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With our political opponents desperately trying to slow down the marijuana legalization momentum by challenging the ballot title approved by the Attorney General, it is not yet time to collect signatures for I-73, the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act.

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From CannabisTaxAct.org

The Office of the Secretary of State received a certified ballot title from the Attorney General on February 2, 2010, for initiative #73, proposing a statutory amendment, for the General Election of November 2, 2010.

In addition, Secretary of State Kate Brown determined that the proposed initiative petition was in compliance with the procedural requirements established in the Oregon Constitution for initiative petitions.

The certified ballot title is as follows:

Permits personal marijuana, hemp cultivation/use without license; commission to regulate commercial marijuana cultivation/sale

Result of "Yes" Vote: "Yes" vote permits state-licensed marijuana (cannabis) cultivation/sale to adults through state stores; permits unlicensed adult personal cultivation/use; prohibits restrictions on hemp (defined).

Result of a "No" Vote: "No" vote retains existing civil and criminal laws prohibiting cultivation, possession and delivery of marijuana; retains current statues that permit regulated use of medical marijuana .

by Amy Song via KATU News.

PORTLAND, Ore. - While state budgets in Oregon and Washington face gaping holes, advocates of legalizing marijuana say taxing pot can help fill those holes.

Madeline Martinez, Oregon’s executive director for NORML, the national organization that’s pushing to reform marijuana laws, says she sees a golden opportunity to convince people that legalizing marijuana could be a good thing after all.

January 22, 2010

SAN JOSE, CA -- The recent shift in federal medical marijuana policy, articulated this fall in a Justice Department memorandum instructing U.S. Attorneys to afford greater deference to state laws, resulted in a settlement reached today with a California medical marijuana cooperative, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and others.

The Santa Cruz-based Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM), a model medical marijuana collective that provides medicine to the terminally ill free of charge, agreed to dismiss an ongoing lawsuit against the federal government based on the new policy, with the understanding that the litigation will be reinstated in its present posture should the federal government fail to respect state medical marijuana laws in the future.

By Caleb Hannan via blogs.seattleweekly.com.

Last week, SAFER, a Colorado-based medical marijuana advocacy group, called for a national boycott of Starbucks after the coffee roaster's logo showed up on website of a group that opposes drug reforms.

By Damian Mann
Mail Tribune

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The county drafted a concept law and sent it to legislators asking for more regulation of medical marijuana grow sites, including alerting law enforcement about new gardens.

Legislators might not carry the bill forward for the county until they see how voters respond to several initiatives regarding medical marijuana that could be on the November ballot.

From the Seattle Times.

Seattle's new city attorney is dismissing all marijuana-possession cases, starting with those that were already under way under the old city attorney.

City Attorney Pete Holmes, who beat incumbent Tom Carr in November, said he dismissed two marijuana-related cases in his first day on the job, and several others are about to be dismissed.

A recent article by the Associated Press reports:

A federal appeals court has ruled that mobile tracking devices can be attached to suspect vehicles as part of a marijuana investigation in Oregon.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court in the case of Juan Pineda-Moreno, who argued his constitutional rights were violated when U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents attached devices to his sport utility vehicle.