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Marijuana Activist Says 'No' to Police Soliciting 
Posted by FoM on September 02, 1999 at 17:58:22 PT
Source: Oregon Live
ALBANY, Ore.A marijuana activist says he will let police make spot checks during the "Rock-N-Reggae Revival" on his property this weekend -- but he is drawing the line at their request for unrestricted access.
"They want to come in at any time and stay for as long as they want," Bill Conde said. And that, he said, would step on his and his guests' rights to privacy, free speech and peaceful assembly. But Sheriff Dave Burright doesn't buy it. "We have absolute proof that there have been open and rampant drug sales and use at the last three concerts, which they continue to deny," Burright said. "Because of that, we have very little trust in what they have to say and their ability to control the crowd." Conde said he's willing to do what he's done before -- let uniformed deputies onto the concert site north of Coburg a couple of times a day, allowing them to walk through with his security guards. Deputies would have had the right to enter the event under a proposed revision to the county's mass gathering ordinance, but city officials delayed making the decision this week, calling it "unwieldy." Burright said he he may send undercover detectives to the three-day event to crack down on drug-sellers, as he did during Conde's "World Hemp Festival" in July and a similar event last year. Burright said he didn't crack down on people smoking marijuana, something he views differently than selling. Under Oregon law, possession of less than an ounce of marijuana is a violation, similar to a traffic ticket. The Associated Press09/02/99 5:27 PM Eastern©1999 Oregon Live LLC
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