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Oregon General Election: Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Race for President
Kamala Harris
(D)
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Vice President Kamala Harris pledges to federally legalize marijuana, ensuring that access to cannabis is “the law of the land."
If elected, she will "break down unjust legal barriers that hold Black men and other Americans back by legalizing marijuana nationally, working with Congress to ensure that the safe cultivation, distribution, and possession of recreational marijuana is the law of the land."
The Democratic presidential nominee’s cannabis plan to "legalize marijuana at the federal level to break down unjust legal barriers that hold Black men and other Americans back" is part of what her campaign calls an "opportunity agend." (10/14/24)
As Vice President, Harris has repeatedly stated that Americans should not be incarcerated for marijuana use. She’s championed the Biden administration’s efforts to pardon low-level marijuana offenders and to loosen certain federal cannabis restrictions. And as the Democratic presidential nominee, she’s the first major party candidate to have ever called for the plant’s legalization and regulation.
Donald Trump
(R)
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Following the passage of Congressional amendments limiting the Justice Department from taking prosecutorial actions against those in legal marijuana states, Former President Trump consistently issued signing statements indicating that he believed that he had the power to disregard these amendments because he believed them to be unconstitutional. (Source)
Regarding Florida's 2024 Amendment 3, Trump said, "someone should not be a criminal in Florida, when this is legal in so many other States.” (8/31/24)
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Tim Walz
(D)
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Governor Walz has been an outspoken proponent of adult-use marijuana legalization and in 2019 he ordered state agencies to begin taking steps to prepare for a change in law.
J.D. Vance
(R)
Vance was among the nine members of the Senate Banking Committee who voted in the minority against the Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act in September 2023. That bill is still pending floor action, and Democratic leadership has repeatedly described it as a priority without advancing it further, but Vance said he opposed it in part because he believes it would inadvertently make it easier for illicit operators to traffic other drugs such as fentanyl. Asked about his opposition to the legislation in April 2024, the senator argued that it “was crafted in such a way that actually would have opened up access to banking resources for fentanyl traffickers and others.” There’s no clear evidence that that’s the case, but Vance has more generally discussed his concerns with the fentanyl trade on several occasions. (7/15/24)
During a campaign event with the Milwaukee Police Association in Wisconsin, Vance said he spoke to a police officer who told him that "we’ve got fentanyl in our marijuana bags that our teenagers are using," echoing a claim about laced cannabis that’s been routinely contested by advocates and certain state regulators: "Look, I’m the parent of three young kids… A seven-year-old, a four-year-old and a two-year-old. We don’t have to worry about this yet, but I’m certain—because kids are kids—that one day, one of my kids is going to take something or do something that I don’t want them to take. But I don’t want that mistake to ruin their life. I want them to learn from it. I want their parents to be able to punish them. I don’t want our kids to make mistakes on American streets and have it take their lives away from them," he said, suggesting that he recognizes when his children grow up they may experiment with certain substances such as marijuana, but he’s more concerned with potentially lethal contamination. (8/16/24)
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Suzanne Bonamici
(D)
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Suzanne Bonamici understands that the war on marijuana has done infinitely more harm than good and advocates for reform on a federal level.
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Chris Gorsek
(D)
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1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable
access to patients?
I have family members that need cannabis for pain management and the medical program is a very important way for them to afford their pain management regimen. I would enthusiastically support efforts to protect this important program.
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis
consumption lounges?
I think we need to ensure that cannabis is treated in the law at least the same as alcohol. While I have some reservations around smoking indoors I think we have to be fair considering that we know that cannabis isn't nearly as harmful as the hookah lounges that still proliferate.
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices
against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market?
I'm actually working on legislation related to the treatment of cannabis testing in the workplace. I worry about people unable to use cannabis therapeutically in housing as well and look forward to protect tenants further in the upcoming session.
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and
processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their
facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as
they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all
areas of the premises to be on camera)
The legislation that provided for distilleries to sell and provide samples was transformational for those businesses and as I responded to in an earlier question, parity between the treatment of alcohol and cannabis is important to me.
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal
decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant?
Absolutely.
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David Gomberg
(D)
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1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable access to patients? Yes
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis consumption lounges? Yes
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market? Unsure.
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all areas of the premises to be on camera) Yes.
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant? Yes.
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Mike Beilstein
(PG)
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1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable
access to patients? YES - Need to see the legislation first. However, I support safe affordable access to all medicine.
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis
consumption lounges? YES - I think it is appropriate to be able to consume cannabis products in regulated public spaces, like the coffee shops in Amsterdam.
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market? YES - I believe there should be no employment discrimination against people who use cannabis for medicine or recreation as long as they are not impaired on the job.
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and
processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their
facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as
they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all
areas of the premises to be on camera) YES
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal
decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant? YES - Abuse of any drug is a health issue, not criminal. Criminalizing drug use is part of the strategy to create a police state criminal-industrial complex. Also criminalizing non-drug hemp production is a stupid unnecessary restriction of a possibly valuable agricultural economy.
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Ken Helm
(D)
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1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable
access to patients? Yes.
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis
consumption lounges? Yes.
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices
against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market? Yes.
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and
processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their
facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as
they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all
areas of the premises to be on camera) Yes.
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal
decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant? Yes.
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U.S. Senate
Jeff Merkley
(D)
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Senator Merkley works tirelessly for sensible marijuana laws. He introduced the SAFE Banking Act of 2019, and has consistently been a loud voice in favor of progressive reform legislation. Senator Merkley has been a longtime friend and champion for the marijuana legalization movement.
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Ron Wyden
(D)
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Senator Wyden is a longtime proponent for the legalization of marijuana and is outspoken in his opinion. He frequently cites his admiration of Canada's policy regarding marijuana and believes the United States should follow their lead.
U.S. House District 1
Suzanne Bonamici
(D)
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Suzanne Bonamici understands that the war on marijuana has done infinitely more harm than good and advocates for reform on a federal level.
U.S. House District 3
Earl Blumenauer
(D)
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Representative Blumenauer has been a lead advocate for marijuana legalization in Congress and a founding Co-Chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus.
Arguably there is no stronger proponent of cannabis reform than Congressman Blumenauer.
State Senate District 3
Jeff Golden
(D)
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1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable
access to patients?
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis
consumption lounges?
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices
against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market?
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and
processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their
facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as
they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all
areas of the premises to be on camera)
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal
decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant?
"I’m comfortable giving YES answers to all of these questions, undertanding that in almoat every issue area, critical decisions get made in the details of legislation that can affect the final vote. At this point I can’t imagine what details could make me oppose any of these general positions. And #5 is critical! We have to get federal criminalization repealed to bring sanity to this whole picture." Jeffery Golden
State Senate District 4
Floyd Prozanski
(D)
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1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable
access to patients? Yes.
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis
consumption lounges? Yes.
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices
against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market? Yes.
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and
processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their
facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as
they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all
areas of the premises to be on camera) Yes.
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal
decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant? Yes.
State Senate District 11
Kim Thatcher
(R)
1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable access to patients?
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis consumption lounges?
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market?
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and
processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their
facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as
they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all
areas of the premises to be on camera)
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant?
As far as all of the questions below are concerned, the devil is in the details as far as supporting the concepts... or not. However, before many of these issues can even begin to be addressed, there are a couple things that would make sense to focus on:
1) Getting the federal government to reschedule cannabis. Having it listed as a Schedule 1 drug makes little sense.
2) There needs to be a meaningful and legally recognized standard for determining actual impairment from THC not just measuring the mere presence of it in one’s system.
When both of these items are addressed, it will make it much more practical and palatable to address the other issues. For what it’s worth...
State Senate District 12
Brian Boquist
(I)
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Sen. Boquist initially voted and even co-sponsored marijuana bill for PTSD, but now has come out to say that there is too much marijuana in the market
State Senate District 23
Michael Dembrow
(D)
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1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable
access to patients? Yes.
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis
consumption lounges? Yes.
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices
against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market? Yes.
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and
processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their
facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as
they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all
areas of the premises to be on camera) Yes.
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal
decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant? Yes.
State Senate District 25
Chris Gorsek
(D)
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1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable
access to patients?
I have family members that need cannabis for pain management and the medical program is a very important way for them to afford their pain management regimen. I would enthusiastically support efforts to protect this important program.
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis
consumption lounges?
I think we need to ensure that cannabis is treated in the law at least the same as alcohol. While I have some reservations around smoking indoors I think we have to be fair considering that we know that cannabis isn't nearly as harmful as the hookah lounges that still proliferate.
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices
against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market?
I'm actually working on legislation related to the treatment of cannabis testing in the workplace. I worry about people unable to use cannabis therapeutically in housing as well and look forward to protect tenants further in the upcoming session.
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and
processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their
facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as
they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all
areas of the premises to be on camera)
The legislation that provided for distilleries to sell and provide samples was transformational for those businesses and as I responded to in an earlier question, parity between the treatment of alcohol and cannabis is important to me.
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal
decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant?
Absolutely.
State House District 10
David Gomberg
(D)
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1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable access to patients? Yes
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis consumption lounges? Yes
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market? Unsure.
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all areas of the premises to be on camera) Yes.
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant? Yes.
State House District 27
Ken Helm
(D)
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1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable
access to patients? Yes.
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis
consumption lounges? Yes.
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices
against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market? Yes.
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and
processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their
facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as
they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all
areas of the premises to be on camera) Yes.
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal
decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant? Yes.