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FR IDAY , FEBRUARY 13 , 2015 THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 7 Local / Sports Mar i juana d ispensar ies Con t inu ed f rom Pag e 1 Ch i e f Lohn e r b eg an by t a lk ing o f Hou s e B i l l 3460 p a s s ed in 2013 th a t en ab l e s m ed i c a l m a r i ju an a d i s - p en s a r i e s to op e r a t e w i th in c i t i e s . “How ev e r , th e r e w a s con s id e r ab l e oppo s i - t ion in a m a jo r i ty o f c i t i e s th roughou t th e S t a t e o f O r egon , ” Lohn e r s a id . “A s i t w a s t ry ing to b e r e so lv ed th e S en a t e w en t b a ck and p a s s ed ano th e r b i l l th a t a l low ed fo r mo r a to r ium s to go in to e f f e c t . 159 O r egon c i t i e s ou t o f 242 in c lud ing B ak e r C i ty p a s s ed a mo r a - to r ium to b an m a r i ju an a d i sp en s a r i e s fo r th e y e a r du r a t ion o f th e mo r a to - r ium . Ou r C i ty Coun c i l vo t ed un an imou s ly fo r th i s mo r a to r ium in ou r commu - n i ty . 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