PAGE A8, KEIZERTIMES, FEBRUARY 19, 2016
V-Day at Willamette Lutheran
Yet another update for
medible rules in Keizer
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
As state regulations about
marijuana keep getting up-
dated, Keizer City Council-
ors are attempting to keep up
and follow suit.
Such was the case Tuesday
night as councilors unani-
mously approved an ordi-
nance amending the Keizer
medical marijuana facility
permit process.
Once again a key part of
the topic was marijuana ed-
ibles, or medibles. Whereas
the discussion lately has been
about medibles at recreational
marijuana facilities, this time
the focus was on medibles at
medical marijuana facilities.
City Attorney Shannon
Johnson noted councilors
addressed medical marijuana
facility issues in 2014 and re-
cently directed city staff to
amend the medical marijua-
na facility permit process to
allow edibles if the Oregon
Health Authority (OHA)
looks at regulations regarding
packaging and labeling. Since
the OHA is adopting regula-
tions regarding edibles, John-
son brought the topic back
up before councilors.
“With the edible issue, the
rules changed again,” Johnson
said. “The council approved
regulations similar to medical
marijuana. We will probably
start getting licenses by the
end of the year. Council ad-
opted those rules and allowed
edibles after some discussion.
Current medical marijuana
The Newman family (dad
Nick, mother Carla and chil-
dren Trinity, Destiny and
Dylan) of Keizer presented
residents of Willamette Lu-
theran Retirement Commu-
nity with Valentine’s treats on
Friday, Feb. 12.
The cards were handmade
by the home-schooled chil-
dren; the cookies were made
by their grandmother, Sandy
Olson, a former cook and
baker at Willamette Lutheran.
Top: Trinity Newman pres-
ents cards to Dick and Susan-
nah Dahill.
Right, center: Carla Newman
and daughter Destiny with
Joanne Weatherford (left)
and Pansy Pfau.
rules prohibited edibles, but
council wanted to revisit the
issue at some point. It seemed
“With the
edible issue,
the rules
changed
again.”
— Shannon Johnson,
Keizer City Attorney
like an appropriate time.”
Johnson noted there were
also some revisions to the city
process due to changes ap-
proved during the 2015 state
legislative session. Among
the changes: the defi nition
of marijuana was changed to
match the revised state defi -
nition; certain types of mari-
juana entities that can’t be
co-located on the same tax
lot were added; the defi ni-
tion of school was changed
to match the revised state
defi nition and background
check requirements for the
Keizer recreational marijuana
retailer ordinance were up-
dated.
According to Johnson,
there would be some re-
maining differences between
recreational and medical
marijuana. For example, the
Oregon Liquor Control
Commission (OLCC) regu-
lates recreational marijuana
while the OHA regulates
medical marijuana. Someone
using recreational marijuana
has to be 21 years old, while
the minimum age for medi-
cal marijuana is 18. Handlers
of recreational marijuana
need to have background
checks done, a regulation not
used for medical marijuana.
Another key difference:
minors are allowed in a med-
ical marijuana facility if they
have a patient card, while no
minors are allowed in recre-
ational marijuana retailers.
OLCC rules regarding
recreational marijuana edi-
bles require packaging to be
child-resistant and not attrac-
tive to minors.
Councilor Roland Her-
rera noted the OHA tem-
porary rules about medical
marijuana edibles.
“On the labeling, my un-
derstanding is medical mari-
juana rules are temporary to
June 28?” Herrera asked.
Johnson confi rmed that
was the case.
“These temporary rules
will likely become perma-
nent,” Johnson said.
Johnson said OHA’s pro-
posed rules expanding the
packaging rules to state a dis-
pensary must comply with
OLCC packaging rules are
set to take effect on April 1.
“If you’re satisfi ed with
that, you can look at the or-
dinance with the April 1 date
but you can change that date
if wanted,” Johnson said.
Right, bottom: Opal Ellis and
Irene Ritchey accept treats
from Dylan Newman.
Photos by
Lyndon A.
Zaitz/
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