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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: 2, Interesting) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday July 02 2015, @09:42PM
In my experience private companies dont piss-test, including one I worked for that made class-2 medical devices that could potentially involve life-threatening situations. All public companies ive worked for, even shit retail jobs, do test once up front as a condition of employment and never again unless you royally fuck up on the job.
Although its a goddamn shame that weed is a schedule-I substance, I can understand the point - demonstrating either the discipline to lay off the shit so you can get that job, or implicitly the intelligence to beat the drug test without alerting to wonky readings. Jobs require a degree of self-control, especially when they depend on lucrative government contracts.