Pubdate: Sat, May 08 1999
Source: Oregonian, The (OR)
Copyright: 1999 The Oregonian
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Author: Charles A. Bugin, Milwaukie (a suburb south of Portland)

IT'S LEGAL, SO CONFISCATION IMPROPER

In response to the May 1 article on the registration of medical-marijuana
patients, Rep. Kevin Mannix, R-Salem, was credited with having introduced
legislation, through House Bill 3052, that would eliminate a requirement
that law enforcement agencies return seized marijuana plants to
medical-marijuana patients possessing valid state cards.

I wonder if Mannix also favors confiscating insulin from diabetics?
Law-enforcement agencies need to be held accountable for illegal seizures of
property.

The real crime is to allow medical marijuana, legalized by Oregon voters, to
be viewed as second-class treatment because of the narrow minds of a small
sect in our society.

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