Katelyn Baker
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Three referendums on marijuana sales are now in the hands of Pendleton voters, but not before a health scare during Tuesday night's city council meeting.
Pendleton City Council received passionate testimony from several members of the audience before unanimously voting to pass a series of ordinances and resolutions that officially places medical and recreational marijuana sales and a local 3 percent tax on the November ballot. All three issues will be different questions on the ballot.
People from the audience testified that marijuana helped them treat everything from thyroid cancer to bipolar disorder. It got serious when Pendleton resident Randy Wolf started convulsing in the audience shortly after testifying that he used marijuana to treat seizures and other ailments.
Fire Chief Mike Ciraulo was in the audience and began tending to Wolf before escorting him out.
While he couldn't comment on what afflicted Wolf, Ciraulo said Wolf declined transport to a hospital and left city hall with his husband.
Other members of the public talked about how allowing marijuana retailers would hurt the black market and bring revenue to the city.
Mike Mullins and Jenifer Valley of Happy Valley spoke about how their marijuana business employed a couple dozen people and kept its money at a local credit union, a point of concern for some councilors who worried that local marijuana businesses would not be able to keep their money in a federally insured bank.
News Moderator: Katelyn Baker 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Pendleton Voters Will Have Say On Marijuana
Author: Antonio Sierra
Contact: 1-800-522-0255
Photo Credit: Teresa Crawford
Website: East Oregonian
Pendleton City Council received passionate testimony from several members of the audience before unanimously voting to pass a series of ordinances and resolutions that officially places medical and recreational marijuana sales and a local 3 percent tax on the November ballot. All three issues will be different questions on the ballot.
People from the audience testified that marijuana helped them treat everything from thyroid cancer to bipolar disorder. It got serious when Pendleton resident Randy Wolf started convulsing in the audience shortly after testifying that he used marijuana to treat seizures and other ailments.
Fire Chief Mike Ciraulo was in the audience and began tending to Wolf before escorting him out.
While he couldn't comment on what afflicted Wolf, Ciraulo said Wolf declined transport to a hospital and left city hall with his husband.
Other members of the public talked about how allowing marijuana retailers would hurt the black market and bring revenue to the city.
Mike Mullins and Jenifer Valley of Happy Valley spoke about how their marijuana business employed a couple dozen people and kept its money at a local credit union, a point of concern for some councilors who worried that local marijuana businesses would not be able to keep their money in a federally insured bank.
News Moderator: Katelyn Baker 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Pendleton Voters Will Have Say On Marijuana
Author: Antonio Sierra
Contact: 1-800-522-0255
Photo Credit: Teresa Crawford
Website: East Oregonian
