INNS OF COURT, MARCH 19, 2015
OREGON’S MARIJUANA LAW, WHAT IT DOES; WHAT IT DOES NOT DO	
				   Edwin J Peterson

1. Nov 4, 2014.  Measure 91 vests the OLCC with authority to regulate the purchase, sale, production, processing, transportation and delivery of marijuana products, and to grant licenses for the sale and production of marijuana, collect taxes imposed by the measure.
2.  Annual license fee of $1,000 for a license, plus a $250 application fee.
3.  What the measure does.
	–An adult can buy and possess up to one ounce, not to be consumed “in public view.”
	–Each household can possess up to eight ounces, four marijuana plants,
one pound of “solid, homemade marijuana products” and 4 ½ pounds of “liquid homemade marijuana products.
	–No production or processing or sale without a license
	–Imposes a tax on producers of $35 per oz. of flowers, $10 per oz. on
leaves, and $5 per plant. Tax proceeds go to six entities, including cities, counties,
schools, OSP, OHA and Mental Health.
4. The measure does not:
	–Allow minors under 21 to use, possess or buy marijuana.
	–Allow local governments to prohibit sale or production or use.
	–Allow use in public. 
	–Set intoxication levels	  
	–Change federal law, which still classifies marijuana as a controlled substance.
5. “What took Washington’s legal community by surprise was the suddent intense scrutiny of legal ethics issues that cropped up....When one creates a potential multibillion dollar industry out of nowhere overnight, the interest and anxiety about it skyrockets.” Bar Bulletin, p 19, June 2014.

Sources:
	Representative Dennis Richardon Newsletter, 12 5 2014 (online)
	Oregon State Bar Bulletin, pp 19-24, June 2014 (online)
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