oregon oregon relates number legislative legal cultural events surrounding use marijuana etc oregon state possession small amounts authorize use medical purposes attempt possession small amounts turned oregon voters ratio general united_states population surveys conducted years found respondents said use marijuana unavailable legal law enforcement reasons reported lack interest cited health dangers remaining time measure approved non medical cultivation uses marijuana followed perennial unsuccessful efforts marijuana ballot initiative including ballot voters rejected oregon state governor signed emergency bill declaring marijuana sales legal recreational users starting october 1st culture oregon usage according readily available oregon according report oregon ranked fifth states usage age categories older states passed medical marijuana bills past decade saw marijuana use teenagers decline faster national average decrease oregon nevada maine saw smaller decreases average estimates publishes number people previous days compiled oregon chapter cultivation oregon imports washington california mexico canada producing large quantity locally large indoor outdoor growing operations discovered private state forest lands plants numbering thousands allegedly large outdoor growing operations run mexican drug trafficking assumed operating remote locations highly potent grown oregon consumed locally distributed parts success california oregon california nationally production 1990s oregon national leader indoor cultivation california washington kentucky south florida decade ending considered oregon nation cradle indoor marijuana growing oregon fourth largest indoor producing state tenth largest producing state overall events attitudes according medical marijuana helped pot culture oregon judge said think broader social acceptance users marijuana gradually increasing public pressure think marijuana nearly people attended annual festival park portland oregon organizers insisted smoking tolerated smell marijuana air festival chose consume forms foods festival attendees arrested annual event seattle washington attended known world largest annual gathering advocating marijuana uses including limited medicinal industrial recreational seattle took place august set new record people attendance international business conference took place portland september oregon convention center conference brought professionals advocates globe goal mainstream global industry collaboration veteran activists johnson served chief statewide reforms currently director rogers ceo lead producer oregon medical marijuana business conference founder serves ambassador portland prominent activism legality measure approved non medical cultivation uses marijuana oregon starting july completely legal oregon state passed legislative record contains mention substances causing problems simply included package oregon bill abolished criminal penalties possession small amounts marijuana result possession marijuana oregon violation crime fine exception possession occurs public place feet school attended minors person committing offense guilty class instead possession matter proximity school class july point class actual use marijuana private influence marijuana offenses oregon law public use driving influence offenses intentionally growing marijuana plant unlawful manufacture marijuana class oregon july selling giving away marijuana offense unlawful delivery marijuana varied severity penalty depending marijuana involved transaction consideration involved relative ages people involved proximity transaction nearby schools attended minors giving away grams marijuana adult adult payment location feet closest school violation fine greater amounts marijuana involved payment involved delivery adult minor delivery occurred feet school parties adults severity offense ranged class class increasing penalties preceding convictions penalties applied person minor adult oregon resident offense occurred state oregon oregon marijuana law complicated existence oregon medical marijuana program allows individuals medical history qualifying illnesses doctor recommendation apply registration program accepted applicants issued medical different treatment law essentially medical marijuana patients allowed possess fear citation arrest penalty pounds marijuana time possession greater law addition legal possession legally grow fear citation arrest penalty immature plants mature ones single time allowed designate primary choice inclined people enjoy freedoms regard possession long remain officially registered limits legal possession apply total combined property growing plants possess immature plants grow plants time addition legal possession manufacture outlined legally deliver marijuana long delivery consideration privileges normally protect citation arrest penalty excuse possession manufacture delivery cases simultaneously guilty certain offenses listed driving influence marijuana marijuana public june reclassified marijuana schedule drug schedule drug according press release board action marijuana state list federal law create direct conflict federal law simply address federal law marijuana products containing marijuana available oregon approved news reports noted makes oregon state nation marijuana schedule drug removal schedule controlled substances act ballot measure november election established state licensing system marijuana producers allowed sale marijuana medical marijuana patients provide low income assistance patients set research program evaluate effects new law defeated support opposition recent citizens initiative qualified november state ballot petition having valid signatures approved marijuana recreational adult use regulate tax cultivation sale marijuana production use sale appeared measure ballot defeated margin approximately oregon state possession grams violation crime fine exist sale cultivation possession grams class years prison possession grams punishment depending defendant prior record oregon sought spent promoting proposition collected signatures necessary place ballot estimates oregon largest cash crop estimated billion billion ballot measure rejected oregon voters yes votes support oregon house marijuana oregon died according bill sponsor meant counter circulating initiative petition called allowed state liquor stores sell marijuana permitted production paper fabric oil protein taxes products schools replace funding allegedly lost measure petition sponsored political action committee named pay schools regulating increased penalties possession marijuana traffic ticket like offense class worst non offense fine maximum bill created new crime influence marijuana fine bill passed according positions state senators blocked technical basis prevented coming floor day read allows public input vote passed house making possession marijuana class added possible jail sentence days according rolling_stone oregon governor signed bill want appear soft crime activists opposing collected twice signatures required force referendum bill principal financial referendum signature drive measure upheld turned margin hoped products legal available retail environment effort failed collect minimum signatures july deadline qualify ballot initiative proceeds state sale marijuana gone oregon general fund million lowering state tax burden revenue fund drug abuse education treatment programs advocates claim marijuana market removed underground economy young people drug control place liquor stores regulated minimum age enforced according executive director oregon chapter congressman massachusetts endorsed idea support oregon state officials limited initiative petition allow recreational use marijuana passed november september municipalities revealed intention apply sales tax recreational use ahead measure allows state tax marijuana local governments hoping able taxes pass medical oregon medical established citizens initiative november election referendum measure modified state law allow cultivation possession use marijuana patients certain medical conditions ballot measure passed margin act affect federal law prohibits cultivation possession marijuana spokesman seattle regional office said federal standpoint thing medical marijuana western states alaska arizona nevada washington district_of_columbia passed similar measures use marijuana medical purposes election act created oregon medical marijuana program medical approved public november marijuana program program april patients registered holding cards patients virtually patients program suffer severe pain conditions given hiv aids cancer chronic caused disease multiple states requested information oregon program use model medical marijuana initiatives registration systems oregon ballot measure increased patient legally possess pounds defeated oregon voters oregon medical marijuana program brought state budget initiative seeking medical marijuana appeared november ballot defeated voters opposing initiative state legislature medical years later legislative session conflict federal drug law physician liability physicians licenses revoked recommending supporting marijuana according september decision case arose events november passage authorized medical marijuana december response law director said statement accompanied authorization exclude individuals participation programs physicians recommend marijuana patients medical purposes months later affirmed mere discussion drugs patient grounds affirmed physicians intentionally provide patients oral written statements order enable obtain controlled substances violation federal law court decision acknowledged government legitimate concern physicians recommend marijuana bad faith physicians good faith honest medical judgment fear sanctions furthermore government appealed decision agreed lower court october expanded grounds injunction include free speech government appealed supreme_court declined hear october injunction law enforcement november california appeals court ruled job local police enforce federal drug laws denied appeal city december decision case began june medical marijuana patient pulled city police cited possession marijuana despite immediate display proper medical marijuana documentation charge later dismissed city refused return confiscated grams marijuana instructed supreme_court ruling affects states medical marijuana laws police departments oregon decline press charges charges dropped possessing growing marijuana convicted drug dealers salem police estimated received calls marijuana activity pursued grow operations legal high school previously convicted found evidence making oil protected grand jury thermal imaging searches federal agent thermal imaging device determine grow lamps grow marijuana florence oregon home supreme_court united_states determined use thermal imaging device public point monitor radiation heat person home search meaning fourth amendment required warrant police case warrant court reversed conviction growing marijuana
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