Should Oregon Legalize Medical Marijuana Dispensaries this coming November?

I can't think of a good reason why not. 14 states now have medical marijuana. And in every case, I think, it was decided at the polls, it came up from the citizens rather than down from the state leg.

Look at California's example. We legalized it and it hasn't been a problem. There hasn't been a huge increase in pot use statewide. There haven't been rashes of car accidents, or higher rates of addiction to stronger drugs. There haven't been organized crime gangs coming in to take control of the pot business. It's not hard to get a card to use pot, maybe it should be a little harder. I know several people who have them who aren't really sick or anything. But so far it hasn't caused any problems, except that a few cities complain they have too many dispensaries and they're trying to weed them down to a few (no pun intended).

I think pot should just be legalized, I think the enforcement of the laws against it does more harm than the drug itself. But that's not the issue, the issue is whether it can legitimately help people with certain medical problems--which it really can!--and whether allowing it in medical use will cause other non-medical problems--which has been shown is not a problem.

confident. yet whilst that's something like California's, the Feds make it practically impossible for them to function. @Iris. I genuinely have an extremely expensive chum that merely handed removed from maximum cancers this month. at a similar time as he grew to become into dealing with chemo he tried to get a medical marijuana card in California the place he's a resident. He lives interior the Coachella Valley and the dispenceries in practically each and every city has been compelled tp close down. those cities that have been granted a licence have not been in a position to open via govt pink tape. Then there is the project of looking a doctor to grant a card to the guy, respected medical doctors won't do it for concern of dropping their licence, it is the journey my chum had provided that final November, whilst Obama grew to become into in workplace, so je has no longer made it much less complicated.

Yes. Our State needs the revenue, and those suffering from many different conditions only get relief from the unique combination of pharmacologically active compounds that occurs only in Marijuana. The fact that our body has billions of receptors that can only be triggered by those molecules found in Marijuana is incontrovertible evidence of two facts: (that we must now hold as being self-evident) 1. There must be a god; God exists. and 2. This God must be a kind and loving God. (quick, somebody say "Amen!")

everyone should legalize marijuana... medicine is nice, but also for all... but if the majority of the people only think people should be able to use it as medicine, then so be it....

it is healthier than alcohol, so lets legalize it.

here are myths and facts on weed http://www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana/factsmyths/

and its medical benefits are chronic pain, glaucoma, arthritis, chronic fatigue, insomnia, irritable bowel syndrome, post traumatic stress disorder, epilepsy, AIDS, asthma. Yep, you hear right, asthma, people think smoking weed may make that worst, simply because of the smoke, and it could, though the drug its self is a treatment for asthma, it is recommended it is vaporized though so that the drug gets in your lungs but no smoke.

Marijuana should be legalized for all purposes, in all states. Not doing so violates our right to "pursuit of happiness".

forget the dispensaries.............just legalize it, tax it, and move on!

it's a win-win, crime goes down!, and the enforcement cost go down,... revenue goes up, from the tax. all the while the cost of the product plummets, putting drug dealers and growers either out of business or going legit, and joining the income tax branch of workers.

Sure, actually marijuana needs to be decriminalized altogether

i think so, we have it in Michigan already Of course it should only be for people with true medical need.

If it gives comfort to people with cancer and other illness do it

No. Turn us into California? I think not!