1. In 1998, the voters of Oregon passed the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act. Â Since that time some changes have been made to the statute but more are needed to increase patient access and resolve other grey areas. Â Under what conditions would you support allowing safe access points for patients to obtain medical marijuana?

2. For many years farmers were allowed, and in some instances required, to grow hemp to be used industrially for items such as rope, fabric, and oils. Hemp is a form of marijuana that contains only negligible amounts of psychoactive substances. Would you support legislation to advance current agricultural technologies being developed around the industrial applications of hemp?

3. Some medical groups and clinics in the State have policies against allowing doctors to prescribe opioid pain medication if a patient is an OMMP card holder. Â This tends to be an insurance/liability issue rather than a medical one. Â Would you support a change to these policies that would allow a broader approach to pain management that includes the use of cannabis?

4. Recently the Veterans Administration relaxed its practices regarding providing health care to veterans who may also hold an OMMP card. Â Many veterans have PTSD, a condition for which medical marijuana has been shown to be effective. In addition, a number of current patients who have other qualifying conditions have found their medical marijuana to be helpful in treating the symptoms of PTSD. Would you support adding PTSD to the list of conditions allowed under statute?

Here are some more questions.

I have also sent them to Cheryl Smith as she had suggested some minor edits to the first four questions which I have included and I have asked her to help me out again in this manner. Please help me out here. I am sure I have not covered everything especially the sentencing questions that Lee and Brian have put forth. You guys are much better at formulating these than I could ever be so help me out with a couple of questions from the trenches.

I am also attaching a spread sheet I am developing as part of our upcoming election strategy with some basic analysis gleaned from voter's pamphlet statements and conversations I have had with others. It is pretty embryonic yet but I will have it fleshed out further in the next week or so.

I really value everyone's input here and I apologize in advance if you feel I have omitted your suggestions that you may have sent me becasue to date, I have not received any input from anyone other than Cheryl. John mentioned Voter Power was putting one together and I would be interested in seeing them.