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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 2017 Legal battle won’t stop US does not need warrant to subpoena Oregon drug data pot sales in Nevada Rules added to protect children By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. — A lengthy legal battle over the alcohol industry’s exclusive rights to distribute marijuana in Nevada won’t affect the state’s plans to begin rec- reational pot sales at medi- cal dispensaries on Saturday, state offi cials said. The Nevada Tax Com- mission also approved emer- gency regulations Mon- day with stricter labeling and packaging requirements aimed at protecting children. Among other things, the rules prohibit edible pot prod- ucts modeled after products marketed primarily to chil- dren or bearing likenesses of animals, fruit or cartoon characters. The marijuana indus- try is eager for the fast-ap- proaching July 1 kickoff of recreational sales in Nevada, where demand from tour- ists is expected to eventually make the state’s market big- ger than other states where it’s legal, including Colorado, Oregon and Washington. The state intends to appeal a Carson City judge’s order that only alcohol wholesalers can obtain pot distribution licenses, Stephanie Klap- stein, Taxation Department spokeswoman, confi rmed Monday. It won’t happen on an emergency basis, and it won’t affect retail sales starting Sat- urday, Klapstein said. State regulators argued they have the authority to issue distributor licenses to existing medical dispensaries if there aren’t enough appli- cants from the alcohol indus- try to meet demand. Judge James Wilson disagreed. “Nobody said they are going to just roll over and accept the court’s fi nding. It’s a fairly big issue,” said Michael Willden, chief of staff to Gov. Brian Sandoval. But that fi ght is for another day, he said, because Sandoval has decided they don’t want to pursue that matter through an emergency regulation. In the meantime, properly licensed medical dispensaries can sell off their stockpiles for recreational use and expect to have enough supply to meet demand for three weeks or longer. The state anticipates at least some alcohol whole- salers will be licensed to dis- tribute pot by then. Ruling reverses judge’s fi nding on database By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency does not need a court order to subpoena a prescription drug database kept by the state of Oregon, but the ruling did not specify whether those sub- poenas would violate consti- tutional protections. The ruling reverses a 2014 judge’s ruling fi nding that the agency must obtain warrants to access the database, which Oregon uses to help health care providers identify abuse. The appeals panel, however, said nothing prevents Ore- gon from challenging individ- ual warrantless subpoenas in court “in light of the particu- larly important privacy inter- Crew rescues man after sailboat capsizes Associated Press DEER ISLAND — U.S. Coast Guard offi cials say one man was rescued after his sailboat capsized on the Columbia River near Deer Island. Coast Guard Station Portland crewmembers responded Monday evening after people on a tug boat reported that the approx- imately 12-foot sailboat capsized. The U.S. Coast Guard says the man was tossed a life ring and pulled onto their boat before he was taken to Kalama, Washington, and to a local hospital. The Coast Guard says the boater was reportedly hypothermic. Authorities in Columbia County towed the capsized vessel to shore. WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 64 53 54 Cloudy with a brief shower or two FRIDAY 67 52 Lottie Holden Cannon Beach March 12, 1962 — June 22, 2017 Low clouds breaking for some sun Low clouds SATURDAY 66 53 67 55 Clouds giving way to some sun Times of clouds and sun Lottie Holden ALMANAC Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 54/64 Tillamook 52/63 Salem 51/76 Newport 51/62 SUN AND MOON Full Last July 8 Coos Bay 54/65 New July 16 July 23 TOMORROW'S TIDES Time 11:43 a.m. none Low -0.8 ft. Ontario 60/88 Bend 46/78 Burns 45/81 Klamath Falls 46/81 Lakeview 46/82 Ashland 56/85 City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 80 80 64 78 62 83 89 77 61 63 Today Lo 44 46 52 48 55 46 58 52 51 53 W s s pc pc c s pc pc c c Hi 78 78 66 77 61 81 87 75 62 65 Wed. Lo 41 46 52 48 55 42 55 51 49 52 W s s pc pc c s s pc c c City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima W s t s t pc pc pc pc pc s s s s s t pc c t pc pc s s pc pc pc Hi 87 79 83 85 85 80 102 73 87 82 86 106 78 90 90 89 83 78 92 81 91 92 68 73 83 Wed. Lo 69 63 69 55 67 67 75 52 74 69 69 80 61 73 79 69 73 65 71 65 77 61 54 55 67 Hi 75 82 77 81 78 63 84 78 76 89 Today Lo 51 54 55 53 51 54 57 49 53 55 W pc s pc pc pc c pc pc pc s Hi 72 82 76 81 76 62 81 77 73 88 Wed. Lo 49 54 55 53 53 53 57 49 52 55 W pc s pc pc pc c s pc pc s Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W s s pc t t s s c s s t s pc pc t s t s pc s pc pc pc pc s PACKAGE DEALS APPLIANCE AND HOME FURNISHINGS 529 SE MARLIN, WARRENTON 503-861-0929 O VER Mattresses, Furniture 3 A 0 RS TSOP C LA U Y C O NT June 18, 2017 BONNER, Jenna and Brett, of Astoria, a boy, Tucker Lee Bonner, born at Columbia Memorial Hos- pital in Astoria. Grandpar- ents are Brent and Lane Wike & More! tions at milepost 48. Driv- ers are advised to use Oregon Route 53 and Miami River Road. The state said the sink- hole is about 3 feet by 3 feet. Crews are working to deter- mine the cause. of Cullowhee, North Caro- lina, Robin Bonner of Gree- ley, Colorado and Randy and Lesa Weathers of Red Bluff, California. June 16, 2017 BRIM, Britaney and Michael, of Seaside, a girl, Jaycee Taylor Brim, born at Providence Seaside Hospital. Grandparents are Linda and Michael Brim of Astoria, Ger- ald Dowker of Colorado and Beckey Dowker of Michigan. died in Longview. No service is planned at this time. MARSH, Patrick, 74, of Seaside, died in Seaside. Hughes-Ransom Mortu- ary & Crematory in Astoria/ Seaside is in charge of the arrangements. BETTS, Edward Leon, 75, of Astoria, died in Port- land. Caldwell’s Luce-Lay- ton Mortuary in Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. June 26, 2017 MILLER, Clara, 91, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Caldwell’s Luce- Layton Mortuary in Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. DEATHS June 16, 2017 WARREN, Adelbert Malcolm, 90, of Hammond, died in Hammond. Luce-Lay- ton Mortuary of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. June 25, 2017 DINWIDDIE, Beverly M., 76, of Longview, Wash- ington, formerly of Astoria, LOTTERIES TUESDAY Astoria City Council, noon, special meeting on work- ers’ compensation insurance, City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Clatsop Care Health District Board, noon, budget meeting for fi scal year beginning July 1, 947 Olney Ave. Astoria Library Board, 5:30 p.m., Flag Room, 450 10th St. Clatsop County Fair Board, 5:30 p.m., special meet- ing, Fair & Expo, 92937 Walluski Loop, Astoria. Warrenton City Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave. APPLIANCE YE A sinkhole has closed U.S. Highway 101 south of Wheeler. The state Department of Transportation said the high- way is closed in both direc- PUBLIC MEETINGS Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. IN Associated Press BIRTHS TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES Today Lo 64 59 59 55 66 54 73 54 75 55 71 80 62 68 78 59 73 62 71 59 68 65 56 55 61 Baker 44/78 REGIONAL CITIES Astoria / Port Docks Hi 85 77 77 92 82 74 97 74 86 74 82 108 86 85 90 83 84 78 92 79 82 93 69 75 80 John Day 50/79 DUII • At 2:08 a.m. Friday, Gregory F. Sage, 34, of Sea- side, was arrested by the Sea- side Police Department on the 2100 block of North Hol- laday Drive and charged with driving under the infl uence of intoxicants and reckless driving. La Grande 48/78 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI City Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis Miami Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Philadelphia St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC she wrote for the Cannon Beach Gazette, which was managed and edited by her father, the late Don L. Holden. Holden is survived by her mother, Joan, and many friends. A memorial will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, July 23, in Les Shirley Park in Cannon Beach. Highway 101 closed near Wheeler for sinkhole ON THE RECORD Roseburg 53/81 Brookings 51/70 UNDER THE SKY High 8.5 ft. 8.1 ft. Lebanon 49/77 Medford 58/87 Tonight's Sky: Low in the southeast is Antares of Scorpion. Time 4:53 a.m. 6:15 p.m. Prineville 44/81 Eugene 48/77 Sunset tonight ........................... 9:11 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday .................... 5:27 a.m. Moonrise today ........................... 9:48 a.m. Moonset today ......................... 11:58 p.m. Pendleton 54/82 The Dalles 58/81 Portland 55/76 Precipitation Monday ............................................ Trace Month to date ................................... 2.44" Normal month to date ....................... 2.32" Year to date .................................... 49.57" Normal year to date ........................ 35.68" June 30 Lottie Holden, 55, passed away June 22. Holden, a graduate of Dartmouth College, moved to Cannon Beach in the mid-1990s to help care for her parents and four grandparents. She worked as a journalist for New West and other magazines in California. When Lottie moved to the area, REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 65°/56° Normal high/low ........................... 65°/51° Record high ............................ 85° in 2006 Record low ............................. 41° in 1976 First A similar Utah case may help to resolve that ques- tion, said Nathan Wessler, the ACLU attorney who argued the Oregon appeal. The case began in 2012 when the DEA sought the records of one patient and two prescribing physicians as a part of an investigation. The state argued it could not be compelled to disclose health information about a patient without a federal court order. Oregon lawmak- ers approved the prescrip- tion database in 2009 and it became fully operational two years later. A pharmacy must electronically report infor- mation about the quantity and type of drugs dispensed, identifying information about patients and the names of doc- tors prescribed medication. About 7 million prescrip- tion records are uploaded to Oregon’s system annually, according to the 2014 opin- ion on the case written by U.S. District Judge Ancer L. Haggerty. OBITUARIES FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT est implicated here.” The ruling did not resolve the question of whether the DEA’s administrative subpoe- nas violate constitutional pro- tections against unreasonable search and seizure outlined in the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Oregon Prescrip- tion Drug Monitoring Pro- gram sued the DEA in 2012 over the administrative sub- poenas for patient prescrip- tion records because under state law police must get court orders to check the same data- base. The DEA argued that the federal Controlled Sub- stances Act allowed it to access the information with- out a warrant. The American Civil Liber- ties Union joined in the case to litigate the broader issue of whether the requests vio- lated Fourth Amendment protections. The appeals court said that the ACLU does not have standing in the case and did not address that issue. 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