Bills & Laws

Celebrating Victories for over 10 years, Compassionate Oregon continues to fight for your patients rights to choose and access safe therapeutic cannabis.

10 years and still grinding our work together is more important than ever. With the combination of momentum and setbacks, Oregonians are perfectly well-positioned to see the 23 years Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) take further shape. Introducing the Oregon Cannabis Healthcare Act 2023 into the Oregon State Legislature. Compassionate Oregon has been collaborating with a wide group that represents the vastness of importance of the integration of medical cannabis therapeutics in Oregon. To learn more simply send us an email, we would love your thoughts, feedback, and more importantly your support by contacting your state Senator and Representative to voice your support.

Ryan’s Law is another legislative initiative we are working on getting passed in the 2023 Oregon Session. Ryan’s Law was adopted in the State of California offering protections for terminally ill patients in hospital and clinical settings to be afforded the use of therapeutic cannabis during their hospice to passage care. The compassion behind Ryan’s Law speaks volumes to the kind of medical environment we can support, especially in the most sensitive of moments. In Oregon, we are seeking to expand upon the terminally ill to also include those in lifetime care facilities who may benefit from the use of therapeutic cannabis in their daily lives.

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Bills & Laws Achievements

• Effective July 1, 2013 Oregonians will be allowed to possess up to four ounces of marijuana before being charged with felony possession. (Senate Bill 40 Sponsored by Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association with misdemeanor amendment by Compassionate Oregon).

• Effective July 1, 2013 Oregonians will no longer be subject to driver’s license suspension for a conviction for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana. (Senate Bill 82 Pre-session filed with amendment Sponsored by Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association & Compassionate Oregon).

• Effective January 1, 2014, Oregonians suffering from PTSD will be allowed to qualify for a medical marijuana card. (Senate Bill 281 Pre-session filed by Senator Brian Boquist at the request of Todd Dalotto and Compassionate Oregon).

• Effective March 1, 2014, Oregonians will be allowed to apply for a medical marijuana facilities certification. (House Bill 3460 Introduced by Representatives Peter Buckley and Lew Frederick and Senators Floyd Prozanski and Jackie Dingfelder).

• Effective March 1, 2014, Cities and Counties have the right to place a one year ban on medical marijuana facilities.  All packaging for usable marijuana must be child-resistant and unattractive to children.(SB 1531 at the request of the Association of Oregon Counties and the League of Oregon Cities.

Links you may find helpful!

• Oregon Legislative Page: Find Bills, Audio/Video, Archives http://www.oregonlegislature.gov
• Oregon Medical Marijuana Program Handbook http://public.health.oregon.gov
• Patients Out of Time http://www.medicalcannabis.com
• Drug War Facts. The place to find the facts you need http://www.drugwarfacts.org

Veterans

• http://www.veteransformedicalmarijuana.org

Ogden Memo, October 19, 2009

• http://www.justice.gov

Cole Memos, June 2011, Aug. 2013, Feb. 2014

• June 29, 2011 memo from the DOJ, “Guidance Regarding the Ogden Memo in Jurisdictions Seeking to Authorize Marijuana for Medical Use.”  http://www.justice.gov
• The second Cole Memo, August 29, 2013, “Guidance Regarding Marijuana Enforcement.”  http://www.justice.gov
• The third Cole Memo, Feb. 14, 2014, “Guidance Regarding Marijuana Related Financial Crimes.”  http://www.dfi.wa.gov
• The memo from the US Dept. of Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network And Bank Secrecy Act, Feb. 14, 2014, “Issuing guidance to clarify Bank Secrecy Act expectations for financial institutions seeking to provide services to marijuana-related business.”  http://www.fincen.gov