Pubdate: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 Source: Oregonian, The (Portland, OR) Copyright: 2008 The Oregonian Contact: http://www.oregonlive.com/oregonian/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/324 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n128/a09.html Author: Mike Schaufler MEDICAL MARIJUANA ON RADAR Regarding the editorial "Don't make a bad marijuana law worse" (Feb. 4), for the record, as chairman of the House Committee on Business and Labor, I have always been in favor of Senate Bill 465. SB465 should have been assigned to House Business and Labor in the 2007 session. Instead, it was sent by the speaker of the House to the House Committee on Elections and Rules, where that committee chair, with the help of the chair of the House Committee on Education, watched it die. The much narrower bill referred to in your editorial is a reflection of my belief that something is better than nothing. Stricter regulation of medical marijuana has been before the House Committee on Business and Labor the past three sessions in a row, where it has always enjoyed my support. The question I've always asked is this: do the people of Oregon think it is OK for workers (a school bus driver, for example), to come to work with medical marijuana in their system? I challenge the opponents of Senate Bill 465 to poll that one. Mike Schaufler State representative Happy Valley - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake