Oregon Cannabis Tax Act 2010

August 6, 7:15 PMPortland Progressive ExaminerMichael Stone

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Get ready Oregon, the movement to put the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act on the ballot in 2010 is gearing up. The Oregon Cannabis Tax Act is being sponsored by the Campaign for the Restoration and Regulation of Hemp (CRRH), a group dedicated to educate people about the medicinal and industrial uses for cannabis in our global society in order to restore hemp cultivation and end adult cannabis prohibition.

According to their website:

The group has recently revised and refiled the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act of 2010 (OCTA) petition and are in the process of gathering 1,000 sponsorship signatures. After this first step, the group will be given an official ballot title from the state. After polling, the group will begin circulating the petition across Oregon. They will need 100,000 valid signatures by July, 2, 2010 to qualify for the November 2010 election. In order to be successful, this mission will require key assistance from volunteers across Oregon.

The Oregon Cannabis Tax Act will do the following:

Protect children! This is the real “Protect Our Children” initiative. The Cannabis Tax Act (CTA) will take the lucrative marijuana market out of the black market where children and substance abusers often control it today, and place it in adult only stores, where the age limit of 21 and older is strictly enforced.

Help farmers! We will license farmers to cultivate cannabis for both medicinal and adult private use. Farmers will be able to grow industrial hemp without a license, for paper, fabric, protein and oil.

Allow doctors to prescribe untaxed cannabis through pharmacies, so patients won’t have to grow their own or buy medicine illegally.

Raise millions of dollars in new public revenue, lowering the tax burden on all and saving you money. Take the profit out of crime.

Restore industrial hemp, the most productive agricultural source of fiber protein and oil. Hemp seed oil is diesel fuel. The first cordage, cloth and paper were invented from hemp fiber.

Wipe out the black-market. The CTA allows police and the courts to concentrate on real criminals that hurt others, not arrest, prosecute and jail harmless, productive adult cannabis users. Stop our government from tearing families apart. Let’s show real family values and end cannabis prohibition.

Oregonians have already benefited from cannabis by receiving $900,000 from the self funding Oregon Medical Marijuana Program into the state general fund. Replacing prohibition with a system of taxation and regulation will produce combined savings and tax revenues of an estimated $300 million per year.

Let’s take the profits away from drug cartels and use it to support our state’s economy and social programs. Let’s stop our government from tearing families apart with senseless arrests and prosecution. Let’s show real family values and positive change for our environment by ending cannabis prohibition in all its forms.

Marijuana prohibition must come to an end. Please sign the petition once it is available. Better yet, volunteer to help the movement. Together we can Free the Weed!