Polk County Itemizer-Observer • September 30, 2015 3A
Polk County News
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Rec. marijuana sales begin Thursday
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INDEPENDENCE — Two medical marijuana dispensaries,
both in Independence, will begin selling marijuana flower to
the public on Thursday.
Healing Green Dispensary, 769 N. Main St., suite C, and
Blackbird Indica, 319 S. 10th St., will expand their clientele from
medical marijuana patients to the general public.
The legalization of recreational marijuana was passed by
Oregon voters in the November 2014 general election. A 10
percent sales tax from the city of Independence will be
charged at the register beginning Thursday. A statewide sales
tax will be charged beginning in January 2016.
For more information on recreational marijuana: whatslega-
loregon.com.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
to conduct comprehensive evaluation
of OHSU Nov. 2-4, 2015
EMILY MENTZER/ Itemizer-Observer file
Starting Thursday, anyone older than 21 will be able to legally purchase marijuana
flower.
Pot makes its way to Polk
Commission to look at land-use laws to allow drug
By Jolene Guzman
The Itemizer-Observer
POLK COUNTY — The
Polk County Board of Com-
missioners voted Sept. 16 to
extend a moratorium on
marijuana production and
sales within unincorporated
areas of the county for six
months.
The moratorium will
allow the Polk County Com-
munity Development De-
partment to craft an amend-
ment to the county’s land
use code creating regula-
tions — mostly regarding lo-
cation — for marijuana pro-
duction, processing, whole-
saling, retail sales and med-
ical marijuana dispensaries.
That amendment would
go before the Polk County
planning commission and
board of commissioners for
approval.
The board held a public
hearing Sept. 16 on extend-
ing the moratorium, after
which it voted to approve it.
The move signals that the
board is working toward al-
lowing marijuana business-
es in the county, something
Commissioner Mike
Ainsworth, who provided
the lone vote against the
plan, isn’t pleased with.
“I think we are on a slip-
pery slope in regards to mar-
ijuana,” he said, adding even
though the law restricts the
drug to those 21 and older,
younger people will have
more access, in his opinion.
The state has allowed
counties that had a vote tally
of 55 percent or more
against Measure 91, the ini-
tiative that legalized recre-
ational marijuana posses-
sion and use, to ban manu-
facture and sales of the drug.
At 52.5 percent voting “no”
on the measure, Polk County
fell just short of that thresh-
old.
Ainsworth said his oppo-
sition is representing those
voters.
“On this one, I’m going to
stand my ground,” said
Ainsworth, who also is in-
volved with Polk County’s
Drug Court program. “I’m
not in favor of it.”
Austin McGuigan, the
county community develop-
ment director, said with the
moratorium in place, the
planning commission will
begin creating a legislative
amendment to recommend
to the board. He said that
work should be completed
by early next year.
McGuigan said the objec-
tive with the delay is provid-
ing plenty of opportunity to
Polk County citizens to
weigh in on the regulations.
He said it’s possible the new
regulations could be com-
pleted before the six-month
moratorium ends.
“The board wanted to
h o l d m o r e h e a r i n g s ,”
McGuigan said. “That gives
ample time for board to hold
its own public hearings.”
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