Oregon lawmakers pass bill banning marijuana merchants from keeping buyer information

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Source: Reuters

U.S. | Tue Apr 11, 2017 | 4:50am EDT

Oregon lawmakers pass bill banning marijuana merchants from keeping buyer information

Oregon lawmakers sought on Monday to protect buyers of marijuana from possible penalties under federal law, approving a bill to ban sellers of the drug for recreational use from keeping information on their customers.

More than two dozen U.S. states have legalized some form of marijuana for medical or recreational use.

But the drug remains illegal at the federal level, and President Donald Trump's administration has said it may ramp up enforcement of federal laws against its use.

The bill, passed by the Oregon House of Representatives 53-5, bans merchants who sell recreational cannabis from keeping information for more than 48 hours that they collect from identification, such as a driver license, that buyers use to prove they are 21 or older, according to a draft of the law.

The state Senate approved the bill in March. It now heads to the desk of Oregon Governor Kate Brown for her to sign into law.

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