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NATION/WORLD Wednesday, April 8, 2015 Ferrioli suggests letting dispensaries sell recreational pot By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau SALEM — Licensed growers and retailers won’t be operating when recre- ational pot becomes legal July 1, so state Sen. Ted Ferrio- li, R-John Day, is working on legis- lation that would allow Oregon’s existing medical marijuana dispen- saries to tempo- rarily serve recre- ational customers Ferrioli and collect taxes on those sales as required by state law. Ferrioli’s concept would also temporarily allow med- ical pot growers to obtain licenses to sell their excess weed to dispensaries for re- sale to recreational purchas- ers. The ballot initiative voters passed last fall, Measure 91, legalizes personal possession of marijuana for people ages 21 and older starting in July and calls for the Oregon Li- quor Control Commission to begin accepting applications for retailers and other busi- nesses by January 2016. Reg- ulators and lawmakers antici- pate that due to the workload involved in setting up the longterm rules for a new sys- tem to track, license and tax marijuana businesses, recre- ational pot retailers might not open until later that year. That means there will be no legal growers or retailers when the law takes effect. Ferrioli said the state needs an inter- im solution for con- sumers who want to purchase legal pot in July. “Oregonians are not expecting to have to wait until 2016 to be able to buy retail legal marijuana in Oregon,” Ferrioli said. “These growers are out there. They’ve got products.” Ferrioli is a co-vice chair of the legislative commit- tee working to implement Measure 91. He is also the Senate Republican leader. Ferrioli said he has already discussed the idea with dis- pensary owners, as well as other leaders on the legisla- tive committee, “and every- body thinks it’s a brilliant idea.” Sen. Ginny Burdick, D-Portland, and a co-chair of the Joint Committee On Implementing Measure 91, said committee members are “very interested in that idea.” BRIEFLY Pakistan judge orders former CIA station chief be charged over 2009 drone strike ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani judge on Tuesday RUGHUHGWKDWFULPLQDOFKDUJHVEH¿OHGDJDLQVWDIRUPHU&,$ lawyer who oversaw its drone program and the one-time chief agency operative in Islamabad over a 2009 strike that killed two people. Former acting general counsel John A. Rizzo and ex- station chief Jonathan Bank must face charges including murder, conspiracy, terrorism and waging war against Pakistan, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court ruled. A court clerk and a lawyer involved in WKHFDVH0LU]D6KDK]DG$NEDUFRQ¿UPHGGHWDLOVRIWKH judge’s ruling. Rizzo and Bank could not be immediately reached for comment. The CIA will have no comment, spokesman Chris White told The Associated Press. The legal action comes as the number of CIA drone strikes in Pakistan has fallen precipitously from their 2010 high, amid signs that the U.S. and Pakistan have been more closely cooperating on counterterrorism issues after years of tensions. It is unclear how the criminal charges will affect that cooperation, even though the defendants will almost certainly never see the inside of a Pakistani courtroom. The only way the case could go forward is if U.S. RI¿FLDOVFRRSHUDWHZLWKWKH3DNLVWDQLFRXUWZKLFKLV inconceivable given that the drone strikes were carried out under a program ordered by two successive U.S. presidents. Iran nuclear deal guards against cheating — but gives Tehran wiggle room East Oregonian Page 7A Rand Paul begins presidential UXQZLWKOLWDQ\RIZRHVWR¿[ Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Sen. Rand Paul launched his 2016 presidential campaign Tuesday with a combat- ive challenge both to Washington and his fellow Republicans, cataloguing a lengthy list of what ails America and pledging to “take our country back.” 3DXO¶V ¿HU\ PHVVDJH GHOLYHUHG LQ his home state of Kentucky before he ÀHZ WR IRXU HDUO\QRPLQDWLQJ VWDWHV was designed to broaden his appeal outside of the typical GOP coalition as well as motivate supporters of his father’s two unsuccessful bids for the Republican presidential nomination. In a 26-minute speech that eviscerat- ed “the Washington machine,” he spared neither Republican nor Democrat as he attempted to tap into Americans’ deep frustrations with their government. “I worry that the opportunity and hope are slipping away for our sons and daughters,” the tea party favorite said. “As I watch our once-great econ- omy collapse under mounting spend- ing and debt, I think, ‘What kind of America will our grandchildren see?”’ He added: “It seems to me that both parties and the entire political system are to blame.” By criticizing fellow Republicans, Paul showed he was ready to run a tough-talking campaign equally at ease criticizing both major parties. “Big government and debt doubled under a Republican administration,” Paul said in a swipe at former President George W. Bush, whose brother, Jeb, is expected to be a Paul rival for the GOP nomination. He immediately followed up: “And it’s now tripling under Barack Obama’s watch.” In what well might have been a jab at Jeb Bush and other rivals considered more mainstream, he added: “If we AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. waves as he arrives to announce the start of his presidential campaign, Tuesday at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville, Ky. Paul launched his 2016 presidential campaign Tuesday with a combative message against both Washington and his fellow Republicans, declaring that “we have come to take our country back.” nominate a candidate who is simply Democrat Lite, what’s the point?” At a splashy kickoff rally, Paul promised a government restrained by the Constitution and beholden no more to special interests. “I have a message, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words: We have come to take our coun- try back,” he told cheering supporters. 3DXO LV D ¿HUFH FULWLF RI :DVKLQJ- WRQ ZKHUH KH LV LQ KLV ¿UVW WHUP DV D senator but often not in line with his party’s leadership. A banner over the stage in Louisville proclaimed: “De- feat the Washington machine. Unleash the American dream.” Paul was clearly most passionate about upending the way Washington works. “I propose we do something ex- traordinary,” he said. “Let’s just spend what comes in.” Cheers erupted when he decried gov- ernment searches of phones and com- puter records as a threat to civil liberties. Most Republicans defend the practice as a necessary defense against terrorism. “I say the phone records of law-abiding citizens are none of their damn business,” Paul said of govern- PHQWRI¿FLDOV Tom Stewart, a 58-year-old resident of London, Kentucky, joined Paul’s rally and counted himself a backer. “I like that he wants less govern- ment,” Stewart said. “Less spending. Less intrusion. Maybe less intrusion into everybody’s rights around the world.” 17th ANNUAL Check out our webpage at hƩps://www.bluecc.edu/AandC or Facebook page for current updates or changes BMCC is an equal opportunity educator and employer VIENNA (AP) — In selling the Iran nuclear deal to Congress and other skeptics, President Barack Obama said LWLVEXLOWRQ³XQSUHFHGHQWHGYHUL¿FDWLRQ´WHOOLQJKLVUDGLR audience over the weekend: “If Iran cheats, the world will know it.” Only time will tell if Obama is right. While Iran could try to push back or cover up, it certainly has little incentive for deceit. Its negotiators returned home to jubilant crowds hailing the prospect of an end to the crippling economic sanctions WKDWIRUFHG,UDQWRWKHQHJRWLDWLQJWDEOHLQWKH¿UVWSODFH2Q Tuesday, even the chief of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard joined in praising their efforts. Tehran thus is unlikely to risk the prospect of having the sanctions re-imposed — the penalty for cheating. More likely, Iran will push for every loophole any agreement provides but honor it, and wait out the strict restrictions any deal will impose. Still, hoping that Iran will toe the line isn’t enough. Distrust about its intentions will persist long after the ÀHHWLQJJRRGYLEHVJHQHUDWHGDURXQGWKHQHJRWLDWLQJWDEOH by last week’s preliminary deal. It was designed to at least temporarily cap such potential Iranian bomb-making nuclear activities. 560 dead, 1,700 wounded in Yemen as workers warn of humanitarian collapse SANAA, Yemen (AP) — As tons of desperately QHHGHGPHGLFDOVXSSOLHVDZDLWFOHDUDQFHWREHÀRZQLQWR Yemen, aid workers warned Tuesday of an unfolding humanitarian crisis, saying at least 560 people, including dozens of children, have been killed, mostly in a Saudi-led air campaign and battles between Shiite rebels and forces loyal to the embattled president. 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