Not long after Oregon’s most vociferous district attorney shared his distaste for the legalization of marijuana, Colorado’s new ‘edibles’ rules were revealed.
Clatsop County’s DA Josh Marquis told The Oregonian this week about his recent trip to Colorado, noting that its pot (he didn’t smoke any) was scarcely the low-octane herb he inhaled at the University of Oregon as “Stairway to Heaven” hit the charts.
We asked Marquis if the Colorado law was working as well as folks had hoped.
“According to my friend, the Denver district attorney, no, it’s not,” he said. “Marijuana’s becoming much more accessible to kids. There’s a wild increase in DUII-related marijuana incidents. And there are incidents that never would have happened 20 years ago, where people are actually having almost psychotic breaks from taking massive overdoses.”
Marquis noted New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd’s very bad experience with the Rocky Mountains high, which she chronicled in a column titled, “Don’t Harsh Our Mellow, Dude.” And he flailed the Centennial State’s pot-infused cotton candy.
More Oregon politics news: Healthcare writer Nick Budnick scored a scoop this week: As feds probe Cover Oregon, state has approved criminal defense costs for five former employees.
Here’s the latest in Oregon politics today:
• Among political casualties of Cover Oregon health exchange fiasco, some fared better than others
• Major Oregon marijuana critic lays out his case against legalization
• GMO labeling in Oregon: 3 reasons supporters think you should vote ‘Yes’
• Ron Wyden wants CIA director to publicly apologize for agency’s hacking of Senate computers
• Oregon Caves expansion bill clears second-to-last hurdle to congressional passage
• Immigration: Portland agency to expand in response to surge of unaccompanied minors at Mexico border
• Death penalty Q&A: DA and former prison chief debate Oregon’s ultimate punishment
– Bryan Denson
Oregon DA mocks Colorado's cotton candy cannabis: Oregon politics today
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