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Governor, Mayors and Pundits:
Kate Brown on Drugs
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Democratic Governor:
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- Support marijuana trade between states when federal laws end. (Jun 2019)
- Liberalize recreational marijuana use but regulate it. (Mar 2016)
- Rated A by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance. (Nov 2016)
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Knute Buehler on Drugs
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Republican candidate for governor:
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- Federal government needs to respect state laws on marijuana. (Feb 2017)
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Bud Pierce on Drugs
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| Republican Gubernatorial candidate:
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Senate:
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Mark Callahan on Drugs
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| Republican Senate challenger:
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Jason Conger on Drugs
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Republican Challenger:
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- Voted NO on retail medical marijuana establishments. (Jul 2013)
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Jeff Merkley on Drugs
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Democratic Jr Senator (OR):
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- Positives of pot legalization outweigh the negatives. (Oct 2014)
- Step up enforcement to combat meth. (Jul 2008)
- Toughen laws against meth traffickers. (Jul 2008)
- Exclude industrial hemp from definition of marijuana. (Aug 2012)
- Exempt industrial hemp from marijuana laws. (Feb 2013)
- Rated A by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance. (Nov 2016)
- Sponsored bank immunity for services to marijuana businesses. (Jul 2015)
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Paul Romero on Drugs
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| Republican Senate challenger:
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Kevin Stine on Drugs
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Democratic Senate candidate:
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- Find regulations for marijuana, not just bans. (Jan 2016)
- Fearful rhetoric about marijuana leads to waste, not safety. (Jan 2016)
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Monica Wehby on Drugs
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| Republican Challenger:
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Earl Blumenauer on Drugs
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Democratic Representative (OR-3):
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- Voted YES on more funding for Mexico to fight drugs. (Jun 2008)
- Voted NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism. (Sep 2001)
- Voted NO on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC. (Oct 1999)
- Voted NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests. (Sep 1998)
- Legalize medical marijuana. (Jul 2001)
- Rated A by VOTE-HEMP, indicating a pro-hemp voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Rated +25 by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance. (Dec 2006)
- Allow rehabilitated drug convicts get student loans. (Jan 2008)
- Exclude industrial hemp from definition of marijuana. (May 2011)
- Sponsored no federal enforcement against legal state marijuana. (Apr 2013)
- Exempt industrial hemp from marijuana laws. (Feb 2013)
- Rated 75% by NORML, indicating a pro-legalization stance. (Jan 2014)
- Rated A+ by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance. (Nov 2016)
- Immunity for banks offering services to marijuana businesses. (Apr 2015)
- Rated Voted NO on additional Drug War funding for synthetic drugs. (Jun 2018)
- Sponsored bill for legalized/taxed marijuana. (Feb 2019)
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Suzanne Bonamici on Drugs
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Democrat (District 1):
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- Exclude industrial hemp from definition of marijuana. (Sep 2012)
- Exempt industrial hemp from marijuana laws. (Feb 2013)
- Rated B+ by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance. (Nov 2016)
- Rated Voted NO on additional Drug War funding for synthetic drugs. (Jun 2018)
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Peter Defazio on Drugs
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Democratic Representative (OR-4):
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- Voted YES on more funding for Mexico to fight drugs. (Jun 2008)
- Voted NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism. (Sep 2001)
- Voted NO on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC. (Oct 1999)
- Voted NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests. (Sep 1998)
- Rated A by VOTE-HEMP, indicating a pro-hemp voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Rated +30 by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance. (Dec 2006)
- Allow rehabilitated drug convicts get student loans. (Jan 2008)
- Exclude industrial hemp from definition of marijuana. (May 2011)
- Exempt industrial hemp from marijuana laws. (Feb 2013)
- Rated 75% by NORML, indicating a pro-legalization stance. (Jan 2014)
- Rated B+ by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance. (Nov 2016)
- Immunity for banks offering services to marijuana businesses. (May 2015)
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Kurt Schrader on Drugs
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Democrat (District 5):
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- Exclude industrial hemp from definition of marijuana. (Oct 2011)
- Exempt industrial hemp from marijuana laws. (Feb 2013)
- Rated B by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance. (Nov 2016)
- Immunity for banks offering services to marijuana businesses. (Jun 2015)
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Greg Walden on Drugs
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Republican Representative (OR-2):
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- Voted YES on more funding for Mexico to fight drugs. (Jun 2008)
- Voted YES on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism. (Sep 2001)
- Voted YES on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC. (Oct 1999)
- Rated -20 by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance. (Dec 2006)
- Develop counterdrug strategy for federal open lands. (Feb 2011)
- Rated 25% by NORML, indicating an anti-legalization stance. (Jan 2014)
- Rated B by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance. (Nov 2016)
- Sponsored bill for combatting epidemic of synthetic drugs. (Jun 2018)
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Former candidates & officeholders:
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Julian Bell on Drugs
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| Democratic 2016 Gubernatorial candidate:
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John Kitzhaber on Drugs
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Democratic Governor:
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- Decriminalize medicinal marijuana. (Nov 1998)
- More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War. (Aug 2000)
- States should make drug policy, not feds. (Aug 2001)
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Ted Kulongoski on Drugs
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Democratic OR Governor:
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- Make Oregon one of the toughest places to produce Meth. (Nov 2006)
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Bob Niemeyer on Drugs
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| Republican 2016 Gubernatorial candidate:
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Bill Bradbury on Drugs
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| 2002 Democratic Senate Challenger (OR):
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Bruce Broussard on Drugs
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| Former Republican challenger (2004):
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Wes Cooley on Drugs
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| Republican Former (1994-) (District 2):
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Mark Hatfield on Drugs
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Republican Senator (Former):
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- Voted NO on spending international development funds on drug control. (Jul 1996)
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Al King on Drugs
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2004 former Republican challenger:
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- Stricter sentencing and tighter borders for drugs. (Aug 2004)
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Bob Packwood on Drugs
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| Republican Senator (Former):
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Dave Brownlow on Drugs
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Constitution Party Senate Challenger:
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- Move from incarceration policy to treatment based solution. (Jun 2008)
- The “war” on drugs has been a spectacular failure. (Jun 2008)
- Tobacco & obesity kill many more people than drug abuse. (Jun 2008)
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John Frohnmayer on Drugs
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| Independent Challenger:
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Elizabeth Furse on Drugs
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| Democrat (District 1):
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Darlene Hooley on Drugs
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Democratic Representative (OR-5):
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- Voted YES on more funding for Mexico to fight drugs. (Jun 2008)
- Voted NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism. (Sep 2001)
- Voted NO on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC. (Oct 1999)
- Voted NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests. (Sep 1998)
- Rated Zero by NORML, indicating a mixed record on drug reform. (Dec 2006)
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Jim Huffman on Drugs
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| 2010 Republican Challenger:
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Steve Novick on Drugs
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| Democratic Challenger:
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Gordon Harold Smith on Drugs
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Republican Jr Senator (OR):
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- Mandatory jail sentences for selling illegal drugs. (Jun 2008)
- Voted YES on increasing penalties for drug offenses. (Nov 1999)
- Federal grants to Indian tribes to fight methamphetamine. (Dec 2006)
- Require chemical resellers to certify against meth use. (Sep 2007)
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David Wu on Drugs
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Democratic Representative (OR-1):
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- Voted YES on more funding for Mexico to fight drugs. (Jun 2008)
- Voted NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism. (Sep 2001)
- Voted NO on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC. (Oct 1999)
- Rated +10 by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance. (Dec 2006)
- Rated 75% by NORML, indicating a pro-legalization stance. (Jan 2014)
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Cliff Bentz on Drugs
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| Republican (District 2):
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Knute Buehler on Drugs
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Republican (District 2):
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- Federal government needs to respect state laws on marijuana. (Feb 2017)
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Jo Rae Perkins on Drugs
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Republican Senate Challenger:
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- Don't legalize marijuana federally; leave it to the states. (Nov 2018)
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Ron Wyden on Drugs
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Democratic Sr Senator (OR):
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- Voted NO on increasing penalties for drug offenses. (Nov 1999)
- Voted NO on spending international development funds on drug control. (Jul 1996)
- Federal grants to Indian tribes to fight methamphetamine. (Dec 2006)
- Sponsored defining industrial hemp as not marijuana. (Aug 2012)
- Exempt industrial hemp from marijuana laws. (Feb 2013)
- Rated B+ by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance. (Nov 2016)
- Immunity for banks offering services to marijuana businesses. (Jul 2015)
- Criminalize imports of opioid precursors. (Feb 2017)
- Sponsored bill for legalized/taxed marijuana. (Feb 2019)
- Require chemical resellers to certify against meth use. (Sep 2007)
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