Oregon set to shield marijuana user data from US officials

KGW 8 News – by Kristena Hansen

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon state lawmakers have given final approval to a bill that would shield the names, birthdates and other identifying information of marijuana users from being accessed by federal drug agents amid worries of heightened enforcement.

The bill was approved 53-5 by the Oregon House on Monday and is largely in response to mixed signals about the new White House administration’s stance on the federal marijuana prohibition.  

Democratic Gov. Kate Brown is expected to sign it into law.

Oregon pot shops would have 30 days to destroy their recreational pot customers’ personal data from their records and be banned from keeping such records thereon.

Data collection about pot clients is already illegal or discouraged in Alaska, Colorado and Washington state.

Recreational marijuana is legal in those states and sold from stores.

http://www.kgw.com/news/local/marijuana/oregon-set-to-shield-marijuana-user-data-from-us-officials/430184372

3 thoughts on “Oregon set to shield marijuana user data from US officials

  1. This is where the public learns if HIPPA really has any teeth , or if it only works for the establishment , and not the people it should have been intended to protect from invasion of their personal medical information

    although we here, know the reality of it all

    Its just like CPL or concealed weapons permit list of owners or even gun owners data base , no one should have access to that info .. it shouldnt even exist

  2. ‘Oregon pot shops would have 30 days to destroy their recreational pot customers’ personal data from their records and be banned from keeping such records thereon.’ ‘TOO LATE’

  3. “Oregon pot shops…”

    … are almost as overpriced as CA’s.

    How much longer before the so-called ‘government’ classifies all pot smokers as TERRORISTS?

Join the Conversation

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


*