Medical marijuana in Oregon: Senate approves bill allowing local regulation but not ban of dispensar

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The Oregon Senate Tuesday unanimously approved Senate Bill 1531, legislation that allows local communities to regulate but not ban medical marijuana dispensaries.

The bill now heads to the Oregon House of Representatives.

 

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A bill that would ask Oregon voters if they want to legalize marijuana while leaving the regulatory details up to lawmakers cleared its first legislative hurdle Thursday.

Senate Bill 1556 passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on a 3-2 party-line vote, with Republicans Betsy Close of Albany and Jeff Kruse of Roseburg opposed, and was sent to the Senate Rules Committee