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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 03 2015, @01:15AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 03 2015, @01:15AM (#204492)

    And the most recent time: the right to treat non-heterosexuals as sub-human.