Marijuana
Friday, May 11, 2012
Marijuana Oregon Restaurant Switches to Bring-Your-Own-Pot Menu
Posted by George Prentice on Fri, May 11, 2012 at 8:57 AM
In March 2011, BW visited a then-new medical marijuana dispensary in Ontario, right across the Idaho-Oregon border. 45th Parallel offers marijuana to those with a medical prescription in dozens of forms and flavors: chocolate chunk, blue dream and purple wreck, along with Rice Krispie treats laced with marijuana oils.
We also discovered that the medical marijuana dispensary was catering to hundreds of Idaho clients.
"We know of at least 500 Idaho clients that have bought property in Oregon just in the last 60 days," the nonprofit co-op's director told BW. "They don't want to break the law, so this is going to be their new home. Idaho is losing residents, there's no doubt about it."
The Ashland Daily Tidings reports that another Oregon establishment, in Ashland, is trying something new: a bring-your-own-marijuana restaurant. Earth Dragon Edibles Restaurant and Lounge secured a business license by eliminating its so-called "hash bar" and switching to a bring-your-own-weed format. Owners said that if customers didn't know how to process their own dried marijuana into cooking oil, the proprietors would do it for them.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Marijuana Study: When Medical Pot is Introduced, Alcohol Consumption Drops
Posted by George Prentice on Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 10:16 AM
One of the more interesting journeys of 2011 (and we had a few) occurred last March, when we visited a spot called the 45th Parallel, right across the Idaho-Oregon border. That's where we found a medical marijuana dispensary, offering such varieties as chocolate chunk, blue dream and purple wreck.
What we discovered was an increasing number of Idaho clients who had recently bought property in Oregon, just so they could have legal access to medicinal pot for AIDS, cancer, multiple sclerosis and major skeletal injuries.
Moscow Republican Rep. Tom Trail told us that he was carefully crafting something called the Idaho Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act, which is expected to surface again when the Idaho Legislature convenes in a couple of weeks.
A new study, reported in today's Missoulian, indicates that states that have legalized medical marijuana have seen a decrease in traffic fatalities and beer sales, as pot became a substitute for alcohol. To date, 16 states have passed laws legalizing medical marijuana.
The report, authored by D. Mark Anderson of Montana State University and Daniel Reese of the University of Colorado, is under review by the Journal of Law and Economics.
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