Legislature ponders pot, meat packaging
By GREG WASSON
Of the Emerald
SALEM — Three legislative
proposals aimed at restricting
the sale and possession of mar
ijuana paraphernalia have little
“political chance this session,”
says Rep. Tom Mason, D-Port
r
land, chairer of the House
Judiciary Committee.
The committee will begin
hearings on the bills Wednes
day.
One bill outlaws the sale of
paraphernalia to minors but al
lows those over 21 years old to
grow three marijuana plants.
The second has similar anti
paraphernalia provisions but
lacks the cultivation allowance.
It also makes it a crime to allow a
minor on the premises where
the devices are sold. The third
makes it illegal for anyone to
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possess paraphernalia.
"This might be a phony is
sue," Mason says, noting that
the Legislature decriminalized
marijuana possession several
sessions ago.
"I think it’s bizarre that you
would outlaw more stringently
the devices used to smoke a
substance that you've only
made a violation.”
The Senate ratified a consti
tutional amendment that would
give Washington, D C. one
representative and two senators
Monday.
Congress approved the
amendment and sent it to the
states for ratification in 1978.
The resolution now moves to
the House, which must approve
it if Oregon is to join the eight
states that have accepted the
change
Supporters of the amendment
repeated the classic American
motto of "no taxation without
representation."
But a more compelling motto
is "no death without represen
tation," says Rep. Gratten
Kearns, D-Eugene.
"The people of the District of
Columbia have been called
upon to defend this nation in
each of the wars of the last
century, yet they've never been
allowed a voice in the national
legislature which decides the
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United States will be engaged in
armed conflict.
"It’s the worst kind of inequity
to be called on to defend
freedom when you don't have it
yourself.”
Sen. Mike Thorne, D-Pendle
ton, was one of the six senators
who voted against the measure.
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"I felt for some time that the
District of Columbia was estab
lished to create a neutral zone.
Granted, it’s not a clear issue —
there’s a lot of people living
there now where there wasn’t
years and years ago when the
zone was established. But I
think the principle has to be
upheld.”
A similar measure was in
troduced last session but
passed the two bodies in differ
ent forms. The House wanted to
refer the issue to the people for
an advisory vote, but the Senate
refused. The bill died in confer
ence committee.
Like any constitutional
amendment, the D.C. voting
rights measure must be ap
proved by three-fourths of the -
states, meaning that 29 more
must ratify it before the 1985
deadline.
Not every bill considered by
the Legislature is monumental.
Some are aimed at mundane
aspects of life.
Rep. Glen Whallon's “pork
chop” bill is a good example.
The legislation would require
meat to be sold in a clear wrap
per. Whallon, D-Milwaulkie,
labelled the measure a “truth
in-packing” bill.
“For example, a package of
pork chops might have two per
fect specimens showing, but
when you get the meat home
you discover the three chops on
the bottom — the ones that were
hidden from view — are full of
bone and fat.”
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