Title:
Oppose the OMMP fee increase!
Message:
Last week, lawmakers surprised medical marijuana advocates
when, at the last minute, they passed a budget bill out of the Joint Ways and
Means Committee that included a provision that would increase the Oregon
Medical Marijuana Program fee from $100 to $200. In addition, this provision would
remove the current practice of reducing registration fees for individuals who
receive food stamps or state medical coverage. This bill is now before both
chambers of the Oregon Legislature. Email
your representative and senator today and request that they seek removal of
this unfair provision during floor debate.
Doubling the OMMP registration fee is unacceptable. Although
a modest tax on medical marijuana could be acceptable if it was accompanied by
legislation creating a regulated medical marijuana distribution network,
slapping a sin tax on the sick while giving nothing in return is outrageous. Please
email your legislators and tell them to stop picking on Oregon’s patient
population.
The budget bill could be taken up in either chamber very
soon, so please email
your legislators TODAY and ask them to remove the OMMP fee increase.
