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WEATHER
East Oregonian
SUNDAY
MONDAY
Warmer with
periods of sun
Fog in the
morning; some sun
Fog in the morning;
mostly sunny
59° 42°
57° 37°
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Mild with clouds
and sun
Mostly cloudy and
mild
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
51° 36°
55° 40°
54° 37°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
59° 40°
56° 38°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
Yesterday
Normals
Records
LOW
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30°
42°
28°
63° (1935) -20° (1930)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.02"
0.72"
1.11"
0.72"
0.38"
1.11"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
Yesterday
Normals
Records
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LOW
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33°
43°
29°
60° (1947) -26° (1930)
Medford
58/39
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0.44"
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SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
First
Full
Jan 26
7:26 a.m.
4:49 p.m.
9:42 a.m.
10:32 p.m.
Last
New
Feb 3
Feb 11
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Spokane
Wenatchee
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44/35
Tacoma
Moses
58/43
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 46/35
49/41
56/45
57/43
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Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
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59/43 Lewiston
56/40
Astoria
54/42
56/43
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
58/41
Pendleton 46/30
The Dalles 59/40
59/42
56/39
La Grande
Salem
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Albany
Corvallis 58/42
59/42
John Day
51/35
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
38/28
60/41
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Caldwell
Burns
40/26
49/26
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
54° 40°
Seattle
58/47
ALMANAC
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
TODAY
Today
Astoria
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Burns
Enterprise
Eugene
Heppner
Hermiston
John Day
Klamath Falls
La Grande
Meacham
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Redmond
Salem
Spokane
Ukiah
Vancouver
Walla Walla
Yakima
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Western Washington: Cloudy today; a
passing shower in the morning, except dry
across the south.
Eastern Washington: Mostly cloudy today
with a shower in spots.
Cascades: Partly sunny today; however,
more clouds across the north. Partly cloudy
tonight.
Northern California: Plenty of sunshine
today. Mainly clear tonight. Mostly sunny
tomorrow.
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tis or other serious conditions.
Pot-related calls to Washington’s poison
center began rising steadily several years ago
SEATTLE — Marijuana-related calls to as medical marijuana dispensaries started
poison control centers in Washington and proliferating in the state. In 2006, there were
Colorado have spiked since the states began just 47 calls. That rose to 150 in 2010 and
allowing legal sales last year, with an espe- 162 before actually dropping by a few calls
cially troubling increase in calls concerning in 2013, a year in which adults could use mar-
ijuana but before legal recreational sales had
young children.
But it’s not clear how much of the increase started.
Calls about exposure to marijuana com-
might be related to more people using mar-
ijuana, as opposed to people feeling more bined with other drugs spiked in Colorado,
comfortable to report their problems now that too. There were 70 such calls last year, up
from 39 calls in 2013 and 49 calls in 2012.
the drug is legal for adults over 21.
Both states saw increases in calls across
New year-end data being presented to
Colorado’s Legislature next week show that all age groups. Colorado’s biggest increase
the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Cen- was among adults over 25 — from 40 in 2013
ter received 151 calls for marijuana exposure to 102 calls last year. Washington had a big
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pot sales. That was up from 88 calls in 2013 2013 to 61 last year.
Many of the products involved in Wash-
and 61 in 2012, the year voters legalized pot.
Calls to the Washington Poison Center for ington’s exposure cases are found at the state’s
marijuana exposures jumped by more than unregulated medical marijuana dispensaries,
but not licensed recreational shops, which are
half, from 158 in 2013 to 246 last year.
Public health experts say they are con- barred from selling marijuana gummy bears
cerned about children accidentally eating or other items that might appeal to children,
marijuana edibles. Calls involving children Garrard said.
The Washington Legislature is working
nearly doubled in both states: to 48 in Wash-
ington involving children 12 or under, and to now on proposals for reining in the medical
45 in Colorado involving children 8 or under. marijuana industry — and limiting what they
“There’s a bit of a relaxed attitude that can sell. Both states have taken steps to try to
this is safe because it’s a natural plant, or de- keep marijuana products away from children,
rived from a natural plant,” Dr. Alex Garrard, such as requiring child-resistant packaging in
clinical managing director of the Washington licensed stores.
Ben Reagan, a medical marijuana advo-
Poison Center. “But this is still a drug. You
wouldn’t leave Oxycontin lying around on a cate with The Center for Palliative Care in
countertop with kids around, or at least you Seattle, said at a recent conference that he had
long dealt with parents whose children acci-
shouldn’t.”
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of the patients being evaluated and released for help, he said.
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from an emergency room, Garrard said. Ten
people were admitted to intensive care units whole time,” Reagan said. “What you now
have is an atmosphere where people are
— half of them under 20 years old.
Children who wind up going to the hos- much more comfortable going to the emer-
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selves subject to blood tests or spinal taps,
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and parents don’t realize they got into mari- deal with it all night,’” he added. “‘We’re not
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A winter storm warning
was issued Friday for a
large portion of central
Pennsylvania ahead of the
storm. Forecasters said a
wide area stretching from
West Virginia through
Maryland to just south
of State College and
Williamsport, could get 5 to
8 inches of snow between
Friday night and Saturday
afternoon.
The Maryland State
Highway
Administration
warned motorists that travel
may become hazardous. The
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Pot-related poison control calls
up in Washington, Colorado
HARTFORD,
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across the region.
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Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Coastal Oregon: Partly sunny today, but
more clouds across the north; pleasant in
the south.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Sun and some
clouds today; warmer across the north.
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NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Sun.
WORLD CITIES
(in mph)
Klamath Falls
56/28
Saturday, January 24, 2015
agency said it would have
salt, snowplows and chain
saws at the ready.
As the storm sweeps
northeast along the Eastern
Seaboard, it is expected to
drop 2 to 4 inches of snow
and ice in Philadelphia
before turning over to
rain. It is forecast to bring
3 to 4 inches of snow to
New York City and 4 to
6 inches to Boston, with
higher amounts in central
Massachusetts,
before
moving out to sea by early
Sunday.
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National Summary: A storm with rain, snow and a wintry mix will move northward along
the Atlantic coast today. Flurries will affect the Upper Midwest as rain showers dot part of
the Northwest. Other areas will be dry and mild.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 82° in Key West, Fla.
Low -22° in Angel Fire, N.M.
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Fargo
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
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