Medical Marijuana Update: Support for Workplace Bill is Thin; Plus, Mannix is Back

[Ganjarden]

The latest news from the medical marijuana front is a mixed bag: There's broad public support for the Oregon Medical Marijuana Plan, according to one poll. But efforts to kill the medical marijuana program approved by state voters in 1998 are still being hatched for the 2010 ballot.

First up, newly released survey data from Portland pollster Lisa Grove shows 49 percent of likely voters in Oregon oppose efforts that are afoot in the Legislature to let employers fire medical-marijuana users. Just 32 percent of likely voters support such a bill, according to the December poll.

The data was belatedly released this week by Anthony Johnson, political director at the pro-marijuana outfit Voter Power.

Then comes the buzz kill: Allies of conservative ballot-measure guru Kevin Mannix have filed three draft ballot titles with the Secretary of State's office for the 2010 ballot.

The proposed Oregon Crime Control Act, Oregon Intoxicating Substances Act and Oregon Marijuana Prescription Act each would replace medical marijuana with prescription THC pills, which pro-marijuana advocates say are not as effective as real ganja.


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