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meeting Bub Mazo, chairman
of (ha President's Faculty Ad
visory Council, asked the senate
to choose the delegation's stu
dent representative, according
to senate Chairwoman Karen
Fry inoyer
The board's executive com
mittee decided late last month
to retire Olum on Juno .'to, 1989.
Olum had requested to stay un
til 1992. and Frymoyer will for
ward the resolution to the board
President lames Peterson.
In other business, the senate
voted to ask the ASUQ Constitu
tion Court to declare vacant two
senate seats due to non
fulfillment of duties, made
notice of a motion to change
senate by-laws at next week's
meeting, and discussed a mo
tion to censure senator Pieter
Paulson. There was no vote to
censure because only 12 of IB
senators were at the meeting;
vote to censure requires a
quorum of at least 13 senators.
The move to censure Paulson
was moved by Alicia Sloan and
seconded by senate Vice Chair
man }on kisling Sloan s writ
ten statement claimed that
Paulson "has made it impossi
ble for the senate to effectively
function as a legislative
body . It has become impossi
ble for the Student .Senate to
function effectively due to his
annhilistic attitude and quest
for personal vengeance against
the ASIJO Kxecutive.”
Paulson had been spoken lo
in private, and the move to cen
sure was a last step, said
Frymoyer. who called censure
"kind of a slap on the hand "
Paulson responded. "I am not
on some sort of Rambo-quest
against the ASUO. . I'm not
down there screaming at
them. I'm just trying to
follow the rules."
After the meeting, Sloan said
Paulson acted “out of lino" dur
ing a meeting to confirm
Senator Dawn King to the
senate. Paulson has filed a suit
with the Constitution Court
arguing that Ring should not
serve as general science
representative because she is a
bio chemistry major. When his
position found little sympathy
with the senate, he “stormed
out of the room," Sloan said.
It was also argued that he was
confrontational in his role as
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or possessed would be limited
to four ounces and/or three
plants.
The main weapons critics us
ed against Measure Five were
the low age limit, which many
warned would seduce Oregon
youth into marijuana use. and
the absence of a limit on how
much could be grown.
“The old act was described
by some people as a marijuana
smoker’s wish list," admitted
John Sajo. OMI director.
Voters defeated the OMI's last
attempt to pass a marijuana-use
law in 1 ‘I8C» by a margin of 74 to
2fi percent. It was the first time
OMI succeeded in putting a
measure on the Irallot after fail
ed attempts in 1982 and 1984
The urban Portland area and
Kugene were the only places
where the measure carried a ma
jority of the precincts.
Tho present strategy behind
the revised measure attempts to
answer the opposition's
criticisms of the old measure,
and essentially try to take the
teeth out of their arguments by
adding more conditions to the
measure. making it more
“responsible ”
There is still the vociferously
stressed claim that any measure
passed would only protect the
right to possess marijuana for
personal use; delivering or deal
ing would remain a felony.
Cultivation and use must re
main in the confines of one's
house or property — not to be
vtsable from a public place.
The new measure forbids
marijuana use in a motor vehi
cle. which would be punishable
as a class if traffic infraction.
Another stipulation makes it a
crime for anyone under 21 to
possess or even ask for inari-'
juana. under threat of a fine up
to $250.
Hut what OMI hopes will add
the final and most appealling
touch to the measure is the plan
to raise state revenue with mari
juana certificate foes, the “Drug
Abuse Prevention" part of the
proposed act.
This would require prospec
tive marijuana cultivators to pay
a $50 fee for a certificate, to lie
renewed on a yearly l«isis. The
foe, paid at county health
departments, would fund
alchohol and drug abuse
prevention programs. health
programs, and administrative
costs.
The certificate owner's iden
tity would l>e protected under a
system using serial numbers
rather than names. The act
would require a buyer to pre
sent an Oregon drivers license
or Oregon identification card to
verify age. The buyer would
then sign the certificate in the
presence of a clerk, who would
retain no other record other
than a matching serial number
to the buyer's certificate.
A marijuana grower, who
wished to remain anonymous,
expressed skepticism with the
plan.
"Anything that is going to
put a grower on file with the
government is ludicrous.. .not
to mention the fact that you're
trying to tax people who have a
proven history of evading the
law What are the chances of on
forcing that?”
Sajo defended the proposed
certification process as offering
marijuana users a chance to
contribute to society, and said
the process could raise $5 to $10
million if only one-third of the
old Measure Five's petition
signers purchased licenses.
“It (DAPCA) says merely that
adults who have chosen to use
marijuana and are willing to do
so, limited to the privacy of
their own homes, who are will
ing to contribute to our society’s
drug problem, will not be
treated criminally." Sajo said,
adding that drugs such as
alrhohol, heroin, and cocaine
represent more serious threats
than marijuana.
The opposition to OMI’s
latest efforts see any degree of
legalization, or decriminaliza
tion, as a threat to society,
especially the young. Oregon
Free From Drug Abuse, the
main opposition group, has
vowed to fight the new
measure.
"It would make Oregon the
marijuana-growing capital of
the country." asserted Henry
hane. a lawyer presently work
ing for OFFDA. Kane called his
work to defeat the measure "a
labor of love.
Dave White, president of OF
FDA, was unavailable for
comment.
If the measure ever became
law, Kano said he would im
mediately file a permanent in
junction against it. claiming it
violates federal laws pro
hibiting marijuana use.
Growing any amount of mari
juana would remain a federal
felony no matter what Oregon
did, according to Tom Goffin,
an assistant U.S. attorney in
Eugene. However, the federal
government chooses to focus its
resources on prosecuting large
drug dealers, and small-scale
growers are rarely arrested. Gof
fin said.
“We would attempt to deter
people from violating federal
law by prosecuting select
cases,” Coffin said, of what the
federal government might do if
DA PC A ever passed.
At this stage, the fight centers
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