SALEM â A recent study that draws heavily on Deschutes County found an âoverwhelming consensusâ among law enforcement officers that Oregonâs marijuana laws are poorly written and confusing.
As a result, this perception has even led some local officers to stop enforcing marijuana laws altogether, according to the February report by Portland State University researchers Kris Henning and Greg Stewart.
âThe laws are too convoluted to comprehend,â one officer wrote in a survey response. âIf we as law enforcement canât easily decipher the laws, how can we expect the citizens to be able to understand them?â
Wrote another: âI have just started treating weed as if it is legal regardless of the amount.â