Pubdate: Wed, 9 Jul 2008
Source: Willamette Week (Portland, OR)
Copyright: 2008 Willamette Week Newspaper
Contact:  http://www.wweek.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/499
Cited: Oregonians for Cannabis Reform http://www.cannabistaxact.org/
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Marijuana)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/decrim.htm (Decrim/Legalization)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Madeline+Martinez
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Paul+Stanford
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Kevin+Mannix

POT IN OREGON'S RETAIL STORES?

Perhaps...if "Oregonians for Cannabis Reform" can gather 82,769 valid 
signatures by July 2010 to put such a measure on the state ballot for 
voters to consider. Petition co-organizers Madeline Martinez and Paul 
Stanford on Monday announced their proposal, which seeks to legalize 
cannabis sales to adults and industrial hemp growth in Oregon. The 
initiative would use the OLCC to regulate storage, distribution and 
growth of hemp and cannabis products, with Martinez and Stanford 
predicting a tax on cannabis sales would generate $300 million 
annually. OLCC spokeswoman Chrsitie Scott says the agency is neutral 
on the petition. But Kevin Mannix, who abandoned an initiative 
against medical marijuana earlier this year, isn't. "There is a 
slim-to-none chance this [proposal] would be upheld in federal 
court," Mannix says. 
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