Blog
-
Marijuana Face-off, Federal vs State Law
Jason Zucker, a member of the so-called “Kettle Falls Five” received a 16-month sentence after pleading guilty to growing marijuana on a private property in Washington State. He, however, remains out of custody pending his appeal. US District Court Judge Thomas O. Rice denied Zucker’s explanation that the marijuana plants he and four others grew…
-
Oregon Marijuana Industry: A Victim Of Its Own Success?
There was a time when growing marijuana in Oregon was so covert that people clandestinely planted their pot in secret rooms, basements and even in their closets. Times have changed dramatically. Now, you can see people renting out huge warehouses and outdoor plots cultivating hundreds of marijuana plants legally. Now, there is so much marijuana…
-
Marijuana and Cachexia (Wasting Syndrome)
Cancer patients suffer mostly from wasting and appetite loss which, not only lessens their quality of life, but hastens death as these conditions develop cachexia which is an unbalanced loss of lean body tissue. Cachexia arises during the final stages of advanced pancreatic, lung, and prostate cancers. Proteins called cytokines, generated by the immune system…
-
Legal Pot Won’t Sway Employment Rules
Portland’s Human Resources Director Anna Kanwit has recently announced that the legalization of marijuana has not changed Portland’s drug policy and shall not create significant changes in the workplace for the city’s employees. In her memo, Kanwit emphasizes that members of the Police Bureau and Portland Fire & Rescue are still prohibited from using marijuana,…
-
Marijuana on Flight in Oregon
Portland International Airport now allows passengers to travel with cannabis provided the trip is within the State. Port officials announced that Transportation Security Administration will no longer search bags for cannabis as long as passengers follow the state’s law and aren’t flying out of Oregon. As of July 1, anyone 21 years and older is…
-
Oregon 2015 Legislative Session Adjourns
The Oregon legislature has adjourned its 2015 session with the following developments related to medical marijuana: It voted down a two-year moratorium on hemp farming. The bill supporters were worried that cross pollination with hemp will lower the quality and intoxicating effects of medical marijuana. It failed when lawmakers said that the decisions on crop…
-
3 Bills the Framework for Recreational Marijuana in Oregon
Marijuana fans celebrate the end of cannabis prohibition in Oregon but the euphoria is still tempered by the vast gulf that remains between the pot legalization and the stringent regulations on sales and production. Hours before the Portland smoke-out, state lawmakers passed three bills that provide the legal framework on the marijuana initiative which voters…
-
Oregon Celebrates Legalization of Marijuana
Hundreds congregated on the Burnside Bridge in downtown Portland and smoked pot under the glow of neon city signs marking the moment when smoking marijuana became legal in Oregon on Wednesday. The law, backed by voters in November, allows recreational marijuana and opens the way for shops to sell pot by next year. Similar legalization…
-
Illegal to Buy Legal Recreational Weed
Come July 1, the State of Oregon will allow legal possession of recreational marijuana of up to eight ounces and home growing of up to four plants per household. However, where to buy the marijuana is a different matter because under the new law, it’s still illegal to sell recreational marijuana. When Measure 91 was…