Idaho activists want to decriminalize marijuana bought legally across our border KTVB Staff
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Many Idahoans make the drive to pot shops in border states where weed is legal.
Right now, that includes every neighboring state except Wyoming.
A new initiative would protect Idaho adults 21 and up while transporting up to three ounces of marijuana they purchased legally out-of-state from the store to their private property.
Advocates say the goal is to not punish Idahoans who buy weed legally for private use. Everyone knows Idahoans are driving across the border and bringing back home with them about $10 million worth of marijuana a month from legal stores. Every purchase in Oregon or Washington is a purchase not made from illegal marijuana dealers in Idaho and we should incentivize that, not penalize that, said Russ Belville, spokesman for the Idaho Citizens Coalition and Chief Petitioner of the measure.
The following information is from a news release by the Idaho Citizens Coalition on May 19.
ONTARIO â Following Gov. Littleâs veto of a bill to make the practice illegal, marijuana reformers establish Oregonâs first signing station at Treasure Valley Cannabis Company. The station is named after two Idaho lawmakers who tried to make out-of-state petitioning illegal, according to a news release from the Idaho Citizens Coalition.
The Lodge/Crane Idaho Marijuana Petitioning Station is set up at Treasure Valley Cannabis Company, one of Ontarioâs nine dispensaries. The group will be staffing the station with Idaho volunteers to collect signatures for two marijuana petitions aiming for the November 2022 ballot.
After 115 bruising and divisive days under the Statehouse rotunda, Idaho legislators all but finished their business Wednesday night and called another recess — guaranteeing the 2021 legislative session will
Malheur County sees record marijuana sales in March fueled by Idaho
Malheur County set a new record in March surpassing ten million dollars in cannabis sales, it was the second-most in the state of Oregon behind the county that has Portland and a lot more people than Ontario.
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BOISE, Idaho â Malheur County set a new record in March surpassing ten million dollars in cannabis sales, it was the second-most in the state of Oregon behind the county with Portland.
Per capital Malheur County blows everybody else out of the water with the average adult spending $19.12, the second-highest in the state came it ant $3.5 and that shows how Idahoans are driving this business in eastern Oregon, these numbers come from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission.