Oregon Public Broadcasting

A group trying to get the state to license dispensaries for medical marijuana, handed in another 20,000 signatures Thursday. 

The 'Coalition for Patients' Rights' has been collecting signatures for more than a year now and so far has about 110,000.

John Sajo of the 'Voter Power Foundation' says current law requires patients to grow their own plants or designate a grower -- which can be difficult.

John Sajo: "You know obviously a person in a nursing home for example or in a wheelchair can't grow their own marijuana. And it's also very difficult for that person to find someone to grow that marijuana for them and then supervise and make sure that that grower is doing what they're supposed to."

Allowing dispensaries would mean patients could go and buy their marijuana in a store -- like a pharmacy. It would also mean patients could buy products like lozenges or skin creams instead of having to smoke the pot.

The initiative needs about 87,000 valid signatures to reach the November ballot.