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We’ve done quite a bit of reporting on medical marijuana over the past couple of years and recently ran this story on Bend’s marijuana collectives. The issue isn’t always easy to understand, given all the gray area that exists in Oregon’s medical pot laws.

But Oregon Capitol News came out with this video yesterday that weighs the benefits of a medical marijuana dispensary system in Oregon and is a good starter for those looking to understand this often complex issue.

This article appears in Jul 28 – Aug 3, 2011.

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Weighing Benefits of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
July 28, 2011

<h1>Weighing Benefits of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />July 28, 2011</p> <p>We've done quite a bit of reporting on medical marijuana over the past couple of years and <a href="http://www.tsweekly.com/news/features/smoke-screen-a-threatened-crackdown-hasnt-deterred-deschutes-countys-medical-marijuana-movement.html" target="_blank">recently ran this story on Bend's marijuana collectives.</a> The issue isn't always easy to understand, given all the gray area that exists in Oregon's medical pot laws.</p> <p><a href="http://oregoncapitolnews.com/blog/2011/07/27/medical-marijuana-dispensaries/?utm_source=OCN+General+List&amp;utm_campaign=89600ee678-Morning_Cup_7_287_27_2011&amp;utm_medium=email" target="_blank">But Oregon Capitol News</a> came out with this video yesterday that weighs the benefits of a medical marijuana dispensary system in Oregon and is a good starter for those looking to understand this often complex issue.</p> <p><object><em>You need to use a flashplayer enabled browser in order to view this video</em></object></p> <p> </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> http://www.youtube.com/v/5D-kGUy0dq0&amp;feature=player_embedded </div> </figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/weighing-benefits-of-medical-marijuana-dispensaries-2138798/&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=14567&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/weighing-benefits-of-medical-marijuana-dispensaries-2138798/&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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