Voter Power Continues Dispensary Initiative for Oregon

Where’s the Medicine? Too many sick and disabled patients are without medicine. Initiative Petition 28 will allow for licensed and regulated medical marijuana dispensaries and establish a program designed to ensure that patients in need have an adequate supply of medicine. The proposal will also generate revenue for the state and fund research.

Currently, there are four ways for patients to obtain medical marijuana:

1. Grow your own
2. Designate a grower
3. Buy on the black market
4. Have medicine donated from another patient

Voter Power’s vision: More freedom, more choices, help patients in need

Their proposal, Initiative 28, creates a revenue-generating regulated medical marijuana supply system that increases choices and freedom for patients (while not taking away the choices currently available). Patient Resource Centers (PRCs) and dispensaries would be able to dispense medicine, plants and products to patients, providing patients with products and services that aren’t normally available, such as edibles, tinctures and lozenges. PRCs would provide patients with numerous choices of strains and products while also providing socializing and networking opportunities. Producers would be able to sell to dispensaries and PRCs and donate to cardholders, helping keep prices low. 10% of all gross revenue would go back into the OMMP. The money generated from the system would allow for scientific research and provide a comprehensive plan to assist Oregon patients battling poverty, disease, and disability.

They are now collecting signatures. You can download the signature sheet, sign it and mail it back to Voter Power. To help their efforts please contact the Portland office at 503-224-3051 or the Medford office at 541-245-6634.

Voter Power
3236 S.E. 50th Ave.
Portland, OR. 97206
http://www.voterpower.org

If you are interested in I-28 you will want to read HB 2313. It is a 67 page house bill filed for the Oregon State Bar Real Estate Land Use Section that sets forth contract law definitions of entities and their relationships to each other. "Agricultural producer" is defined on page 2. Changes to ORS 475.005-475.285 and 475.840-475.980 are on pages 44-47 and defines "dispense" "Dispenser" "manifacture" "marijuana" "practitioner" etc.

Hello,

I have just completed the final version of the Financial Income Analysis of I-28. You may view or download it at http://www.gro4me.com/I28.htm. The study includes a Summary, the Study, and the Excel spreadsheet. I have prepared this study with assistance of representatives from DHS, OGF, Voter Power and NORML.

This set of documents was designed as a tool for you to use with your legislator, representative, commision, counsil, group or whatever. Feel free to download and distribute.

All instructions are available if you want to download and play with the excel document.

Peace,
Mike

PS: We have started and activisim and political page to keep up with this years events, bills, and political meetings. Check it out at http://www.gro4me.com/Politics.htm