Hood River City Councilors decided during a worksession against having municipal staff draw up an ordinance for a medical marijuana dispensary moratorium.  Mayor Arthur Babitz said in the end they didn’t see any solid reasons to delay implementation of the dispensary program approved by the Legislature in 2013, noting Oregon voters themselves approved medical marijuana in 1997.  Councilors decided the mechanism the Legislature put in place were adequate and preferable to the alternatives.  Babitz also noted they didn’t see enough benefit to a moratorium to delay giving patients safe access to a legal medication.  The Oregon Health Authority has approved an application for establishment of a medical marijuana dispensary in Hood River.