US OR: OPED: Measure 74 Brings Needed Regulation

The Mail Tribune, 17 Oct 2010 – Virtually all who have evaluated Measure 74 agree that new steps need to be taken to provide safe, reliable access to medical marijuana. One way or another, Oregon will have to regulate the supply of this medicine. If we don’t seize this moment to step in and create a regulated production and delivery system, we could soon find the situation with medical marijuana spiraling out of control. Just ask the people of Colorado or Los Angeles — in each case, elected leaders were much too slow to create sensible regulations. Only after chaos reigned did they step in.