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Oregon to put "POT bill"on 2010 ballot-Initiative would allow pot sales at liquor stores
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 866229:MV81NzExMTRfMTUwODQxMzJfMzAwQzQwRUM=] [quote:Anonymous Coward 866545] Too bad Oregon is full of gays and weirdos. Seems like a great place. But the young people are perverts and senseless. Let me put it to you Mr. Texan so you can understand a little easier. I would speak slow, but since I am not verbally communicating, this will have to suffice. Portland, Oregon has a lot of conservatives like yourself. It is a greener version of Austin; which you should (if you have a brain) be familiar with as pretty liberal. Though no one place is 100% liberal in this world. I am glad that you didn't lump gays into the weirdo category, that means subconsciously you have a hard time internalizing the issue. Perhaps, when you used to play high school football...you might have spent too much time inappropriately staring at fellow team mates in the locker rooms. As for the weirdo bit, yes there are plenty of us who are not conforming to the concepts that you hold onto like a security blanket. Fearing that you MIGHT actually enjoy being different, must really terrify you. I am one of the weirdos, if you are afraid of us, then please stay in your uptight and I assure you really, really, really boring environment. The environment where you know exactly what is going to happen and everyone does everything the same way. (To me that is like a bad horror/sci-fi film). On the plus side, I know I will not have to worry about you invading our state with a bunch of inane babbling and rhetoric. -Sincerely, A Portland Weirdo. [/quote] Yep, Portland is pretty awesome, I just don't feel comfortable in big cities. I grew up in a small town so Portland is HUGE by my standards. People who don't like nonconformists shouldn't move here, we neither need nor want any more uptight haters here. [/quote]
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SALEM, Ore. - Relax it and tax it.
That's the motto behind a new cannabis initiative that would allow Oregon's state-controlled liquor stores to legally sell marijuana to adults.
Initiative backers said their plan would send 90 percent of the proceeds from the state's sale of marijuana to Oregon's General Fund, which could lower Oregonians' state tax burden.
Smaller percentages would go to funding drug abuse education and treatment programs.
The initiative would also legalize the growing of hemp, a non-drug variant of cannabis that can be used to make industrial-strength fibers and bio-fuels.
Supporters claim that allowing cannabis cultivation and sales through state liquor stores would add $300 million in combined tax revenues and savings to Oregon's budget.
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