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Medical marijuana bill stalls; Sen. Courtney intervenes (Oregon)

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Noelle Skodzinski
May 14, 2015

Senate President Peter Courtney has created a special Senate committee aimed at moving a medical marijuana bill to the Senate floor.

The move comes after a joint committee that was formed to create laws for Oregon's new marijuana landscape failed to move a medical marijuana bill.

The five-person committee is chairwoman Sen. Ginny Burdick, D-Portland, Sen. Ted Ferrioli, R-John Day, Sen. Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene, Sen. Lee Beyer, D-Springfield and Sen. Jeff Kruse, R-Roseburg.

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