Author: Anthony Taylor

Cannabis: Legislative Update

Oregon Legislature Ends 35-day 2024 Session The Oregon Legislature ended it’s 35-day 2024, legislative session with the passage of only one bill that addressed cannabis, House Bill 4121. HB 4121 extended the sunset dates from House Bill 3000 adopted in the 2021 session. Relating to the creation of a...

Oregon Expands List of Providers to Sign Cards

Governor Kate Brown signs HB 3369, expanding the list of licensed healthcare professionals who may sign an Attending Provider Statement (APS) Starting January 2, 2022, the list of those who can now sign an APS will include, Naturopathic physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists, and Certified Registered...

Legislative Counsel Opinion Favors Outdoor Cultivation

Oregon’s Legislative Counsel released its opinion late last week on whether or not outdoor cultivation restrictions in Oregon cities can be preempted. “We that state law likely preempts a city or county ordinance from prohibiting outdoor cultivation of homegrown marijuana.” In a opinion filed by Legislative Counsel, they answered...

Compassionate Oregon – 2019 Legislative Agenda

Compassionate Oregon will continue to oppose OMMP growers being forced into becoming OLCC producers or forced out of growing for patients altogether. We will continue to fight for greater access to markets and enhancing protection for our Multiple Patient Growers (MPG’s). We will continue to propose OMMP growers be...

Elizabeth Porter, MSSM, GISP, Calls Out Legacy Health, OHSU on Opposition to HB 2687

Elizabeth Porter questions Legacy Health, OHSU on opposition to HB 2687 HB 2687 – Prohibits transplant center from recommending that potential anatomical gift recipient who is medical marijuana patient be removed from list of potential recipients exclusively based on positive result of drug test for marijuana use. To the...

OLCC Limits Medical Purchases

On August 23, 2018 the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) adopted a temporary rule restricting patient access to a one-time daily purchase of one ounce of usable marijuana. This overbroad rule is unacceptable, and outrage from patients, caregivers and retailers is growing. In their recent press release announcing this...

AG Yes On Denying Deschutes Carte Blanc Access To OMMP

Based on a request of OHA by Deschutes County Sheriff’s office and DA for a complete list of all OMMP grow sites in their county, the OHA recently asked the AG’s office for an opinion on the issue of disclosing carte blanche the addresses of OMMP grow sites. The...

Andrew Gwin is our New President

We would like to take a moment to let everyone know that after three years of service as President of Compassionate Oregon, Anthony Taylor has stepped away from his role as president to focus his attention on the legislature and as a member of Oregon’s Cannabis Commission. He will...

World Health Organization – Update of Cannabis and its medical use

The World Health Organization issues report on Cannabis and its medical use.   Summary and Conclusions “It has been advanced that whole plant cannabis can be used for multiple therapeutic purposes. The evidence presented on potential medical uses and risks of cannabis in humans herein is focused on unprocessed,...