Exactly one year ago today a hash oil explosion in Bellevue destroyed 10 apartment units just outside of Seattle. Three men started the fire at 6:20 a.m. while using butane to extract the hash oil from marijuana. One hundred police and fire fighters were called to battle the fire which lasted several hours and injured … Continue reading Bellevue’s Massive Fire One Year Later→
Fires and explosions from butane hash oil (BHO) production sent 17 people to a Portland burn unit in a 16-month span, according the Oregonian in a series of reports in May. The BHO-explosions caused numerous injuries, extensive property damage and at least one death in Oregon. A few of those in the burn unit had … Continue reading Stop BHO Blow-ups and Fires→
Colorado Governor Hickenlooper of Colorado admitted his state was “reckless” to legalize marijuana, but the public hears less about the train wreck in Washington state. The big lesson in Washington is that an unregulated medical marijuana system doesn’t suddenly get regulated — after marijuana is legalized for recreational use.
“There’s little in the way Oregon handles medical marijuana that inspires confidence it could do well as a regulator of marijuana for recreational use.” Clatsop County District Attorney argued this point in the debate of October 20, 2014 at Portland State University. Marijuana has been decriminalized in Oregon since 1973. Oregon’s Measure 91 proposes to … Continue reading Oregon Measure 91: No Need to Add Commercial Pot Industry→
