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It’s tim e for a new
approach.
Tax it.
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It’s time for a
new approach
Regulate it
Tax revenue up,
crime down
Anthony Johnson the chief petitioner of Measure 91, the Nov. 4 ballot initiative to legalize marijuana
in Oregon, with supporters downtown.
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reSulate consumption of the dr
and decriminalize laws that place
heavier toll on minority members
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In a matter of days ballots will be
going out in a vote-by-mail Nov. 4
election that will decide on the legal
ization of recreational marijuana in
Oregon.
Supporters argue that making
marijuana legal for adults will pro
vide a means to more effectively
preneur and TV personality Rick
Steves, and Drug Policy Action
Oregon. On the opposite side are
the Oregon District Attorneys As
sociation and Oregon State Sheriffs
Association.
Some recent polls show that vot
ers may have become more indeci
sive, not less, as the election draws
near. In September, just over half of
the potential voters questioned said
they would support Measure 91. As
o f m id -O cto b er, th at n u m b er
dropped to 44 percent with 16 per
cent of registered voters undecided
and 40 percent against the measure.
Proponents say they still expect
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Family Mourns Father, Grandfather
p a g es 10-17
Killed when hit by Max train
C lassifieds
F o o d
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Joe Hill, a 71-year-old grandfather living deep into
the numbers of east Portland, died Friday after he was
struck by an eastbound train.
Family members say that Hill was a healthy, upbeat
person who loved going on walks in the morning and
again at night to stay healthy. He was out for a walk
about 7:15 p.m. Friday when he got to the MAX tracks
at 160th and Burnside. Investigators said he stepped
out onto the tracks and looked east and then was struck A family photograph shows Joe Hill, a father of
from behind by an eastbound train.
eight and grandfather to over a dozen grandchil
Reika Box recalls getting the call that her brother had dren, who was killed on Friday when he was hit
co n tin u ed
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by a TriMet commuter train at the Max Station at
160th and Burnside.