The Oregon Health Authority meeting on Jan. 27 at the Medford library was a total disaster. OHA failed to notify the 33,000 Oregon Medical Marijuana Program patients who live in the Rogue Valley. OHA is totally rewriting the the OMMP administration rules for medical marijuana. I would like to think the Oregon Health Authority would notify OMMP patients of rule changes that will make most growers unable to provide the medicine they need on a daily basis. OHA is suppose to take care of the sick people in Oregon, not make them worse. [continues 101 words]
The Jackson County Planning Commission is recommending a ban for growing marijuana on most land zoned for rural residential use. Rules changes would require plants would have to be set back from neighboring property lines by at least 250 feet? Guess that eliminates 95 percent of the 4,000 small medical marijuana growers that are doing it for patients that need the medication. Jackson County Commissioners are favoring large commercial marijuana growers that can afford to buy large parcels of farm land and have 1,000-plant grows. [continues 99 words]
