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posted by LaminatorX on Thursday July 02 2015, @01:20PM   Printer-friendly
from the just-say-"OR" dept.

Oregon ended marijuana prohibition at midnight Wednesday, joining Colorado, Washington state, Alaska and the District of Columbia in legalizing recreational use of the drug.

The new law means Oregon likely will reap benefits that appear to have followed legalization elsewhere: Reduced crime, from a legal industry supplanting a black market; higher tax revenue, once weed is legal to sell; and police forces and courts unburdened by droves of misdemeanor pot offenders.

Oregon voters in November approved Measure 91 with 56 percent of the vote. As of now, adults 21 and older can legally possess up to eight ounces of marijuana inside their home and up to one ounce outside. Adults can grow up to four plants per household, out of public view.

Sign of the times.


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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by TheGratefulNet on Thursday July 02 2015, @07:23PM

    by TheGratefulNet (659) on Thursday July 02 2015, @07:23PM (#204365)

    you are overly sensitive. and I will tell you this for a fact: if you object to pot smoke sticking around, you must 'love' tobacco smoke. that stuff does NOT just wash off or fade away so easily. in cali, where I live, most apartments and even house rentals have a 'no smoking' clause. its because the landlords don't want to have to spend a lot of money deoderizing the place for the next guy.

    but guess what: if someone was getting high in the place, actually IN the place, and you opened the windows just for an hour, after that the smell would be gone and you would not know any difference. compare that to tobacco; once a smoker puts that crap into your walls, paint, carpet, clothes, its there for a long time.

    so, the two are not even comparable.

    and lets be really honest: I call bullshit of your claim that people could smell ANYTHING in your clothes when you went to work. a simple walk from your front door to your car would clear any smell that MIGHT be on your clothes.

    I know what I'm talking about; and from what you wrote, I highly doubt you are being honest, here. your claim does not fit with reality.

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by danomac on Thursday July 02 2015, @08:00PM

    by danomac (979) on Thursday July 02 2015, @08:00PM (#204381)
    Smoke doesn't work that way. It doesn't matter what kind of smoke it is, it gets into stuff and the smell doesn't blow away with the wind.

    Also, smokers can not smell their own smoke in their home. Someone who doesn't smoke will smell it right away.

    I know my clothes smelled of pot - I had comments on it where I work. What reality are you talking about? Might want to lay off the weed... ;-)