antonborisov

На моей памяти, это уже третий раз, если я не ошибаюсь, когда любители “курнуть” травки, пытаются “протолкнуть” закон о легализации марихуаны. Поскольку, в соседнем штате это уже легально, то, думаю, у нас это тоже “проскочит” на этот раз. В Орегоне, в ноябре, одновременно с выборами сенатора, будет проведен референдум о легализации марихуаны..

Сейчас идет очень серьезный “накат” в СМИ на избирателя.

И, кто-то еще сопротивляется…

Opponents of marijuana legalization in Oregon kicked off their campaign Monday standing next to an array of gummy bears, sugary cereal, chocolate bars and other products that Colorado retailers lace with marijuana and sell over the counter.

“I don’t want my kids to grow up in a place where this is normal,” said Mandi Puckett, director of the No on 91 campaign, looking disdainfully at a display of such products as “CannaPunch” and a balm called “Lip Bliss.”

Puckett and other opponents argued that their biggest worry with legalized marijuana is that it will eventually be heavily marketed and turned into a product as mainstream as a cold beer on a hot day.

“The marijuana industry wants us to believe that marijuana gummy bears and fruit punch are not targeting children,” said Bob Doyle, a tobacco prevention expert from Colorado who has been active in an anti-marijuana group there.

“Are we really going to go in this direction again?,” Doyle added, referring to the long fight with the tobacco industry over marketing practices aimed at hooking young consumers. He brought the packages of pot products from Colorado but pointedly noted that the actual marijuana-laced materials had been discarded.

Anthony Johnson, the chief sponsor of the Oregon marijuana initiative, said opponents are wrong in thinking that illegal pot isn’t already being heavily marketed.

“Big marijuana is already here in Oregon and it’s called drug cartels,” said Johnson. “Measure 91 brings in strict controls and takes it away from the cartels.”

Полностью, — здесь.