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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 Representative Blumenauer Calls For an End to Failed Marijuana Prohibition 🌿Representative Blumenauer Calls For an End to Failed Marijuana Prohibition
Washington, DC –-(ENEWSPF)--October 22, 2015. Yesterday, as representatives from the Oregon Cannabis Association visit Capitol Hill, Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) on the House floorcalled for an end to the federal government’s failed approach of marijuana prohibition.
To follow are Congressman Blumenauer’s remarks. Click here to watch his speech.
“Mr. Speaker, advocates from the new emerging marijuana industry in Oregon are descending on Capitol Hill at a very critical time for this fledgling industry. They have a report about the implementation of Oregon’s Ballot Measure 91, overwhelming approved by voters last year to legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana at the state level.
“Possession became legal July 1st. Retail sales were authorized in existing dispensaries on the 1st of October to significant interest around the state. The first week saw an estimated $11 million in sales. They are working hard to implement the spirit and the letter of the measure, working...
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