Editorial: Marijuana is legal; treat businesses that way

It was disappointing to learn that the Deschutes County Commission decided to punt Monday on marijuana land-use rules for the county.The three-person body is clearly worried about being sued over any rules it might put in place. It has chosen instead to delay action on them for at least 90 days. During the 90-day period it will create a citizens committee to make further recommendations on just what the county should do.The commission has already taken testimony. It has listened to its planning commission and its legal advisers. It should have exercised its own collective good judgment and adopted rules in accordance with what it’s heard.Commissioner Tammy Baney expressed concern about being sued if rules were too restrictive. Oregon has a right-to-farm law, for one thing. Rules designed to limit marijuana growing and processing so much as to make it invisible may well violate that law.But the commission’s real problem...

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