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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Dispensary initiative seen as cure for medical marijuana issues
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people.”
In an attempt to resolve
the access issues faced by
patients, Voter Power is
working on a statewide initia-
tive that would establish a
medical marijuana dispensary
system. Sajo said that the
group hopes to have it on the
November 2010 ballot.
The dispensaries would
be licensed and regulated by
the government, along with
the farmers growing the prod-
uct for the facility, Sajo said.
He added that the new system
could raise millions of dollars
in revenue for the state’s
health department, which
could go toward programs
designed to combat tobacco
and methamphetamine use.
Another provision of the
initiative, Sajo said, would
allow the state health office to
research medical marijuana
and its possible side-effects or
negative interactions with
pharmaceutical drugs.
“Under the current law,
the health department main-
tains that it has no statutory
authority to survey patients or
doctors,” Sajo said. “Just by
surveying them, we could
learn a great deal.”
He added said that Voter
Power has developed projec-
tions on what would happen
if the initiative becomes law.
Under the projections, the
dispensary program would
have the potential to raise $30
million for the state health
department during its first
year of implementation, and
possibly more than $1 billion
during a 10-year period if the
current growth in patients
continues, Sajo said.
Other states are working
on similar systems to imple-
ment medical marijuana dis-
pensaries, Sajo said, includ-
ing Rhode Island and New
Mexico. He said that Oregon
also has the opportunity to
learn from the mistakes of
California’s existing system,
where there is no uniform
state law regulating facilities.
In order to put the dis-
pensary initiative on the bal-
lot, Voter Power will need
some 82,000 valid signatures.
Sajo said that the group has
27,000 already, and hopes to
collect 150,000 signatures by
July 2010.
“We’ve spent years
working out the details, and
we think we’ve drafted a law
that everyone is going to love
once we pass it and imple-
ment it,” Sajo said.
“At the end of the day,”
he opined, “I think law en-
forcement and the people that
don’t want to see marijuana
out of control will understand
that our initiative will regulate
this whole process, and (that)
it’s going to be better for eve-
rybody, including law en-
forcement.”
Theft, peddling of medical pot investigated by GPDPS
Two cases involving
suspects involved in stolen
medical marijuana were han-
dled last weekend by Grants
Pass Dept. of Public Safety
(GPDPS).
On Saturday, Feb. 14,
officers received a call re-
garding a man possibly in-
volved in selling narcotics
near the Dutch Bros. coffee
stand at Sixth and D streets.
GPDPS officers contacted the
suspect, who turned out to be
a juvenile.
He apparently provided a
false name and later ran from
officers before being caught.
A consent search of his back-
pack revealed several con-
tainers of marijuana, GPDPS
related.
Around the same time,
another officer had responded
to an address in southwest
Grants Pass regarding a bur-
glary. It was determined that
medical marijuana had been
stolen from a residence.
On Sunday, Feb. 15,
officers were able to link the
two cases based on how the
marijuana was packaged.
Officers contacted the bur-
glary victim, who positively
identified the recovered items
as his.
Officers continued their
investigation. They deter-
mined that three suspects
forcefully entered the vic-
tim’s home and stole numer-
ous items, including 2 ounces
of marijuana valued at $400.
GPDPS determined that
one suspect sold some of the
marijuana for $30 while an-
other traded some for a .22
caliber pistol, which was re-
covered.
All three suspects are
juveniles, and were lodged in
the Josephine County Juve-
nile Justice Center on charges
of first-degree burglary, sec-
ond-degree theft and third-
degree criminal mischief.
Additional charges of posses-
sion and delivery of a con-
trolled substance are being
referred to the Josephine
County District Attorney’s
Office.
According to GPDPS,
investigation is continuing,
and additional arrests are an-
ticipated.
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* * *
Wednesday, Feb. 4
*Michael McNelly, 57,
was cited on charges of do-
mestic menacing and harass-
ment following a reported
disturbance on Glendon Road.
*Entry to a vacant house
on Chapman Creek Road via
a window was reported.
*The person responsible
for a vehicle illegally parked
on W. River Street was ad-
vised to move it.
*Jacob Aaron Dolph, 21,
was cited to appear in Cave
Junction Municipal Court on
charges of speeding (38 mph
in a 25 mph zone) and driving
with a suspended license
(DWS). His vehicle was im-
pounded.
*Pamela Anne Boone,
37, was cited on a charge of
speeding (39 mph in a 25
mph zone) on S. Junction
Avenue at 3:41 p.m.
*Arrested on Rockydale
Road, Damien Michael Clark,
15, was cited on a charge of
minor in possession (MIP) of
tobacco and lodged at the
Juvenile Justice Center in
Grants Pass on a charge of
violation of a release agree-
ment.
Thursday, Feb. 5
*In the 5000 block of
Rockydale Road, Laurel De-
nise Glenn, 49, was cited on a
charge of speeding.
*Gary Lance Haberman,
49, was cited on a charge of
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speeding (74 mph in a 55 mph
zone) on Redwood Hwy. at
Sauer’s Flat at 12:28 p.m.
*Jerrod Robert Bruner,
26, was cited on a charge of
speeding (38 mph in a 25
mph zone) on E. River Street
at 3:49 p.m.
*Linda Kay Stevenson,
51, was cited on a charge of
failure to obey a traffic con-
trol device on W. River Street
at 6:04 p.m.
*On E. River Street, a
woman said that someone
had parked in front of her
residence and honked the
horn for a few minutes.
Friday, Feb. 6
*At 5 a.m. a screaming
man entered an E. River
Street residence. The resident
said this was in violation of a
no-contact order.
*The following drivers
were cited on charges of
speeding on Redwood Hwy.
between 8 and 9 a.m.: Mark
Orville Camp, 48 (60 mph in
a 45 mph zone); Jessica
Dawn Rousseau, 19 (59 mph
in a 45 mph zone); and Jacob
Thomas Campbell, 17 (74
mph in a 55 mph zone).
*In the 29000 block of
Redwood Hwy. Jackie Lee
Cooper, 34, was cited on a
Jackson County warrant
charging possession of a con-
trolled substance: metham-
phetamine, and lodged in
Josephine County Jail in
Grants Pass. Cooper also was
cited on charges of DWS and
speeding.
*Jeffery William Davis,
57, was cited on a charge of
violation of the speed limit at
milepost 35 on Redwood
Hwy. at 12:04 p.m.
*A highly intoxicated
man was told to get off the
road when found walking on
Redwood Hwy. near Rocky-
dale Road at 2:46 p.m.
*Sharie Elaine Kanig,
53, was cited to appear in CJ
Muni Court on a charge of
speeding (47 mph in a 25
mph zone) on N. Redwood
Hwy. at 3:13 p.m.
*Two people sitting in a
bluish-green SUV were said
to be smoking marijuana on a
parking lot on N. Redwood
Hwy. at 4:44 p.m. How the
complainant knew this was
not clarified.
*On White Schoolhouse
Road a woman complained
that her neighbor’s dogs
killed her calf.
*Four people in a vehicle
parked in front of a business
on Hamilton Avenue at 10:53
p.m. stated that they were
looking to see if the business
was open Saturdays.
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Saturday, Feb. 7
*Christa Henning Sign
Ahluwalia, 63, was cited on a
charge of violation of the
basic rule (VBR)/speeding,
(41 mph in a 25 mph zone)
on E. River Street at 12:23
p.m.
*Boyd Eugene Elkins,
43, was cited on a charge of
speeding (42 mph in a 25
mph zone) on E. River Street.
*A caller stated that
someone on Lone Mountain
Road stopped him while he
was driving, threw a pair of
gloves at him and threatened
to kill him.
*A dog might have been
responsible (somehow) for a
911 hang-up call from Burch
Drive at 5:58 p.m.
*It was reported at 10:18
p.m. that party-goers on Deer
Creek Road were driving in
the creek bed. Another caller
stated that there were minors
in possession of alcohol.
*Three men in a black
car were contacted after a
citizen reported at 11:56 p.m.
that a driver was running
“Stop” signs throughout Cave
Junction. Those contacted
denied having done it.
Sunday, Feb. 8
*A loud explosion of
some sort was heard by a
Rockydale Road caller at
3:27 p.m.
*Following an exchange
of words (exact language not
listed) on W. River Street, a
caller said that another man
pulled a gun on him. It was
determined to be a squirt gun,
and the two were advised to
stay away from one another.
*“Bums fighting” in
front of I.V. Senior Thrift
Shop in Downtown CJ was
reported at 5:32 p.m. Those
contacted insisted it was just a
“confrontation.” They were
warned regarding trespassing
at various locations.
Monday, Feb. 9
*There was a report of
vandalism and theft of gaso-
line from two buses parked at
Cave Junction Head Start on
E. River Street.
*In Selma a woman
stated that she’d been feeding
what she thought was a stray
cat for about a year. When
she trapped the feline to take
it home, a woman appeared
from a nearby residence and
said that the animal belonged
to her, and threatened to call
police. Who ended up with
the cat was not explained.
*Jade Yandell, 19, was
cited on charges of second-
degree criminal mischief,
third-degree theft and minor
in possession of alcohol
(MIP) after a bottle of wine
was reported stolen from
Shop Smart Food Warehouse.
*A mother reported that
her 15-year-old son was pro-
vided marijuana by an
O’Brien resident. The boy
then changed his story and
said he got it at school.
Tuesday, Feb. 10
*A van being driven in
circles on S. Kerby Avenue
seemed suspicious to a caller.
Those contacted were a man
with suspended driving
status, who was teaching a
woman with no operator’s
permit how to drive.
Wednesday, Feb. 11
*Two apparent tran-
sients, a man and a woman,
were reported loitering near
Junction Inn at 12:08 a.m.
*Kyle Beairsto, date-of-
birth not listed, was cited on
Deer Creek Road at 9:46 a.m.
on a charge of no insurance.
*A 27-year-old man was
said to be “out of control” and
violent toward his parents on
Caves Hwy. at 10:22 a.m.
*A driver, whose name
was given only as Rosen-
berry, was cited on Redwood
Hwy. in Kerby on charges of
DWS, driving uninsured and
switched plates. The man’s
passenger fled.
*A landlord/tenant dis-
pute was reported on Draper
Valley Road.
*Brent D. Bruso, 27, was
cited on a warrant charging
failure to appear on an origi-
nal trespassing charge.
*Three people were tres-
passed from behind a busi-
ness in the 200 block of S.
Redwood Hwy.
*A boy’s socks and hat
were stolen by a transient
who pulled the youth into the
woods as he walked on Red-
wood Hwy., stated the vic-
tim’s mother.
*Contacted at 9:27 p.m.
near a business in the 200
block of N. Redwood Hwy., a
man claimed that he was us-
ing the Internet there.
*Three youths were con-
tacted near a business on S.
Redwood Hwy. at 10:27 p.m.
and advised of curfew.
*Michael Alexander
Olmstead, 27, was cited on a
charge of speeding (65 mph
in a 55 mph zone) near mile-
post 20 on Redwood Hwy.
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