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Wednesday, June 02, 2021

Oregon cops consider marijuana laws ‘too convoluted to comprehend’

A recent study that draws heavily on Deschutes County found an “overwhelming consensus” among law enforcement officers that Oregon’s 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. 

“The laws are too convoluted to comprehend,” one officer wrote in a survey response. “If we as law enforcement can’t easily decipher the laws, how can we expect the citizens to be able to understand them?”
-Don in Oregon

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Reminds me of the time 10 or 12 years ago that I downloaded all of California's gun laws to read. I wasn't into it 5 minutes before I was thoroughly confused, had a headache, and was ready to kick a dog.