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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2016 Task force: State should pay for pot research Several options By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau CO5VALLI6 ² A task force created by the Legisla ture is unanimously recom mending that the state fund an independent institute to re search the medical bene¿ ts of marijuana. “The whole idea behind this as I understand it is we would make a research insti tute, that unlike universities that have to be in compliance with all federal laws, lever ages the fact that Oregon no longer feels obligated to be in compliance with federal cannabis laws,´ said 0owgli Holmes, chairman of the Or egon Cannabis 5esearch Task Force. Both Oregon’s medical marijuana program, which started in 1998, and its rec reational sales, legalized by voters in 201, violate fed eral law. On top of the fed eral government’s prohibition of cannabis, federal restric tions have stymied research on marijuana’s medical prop erties, especially at publicly funded universities. Joshua Bessex/EO Media Group Jars of marijuana sit in a display case at Sweet Relief in October. An Oregon task force has recommended the state fund an independent institute to research the medical ben- efits of marijuana. marijuana research in the state. The recommendations, which will be reported to the Legislature in February, create an outline for establishment of the institute and some ideas for governance structure. 'etermin ing funding sources for the insti tute and research program and selecting a governance struc ture will be up to lawmakers. Final meeting 'uring its ¿ nal meeting last week at Oregon 6tate 8niversity, the task force agreed to a series of recom mendations to overcome those obstacles and increase According to the task force’s vision, the institute would award grants and pro vide administrative support for research projects that can not be performed at univer sities because of federal re strictions. The projects could include pre clinical, clinical, observational, public health and plant sciences research. A scienti¿ c advisory review board would be responsible for screening applications and selecting projects for funding. “I am picturing the insti tute as a grant making body that reviews grant applica tions and channels out what ever money it can get from the state or anywhere else,” said Holmes, who serves as chief scienti¿ c of¿ cer for Phylos Bioscience in Portland. ® ACCUWEATHER FORECAST FOR ASTORIA Astoria 5-Day Forecast Tonight Mostly cloudy with a shower in the area 42° Wednesday Portland 39/46 Corvallis 39/48 Eugene 38/48 Rain at times Salem 39/49 Albany 38/47 Ontario 21/39 Bend 24/40 Thursday Burns 10/32 Klamath Falls 21/36 Cloudy Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 49° 44° Friday 44° Saturday Mostly cloudy 56° 54° 44° A little a.m. rain, then a shower or two 53° 40° Almanac Sun and Moon Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High ........................................... 48° Low ............................................ 35° Normal high ............................... 51° Normal low ................................. 38° Precipitation Yesterday ................................ 0.04" Month to date ........................ 13.75" Normal month to date ............. 0.26" Year to date ........................... 13.75" Normal year to date .............. 10.46" Sunset tonight .................. 5:21 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday ......... 7:37 a.m. Moonrise today ................ 2:17 a.m. Moonset today ............... 12:21 p.m. Regional Cities City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newport North Bend Today Hi Lo W 32 15 pc 40 24 pc 49 42 c 49 38 c 49 44 sh 36 21 pc 49 34 c 50 43 c 52 44 c National Cities Today City Hi Lo W Atlanta 74 62 c Boston 46 35 s Chicago 42 36 r Denver 27 8 sn Des Moines 38 26 sn Detroit 45 39 r El Paso 48 26 pc Fairbanks 1 -8 s Honolulu 82 70 s Indianapolis 58 43 r Kansas City 55 26 sh Las Vegas 47 30 s Los Angeles 62 41 s Memphis 75 41 t Miami 80 72 pc Nashville 72 48 pc New Orleans 77 57 t New York 49 41 s Oklahoma City 55 28 s Philadelphia 50 41 s St. Louis 65 40 t Salt Lake City 29 15 c San Francisco 54 45 c Seattle 49 39 c Washington, DC 51 43 pc New First Full Last Feb 8 Feb 14 Feb 22 Mar 1 Under the Sky Wed. Hi Lo W 32 27 c 40 28 sn 50 43 r 48 42 r 49 46 r 36 26 c 48 36 r 50 45 r 53 45 r City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Vancouver Yakima Today Hi Lo W 49 36 c 44 24 pc 49 39 c 52 39 c 50 39 c 50 44 sh 36 25 pc 46 39 c 42 24 pc Wed. Hi Lo W 46 40 r 46 36 c 46 42 r 51 40 r 49 43 r 50 46 r 38 31 c 44 41 r 38 29 r Tonight's Sky: Wednesday morning before sunrise, waning crescent moon near Saturn. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Tomorrow’s Tides Time High 8:29 a.m. 8.4 ft. 10:22 p.m. 6.6 ft. Time 2:21 a.m. 3:55 p.m. Low 3.7 ft. 1.3 ft. Cold Warm Stationary Showers Rain Flurries Snow Ice -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Forecast high/low temperatures are given for selected cities. Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. 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Vern was a people person with a great 20, 1920, in Cardston, Alberta, Canada, to Eugene sense of humor and witty personality. He lived his life serving others, and loving family, Berezay and Edna Albiston. friends, church and country. 0ost of all He married the love of his life (of he loved his s avior Jesus Christ. He will nearly 70 years) Irene Grace Henry on be missed by all. June 29, 196, and they had ¿ ve chil Vern and his wife, Irene, moved to dren. He worked on ranches and in Astoria, Oregon, in 6eptember 201. the oil ¿ elds in Canada and 0ontana The funeral services and burial will until moving his family to 0issoula, take place in Astoria on 6aturday, Feb. 6, 0ontana, in 1952. He worked for the 2016. He will be buried in the Greenwood 0issoula County 5oad 'epartment Cemetery in Astoria. Vern is survived and was the road supervisor when he by his wife Irene daughters 'onna retired in 1983. For many years, Vern had a home insulation business to help LaVern “Vern” J. (Jack) Piippo, 6eeley Lake, 0ontana , Berezay Laverne (Tony) Norton, Nampa, Idaho , support his young growing family. He Lorie ('ave) Posey, 6andy, 8tah and was a strong believer in good hard work ethics and taught his children and grandchildren sons 'ave (Janet) Berezay, 0anteca, California 5ick (Wendy) Berezay, Astoria, Oregon and 2 those values. Vern served with the Calgary Highlanders, grandchildren and 0 greatgrandchildren (and 2nd 'ivision, in France, Belgium, Holland, and many others through marriage); his brothers Lloyd Germany during World War II and was seriously (Lorraine) Berezay, <uma, Arizona and 'ean wounded in Holland. He was at Normandy (' 'ay (Enola) Berezay, 0agrath, Alberta, Canada and plus 30), and because of his distinguished service, sister 0arie Watson, Billings, 0ontana. Arrangements are provided by Caldwell he was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palm (equivalent of the Purple Heart), as well as 0ortuary in Astoria. 6ervices will be 6aturday, Feb . 6 at 12:00 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ several additional medals. Vern was a member of the Church of Jesus of Latterday 6aints, 350 Niagara Ave., Astoria, Christ of Latterday 6aints and served in many call Oregon. Astoria / Port Docks Tomorrow’s National Weather Wed. Hi Lo W 67 40 r 52 49 r 37 20 sf 29 10 pc 27 13 c 52 29 c 49 23 s 4 -1 s 82 68 pc 46 25 pc 32 21 pc 48 33 s 63 44 pc 53 30 s 80 70 pc 56 31 pc 66 45 r 59 45 r 46 25 s 63 44 r 43 25 pc 29 18 sf 55 48 c 48 42 r 62 44 r 8niversities are bound by these drug laws or risk losing grant funding and other financial assistance from the federal government. California, Colorado and 0innesota already have med ical cannabis research pro grams that do either clinical or observational studies, ac cording to a review by Or egon 6tate 8niversity on behalf of Oregon Health Au thority. Washington state also is considering legislation to start a statefunded research program. The Legislature created the 15member task force . 6tate 6en. Chris Edwards, 'Eugene, who helped craft the bill that established the task force, is one of the members. The task force convened over the past two months to examine barriers to research and craft recommendations. The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. Astoria, Oregon Nov. 20, 1920 — Jan. 25, 2016 Pendleton 24/46 Medford 34/48 Bound by drug laws LaVern “Vern” J. Berezay The Dalles 31/43 Astoria 42/49 an institutional research re view board at a university, the Federal 'rug Admin istration and the 'rug En forcement Administration. 5esearchers may use only researchgrade cannabis provided by the National In stitute on 'rug Abuse. OBIT8A5IE6 Oregon Weather Shown is tomorrow’s weather. Temperatures are tonight’s lows and tomorrow’s highs Lawmakers could con sider a staterun institute, a public corporation re search institute such as Or egon Health 6cience 8niver sity or a semiindependent state agency such as the Or egon Wine Board, said task force member Peter Gen dron, a marijuana grower in Josephine County. The wine board is a nonprofit that can accept state funds. Grant money could come from state coffers, private donations and publicprivate partnerships. Holmes said the institute would need to be cau tious about structuring pub licprivate partnerships for re search to avoid bias in studies or the appearance of bias. “There are tons of advan tages to collaborating with companies, and funding is only one of them, but it brings up some really thorny issues,” Holmes said. “I think this institute would be under a higher level of scrutiny.” 0ost of the obstacles to doing research come from marijuana’s federal classifi cation as a 6chedule 1 drug ² one that is at high risk for abuse ² and the Controlled 6ubstance Act of 1970. 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