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Well, Deschutes County Commissioners have already made their decision on pot shops in the county. Bend businesses are open, though.

But other locales around the state are still weighing in, with about 100 cities and municipalities banning medical marijuana businesses. Some of the bans and moratoriums predate Senate Bill 1531 being enacted on March 19. Regardless of how people view the issue, local governments are voicing the concerns of its citizenry. And that’s how it should be.
(via The Oregonian)

Previously
Smoke Screen: A threatened crackdown hasn’t deterred Deschutes County’s medical marijuana movement

This article appears in Apr 17-23, 2014.

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More dope? Nope.

by Dave Cantor, The Source - Bend, Oregon
April 21, 2014

<h1>More dope? Nope.</h1> <p class="byline">by Dave Cantor, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />April 21, 2014</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media2.fdncms.com/bend/imager/more-dope-nope/u/original/2324619/1398122825-news_bud.jpg" alt="news_bud.jpg" title="" width="500" height="472" /></div> <p>Well, Deschutes County Commissioners have already made their decision on pot shops in the county. Bend businesses are open, though.</p> <p>But other locales around the state are still weighing in, with about <a href="http://media.oregonlive.com/politics_impact/other/moratoriumupdate421.pdf" target="_blank">100 cities and municipalities</a> banning medical marijuana businesses. Some of the bans and moratoriums predate Senate Bill 1531 being enacted on March 19. Regardless of how people view the issue, local governments are voicing the concerns of its citizenry. And that's how it should be.<br />(via <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/04/medical_marijuana_in_oregon_mo.html" target="_blank">The Oregonian</a>)</p> <p><strong>Previously</strong><br /><a href="http://www.bendsource.com/bend/smoke-screen-a-threatened-crackdown-hasnandapost-deterred-deschutes-countyandaposs-medical-marijuana-movement/Content?oid=2138607">Smoke Screen: A threatened crackdown hasn't deterred Deschutes County's medical marijuana movement </a></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/more-dope-nope-2324618/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=27611&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/more-dope-nope-2324618/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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