Oregon Guide
Upcoming Election
Your Elected Officials
U.S. Senate
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Jeff Merkley (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE DECRIMINALIZE MEDICAL USE

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. 

U.S. Senate
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Ron Wyden (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE DECRIMINALIZE MEDICAL USE

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
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Suzanne Bonamici (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE DECRIMINALIZE MEDICAL USE

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 2
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U.S. House District 3
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Earl Blumenauer (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE DECRIMINALIZE MEDICAL USE

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
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Jeff Golden (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE DECRIMINALIZE MEDICAL USE
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
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Floyd Prozanski (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE DECRIMINALIZE MEDICAL USE
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 7
State Senate District 8
State Senate District 10
State Senate District 11
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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
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Brian Boquist (I) DECRIMINALIZE

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 17
State Senate District 19
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State Senate District 23
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Michael Dembrow (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE DECRIMINALIZE MEDICAL USE
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 24
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State Senate District 25
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Chris Gorsek (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE DECRIMINALIZE MEDICAL USE
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
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David Gomberg (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE DECRIMINALIZE MEDICAL USE
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
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Ken Helm (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE DECRIMINALIZE MEDICAL USE
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 House District 55