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posted on August 12, 2012 by
US OR: Number Of Medical Marijuana Cardholders In Oregon
Albany Democrat-Herald, 12 Aug 2012 – The number of Oregon Medical Marijuana Program cardholders has nearly tripled in the past three years, and the growth trend also is present in the mid-Willamette Valley. In that time, Oregon and Linn and Benton counties all saw an increase of about 165 percent in medical marijuana patients.
posted on August 12, 2012 by
US OR: Rentals May Not Allow Growing, Smoking
Albany Democrat-Herald, 12 Aug 2012 – Public Housing Caught Between State, Fed Laws Thelma Brady of Sweet Home said it wasn’t hard for anybody to realize that one of her rental houses had a marijuana grow. Depending on the day, a person walking down the street could get hit in the face with the plant’s pungent odor.
posted on August 6, 2012 by
US OR: PUB LTE: It’s A Deadly Prohibition
Albany Democrat-Herald, 05 Aug 2012 – Regarding your July 22 editorial, if health outcomes determined drug laws instead of cultural norms, marijuana would be legal. Unlike alcohol, marijuana has never been shown to cause an overdose death, nor does it share the addictive properties of tobacco. Marijuana can be harmful if abused, but jail cells are inappropriate as health interventions and ineffective as deterrents. The first marijuana laws were enacted in response to Mexican migration during the early 1900s, despite opposition from the American Medical Association. Dire warnings that marijuana inspires homicidal rages have been counterproductive.
posted on August 6, 2012 by
US OR: Heroin Hasn’t Taken Hold In Klamath County, Yet
Herald and News, 04 Aug 2012 – The state of Oregon is seeing a spike in heroin use and overdoses, but Klamath County is seeing a decline. Local drug and alcohol counselors and Sheriff Tim Evinger say that heroin use has decreased in Klamath County, but methamphetamine abuse continues its resurgence. According to a report published by the Oregon State Medical Examiner, there were no reported heroin-related deaths in Klamath County in 2011, whereas 143 deaths were reported statewide, 53 more than in 2010.
posted on August 6, 2012 by
US OR: PUB LTE: It’s A Deadly Prohibition
Albany Democrat-Herald, 05 Aug 2012 – Regarding your July 22 editorial, if health outcomes determined drug laws instead of cultural norms, marijuana would be legal. Unlike alcohol, marijuana has never been shown to cause an overdose death, nor does it share the addictive properties of tobacco. Marijuana can be harmful if abused, but jail cells are inappropriate as health interventions and ineffective as deterrents. The first marijuana laws were enacted in response to Mexican migration during the early 1900s, despite opposition from the American Medical Association. Dire warnings that marijuana inspires homicidal rages have been counterproductive.
