State law/Federal law re: MJ

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Just took a quick look at the following news report, and woner how Fed law would impact the state of Oregon if the bill were to be passed and implemented. Any opinions?

"SALEM, Ore — The Oregon Legislature's latest idea for a tax? Medical marijuana.

The state would take over growing and distributing marijuana to patients in the medical-marijuana program under a bill introduced Wednesday. Sponsored by Rep. Ron Maurer, R-Grants Pass, House Bill 3274 imposes a $98-per-ounce tax, which would cover the state's cost of operating and securing the production center..."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,509189,00.html

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[Andrewwhyte 1]

$98.00/oz for the cost of the facility. Only in the government sector.

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$98.00/oz for the cost of the facility. Only in the government sector.

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Really, though, how would the fact that MJ is a Schedule I substance impact a state operating a grow/distribution operation? Would OR officials be arrested and charged by the Feds? Just the OR state employees? Just the users?

My opinion: I'd like to see the Feds have their ass handed to them by the SC over this issue (among many other issues).

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[Coreece 190]

From Article:

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Maurer and three co-sponsors think the bill would improve public safety by eliminating private medical-marijuana grow sites. Some private growers have been accused of illegally selling marijuana to those who don't have cards; other sites have been targeted by burglaries and home invasions.

Though I know this is a legitimate charge, I think it's just a cover for not wanting to create an opportunity for people to generate small private fortunes....just like the online poker thing....Im not buying the public saftey BS anymore. I've learned that people don't really give that much of a shit about others....

This all is just a very loose opinion however....

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My opinion: I'd like to see the Feds have their ass handed to them by the SC over this issue (among many other issues).

Then you'll be waiting. Take a look at Gonzales v. Raich. The SCOTUS found that federal regulation of purely intrastate cultivation and possession of pot is within the authorized federal regulation under the commerce clause.

Dissenting were O'Connor, Rehnquist and Thomas. Thomas was particularly pissed off. He even mentioned it in a later dissent:

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agree with limiting the applications of the CSA in a manner consistent with the principles of federalism and our constitutional structure. Raich, supra, at ___ (Thomas, J., dissenting); cf. Whitman, supra, at 486-487 (Thomas, J., concurring) (noting constitutional concerns with broad delegations of authority to administrative agencies). But that is now water over the dam. The relevance of such considerations was at its zenith in Raich, when we considered whether the CSA could be applied to the intrastate possession of a controlled substance consistent with the limited federal powers enumerated by the Constitution. Such considerations have little, if any, relevance where, as here, we are merely presented with a question of statutory interpretation, and not the extent of constitutionally permissible federal power. This is particularly true where, as here, we are interpreting broad, straightforward language within a statutory framework that a majority of this Court has concluded is so comprehensive that it necessarily nullifies the States' " 'traditional ... powers ... to protect the health, safety, and welfare of their citizens.'

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