberies.
http://projects.latimes.com/homicide/post/reward-...

M74 will not infringe on a cardholder’s ability to produce their own marijuana or to designate a person responsible for a marijuana grow site, to do so for them. In home grows and existing caregiver growers will continue to go unregulated and unchecked.

15 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Pharmacy board to vote... · 0 replies · 0 points

NO LIMITS, NO BOUNDARIES, NO ON MEASURE 74

Voters were told the OMMP program was for the sick/dying, less than 4% is for cancer. Over 88% is used for common pain.

The Oregon Board of Pharmacy by law SB 728 was required to reschedule marijuana, as directed by the legislature to try and circumvent Federal Law. The FDA has not approved marijuana as a ‘medicine’. (ORS 475.058/SB728-is an important bill that subjects a person who manufactures or delivers controlled substance in Schedule IV and thereby causes death to a person to a maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both)

Hoffman Construction has experienced 90 accidents in the workplace in the last 10 years involving marijuana, resulting in property damage, equipment loss and injury to individuals and co-workers. The Economic Impact of Substance Abuse in Oregon, Hoffman Corp., 8/26/09

74 Adds another layer of problems.

15 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Reporter finds it&rsqu... · 0 replies · -1 points

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