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.
(Score: 2) by ikanreed on Thursday July 02 2015, @08:11PM
"You're disagreeing with me, thus a singleminded zealot." That's a shallow counterargument that combines an easy ad hominem with a bare assertion.
I was disagreeing with you because my opinion differs from yours and discussions are a way to seek, but not always get, clarity about why those differences exist. Occasionally that can be really enlightening, and while, no, you've not convinced me of anything, I can certainly recall a few discussions that led to me reconsidering a point.