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Church sex aduse —The pope creates atribunal to judge bishop negligence in abuse cases — but victims groups say it's not enough.A2
group aimed at helping you cope with the hardest part of weight-loss surgery: year two and beyond.D1 PIDS —Checkyourself: Beyond Lyme, ticks cause all sorts of illnesses. D1
By Ted Shorack The Bulletin
Growing marijuana in Oregon is nothing new, but as recreational marijuana becomes legal, state and local officials will likely be faced with increased attention to grow sites. Conflicts between medical marijuana grow sites and adjoining property owners have been simmering for years with no clear direction from the
GM-NO —Evidence shows genetically modified organisms might help makewhat we eat safer and healthier. But someof us just can't believe that.D4
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• No state ruletarget s marijuanaodors; advocates say that'sbest. InplaceslikeAlfalfa, that's aproblem. are opposed to the practice
entirely. State lawmakers will have to decide how to treat cultivation and harvesting of
marijuana in Oregon, which is a "right-to-farm" state and protects farmers from nuisance
state on pot as an agricultural product. Neighbors often
complaints that may arise
complain about odor and the
smells, dust or other nuisances
because of"customary noises,
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marketplace a state one?
ulate recreational pot for the
• Pot's already legal elsewhere. How's that working out?A4
state under Measure 91, won't start issuing licenses to growers until next year. Deschutes County had 1,814 medical marijuana grow sites as of April, according to the Oregon Health Authority. County code enforcement officials say
pected to rule this sum-
associated with farming." Voters approved medical
they have only received one written complaint in recent
mer on whether the tax
marijuana in 1998. Recreation-
years about odor from the
al marijuana becomes legal to possess in Oregon on July 1. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission, which will reg-
growing of medical marijuana, which would not be considered
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placementofgreenhouses,or
ASupreme question: Is Oregon's
By Taylor W.Anderson The Bulletin
SALEM — The U.S. Supreme Court is ex-
credits that have helped nearly 80,000 low-income Oregonians and millions more around the United States pay for
a violation of county code.
SeeOdors/A4
health insurance were
actually allowed by the Affordable Care Act. Opponents of the law
argue in King v. Burwell that nearly 6.4million
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people in 34 states that
didn't create their own marketplaces aren't eligi-
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Bird watchingvia app-
ble for the subsidies that
help those people pay for their monthlypremiums
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Putdown the birdbookand ID the creatures you seeright on your phone. Don't worry; you're still enjoying nature.A3
No drought insexinessIn California, adswith innuendos promote watersaving. B6
And a Wed exclusiveIran is opening 150alcoholism treatment centers — even though alcohol is bannedthere. beuclbulletiu.cem/extras
Photos by Ryan Brennecke I The Bulletin
Jayson Bowermen, with the Bend Paddle Trail Alliance, tests the waves below the Colorado Street bridge Wednesday at the new Bend Whitewater Park. It's still closed to the public but should open in the next few months.
EDITOR'SCHOICE
because the 2010 law
doesn't explicitly say so. The court's upcoming ruling creates a potential dilemma for Oregon,
Kayakers with close ties to the Bend Whitewater Park project got the first rides on the newwavesWednesday, helping to test the recently installed system. Chelsea Schneider, a landscapearchitect with the BendPark & Recreation District working on the project, said representatives of the companythat designed the safepassagechannel and thewhitewater play channel were in Bend to calibrate the system of inflatable bladders used to createwaves of different shapesandsizes. As part of the process, Geoff Frank of Tumalo Creek Kayak 8 CanoeandJayson Bowerman with the Bend PaddleTrail Alliance were invited to join the project designers on thewater. Schneider said the computer system that will allow for more precise control of wave shapeandsize hasyet to be installed. Crews areexpected to be adding the deck to thenewpedestrian bridge across the river shortly, she said, and will begin dismantling the temporary construction bridge in July. The whitewater park is expected to open inlate August or early September.
which tried and failed to create a website where
residents could buy insurance. After spending more than $300 million
and months trying to revive its website, the
state sent Oregonians to HealthCare.gov, and the Legislature in February voted to fold Cover Oregon into another agency. SeeSubsidies/A5
— Scott Hammers, TheBulletin
How bail
Training
now acts as
io prevent
punishmentbefore trial
rape works, study says
By Shaila Dewan
By Marilynn Marchione
New Yorh Times News Service
The Associated Press
BALTlMORE — Dominick Torrence, who has lived
A program that taught college women
inthis cityallhis life, has a long rap sheet for dealing drugs but no history of violence. So whenhewas charged with disorderly conduct and rioting April 28, anight of unrest after Freddie Gray was fatally injured in custody, he was shocked to learnthe amount he would need to makebail:
ways to prevent sexual assault cut in half the
chances they would be raped over the next year,
a Canadian study found. It was the first large, scientific testofresistance
training, and the strong results should spur more universities to offer it,
experts say. Five percent of fresh-
$250,000, the same astwo of
the officers facingcharges over Gray's death. Although a bail bondsman would charge only a
man women who went
through the four-session program said they had been raped during the following year, com-
fraction of that, normally 10 percent, for many de-
fendants $25,000 is as impossible a sum as $250,000. "That's something you get for murder or attempted murder," Torrence, 29, said from Baltimore Central
pared with 10 percent of others who were just
New tactics inIraq signal a longwar
Booking. "You're telling
Greg Jaffe andMissy Ryan
war he never wanted.
me I have to take food
The Washington Post
out of my kid's mouth so I can get out of jail." He
President Barack Obama's announcement Wednesday
spent a month in jail on
that he is sending 450 more
charges that would later be dropped. Defense lawyers, scholars and even some judges say the high bail amounts
military advisers to Iraq highlights the central dilemma of his faltering strategy there: how to shore up the country's fragile government without being pulled more deeply into a
With few good options, al-Abadi's outreach Obama's plan amounts to a decision to stay the AN A L YSI5 to disaffected Sunnis course. and bolster the Iraqi Administration officials say a r my, whose feckless perfor-
set for some Baltimore
given brochures on as-
the troop increase — the sec-
tional troops are being sent to aid Prime Minister Haider
Attempted rapes also were lowerabout 3 percent in the
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training group versus m ore than 9percentof
• More U.S. troops in Iraq: How this plan is supposed to work,A5
the others. The results are "star-
would strengthen the position of Shiite Iran, which has cast
tling," said a prominent researcher on sex assault with no role in
man c e has left the Iraqi leader itself as Iraq's only effective
ond since U.S. troops returned v u lnerable to challenges from to Iraq last year — isn't intend- S hiite hard-liners more closely ed to produce quick battlefield victories. Rather, the addi-
sault prevention.
al i g ned with Iran. A weak-
partner in a largely sectarian
the study, University of Arizona psychologist Mary Koss. SeePrevention/A4
war with the Sunni-dominated Islamic State.
ened Abadi, U.S. officials fear,
SeeIraq /A5
protesters highlight a much broader problem with the nation's money-based bail
system. They saythat system routinely punishes poor defendants before they get their day in court. SeeBail /A5
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