Editor's Note: If you don't want to fill out the brief survey that Oregon Live usually requires in order to read the full article of the excerpt below, here are some highlights. Among the 16 marijuana-related bills introduced to legislators Monday, as the state readies to implement Measure 91–which legalized use and sale of recreational marijuana in the state–are:
-Â House Bill 2636, that limits a physician to approving medical marijuana cards for no more than 450 patients.
-Â House Bill 2040Â would prohibit retail sales within one mile of a school.
-Â House Bill 2041Â would allow localities to set up a one-mile exclusion zone around schools.
- Senate Bill 445 would require pot retailers and medical marijuana dispensaries to display warning signs for pregnant women.
-Â Senate Bill 464Â proposes extending the ban on butane hash oil (spelled out in Measure 91 for recreational use) to medical marijuana users.
-Â Â Senate Bill 479Â and480Â would establish bodies to study medical marijuana.Â
From bills seeking to change the marijuana legalization measure passed by Oregon voters to proposed limits on how many medical marijuana patients a doctor can see, pot is a big issue at the Legislature this year.
At least 16 bills marijuana-related bills were introduced on Monday, when legislators were sworn into office, and many more are in the works.
"You can't see the passage of something major like that and not think that you need to figure out how to manage it," said Rep. Julie Parrish, R-West Linn, who has two bills aimed at cracking down on marijuana use by daycare providers.
Legislative leaders last month set up a special House-Senate committee on marijuana to look at how the state should implement Measure 91. Under the measure, possession of up to eight ounces of marijuana at home will become legal on July 1 and retail sales will start in 2016 and be regulated by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission.
