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Oregon Stories Posted in May 2008
Mannix Drops Anti-Marijuana Ballot Initiative
Category: Marijuana · State: Oregon · Source: Willamette Weekly
Conservative ballot-measure supremo Kevin Mannix just told WWire he and his cohorts are dropping a proposed ballot initiative to kill the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program. "That petition's going to stop this week," Mannix says. There was not enough time or money to gather the 82,769 valid signatures needed, he says. "That's the best news I've had all day," says Paul Stanford, head of The Hemp and Cannabis Foundation, a Portland-based national chain of medical marijuana clinics. Mannix says the decision to drop the petition drive had nothing to do with lack of public support, but rather lack of resources. But Stanford says he believes Mannix ran into trouble because the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act, approved by voters in 1998, is still supported by a clear majority.
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