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Hooray for Oregon

amannamedtruth

amannamedtruth

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Congrats guys, you did it!

http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/11/recreational_marijuana_passes.html

Oregon voters said yes to recreational marijuana Tuesday, making the state the third to allow the possession and sale of cannabis for social rather than strictly medical use.
The crowd at the downtown Portland club Holocene, where Yes on 91 held its victory party, erupted into rowdy cheers upon learning the measure had passed. Someone in the crowd yelled "Legal cannabis, baby," as longtime legalization advocate Anthony Johnson took the stage. He called the vote "decades in the making."
"We won tonight first and foremost because of the wisdom of Oregon voters," Johnson said.
He named other longtime Oregon marijuana activists, including Jim Klahr and Jim Grieg, who died this summer.
"I have worked 15 years on this cause. There are people in this room who have put in 30, 40 years in this cause," Johnson said to more cheers.
The closely watched vote on Measure 91 represents a major victory for state and national marijuana legalization advocates. They viewed Oregon, already home to a robust medical marijuana program, as part of a key second wave of states to legalize cannabis for recreational use.
Oregon joins Washington state and Colorado, the first states to legalize pot for recreational use in 2012. Earlier in the night, Washington, D.C. voters approved a measure allowing residents to possess and grow – but not sell -- marijuana. Alaska voters were also considering legalization Tuesday.
Oregon's Measure 91 took elements from both the Washington and Colorado law and was primarily financed by out-of-state donors and groups seeking national reform of drug laws. The Yes on 91 campaign collected about $4 million, compared to less than $200,000 raised by the No on 91 effort.
The measure, which would not take effect until July 1, 2015, will allow adults 21-and-over to possess one ounce in public and up to eight ounces at home, as well as a variety of other marijuana-infused products.
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission will get the job of regulating marijuana production and sales. Tax revenue generated by marijuana will go to the public schools; mental health and addiction services; law enforcement; and the Oregon Health Authority. Using marijuana in public or while driving will be prohibited. Current medical marijuana laws won't change.
Oregon voters rejected marijuana legalization in 2012. Sponsors hoped Measure 91 would be seen as having the needed regulatory controls that critics said was missing two years ago.
Unlike the 2012 marijuana initiative, which failed by 6 percentage points, Measure 91 had a large advertising budget that featured, among others, a retired judge, a retired deputy sheriff and a former top drug addictions official for the state.
According to incomplete returns, Measure 91 benefitted from overwhelming support in Multnomah County, home to about 20 percent of expected voters statewide. With about half the state's votes counted Tuesday, the measure was passing with 55 percent. In Multnomah County, with half the ballots counted, 69 percent of voters had approved marijuana legalization.
Johnson said the vote will redirect police resources from marijuana enforcement.
"We have ended a painful, discriminatory, harmful policy that has terrible consequences for our state," he told the Yes on 91 crowd. "We replaced it with a policy that is smarter, more humane…. It's a policy whose time has come."
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aridbud

aridbud

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Spread the support...I see a lot of red states that are not in favor. In time, thinking will change....we can only hope, and continue to voice ourselves through votes, public affirmation.
 
B

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Can't say I'm thrilled unfortunately.

While I'm completely in favor of legal pot, there are some things I greatly dislike about the measure.

1) The OLCC is set to oversee and administer the entire thing. Why should a board that has no expertise in Cannabis be in charge of this? And we all know what the liquor board in WA tried to do with their measure. It's been a disaster so far.

2) No in-state residency requirements for licensees. So I'm expecting a lot of out-of-state investors to swoop in and set up shop. Pay 40-70k/year for people to oversee 50-70k lights. Which translates into mediocre product. I'd have much rather see residency requirements so that the money states in-state, in our residents pockets, where it belongs.

Oh well.
 
BudToker

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Congratulations Oregon!

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Good Luck,

-BT :smokeit:
 
MJPassion

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Bad Habits said:
Can't say I'm thrilled unfortunately.

While I'm completely in favor of legal pot, there are some things I greatly dislike about the measure.

1) The OLCC is set to oversee and administer the entire thing. Why should a board that has no expertise in Cannabis be in charge of this? And we all know what the liquor board in WA tried to do with their measure. It's been a disaster so far.

2) No in-state residency requirements for licensees. So I'm expecting a lot of out-of-state investors to swoop in and set up shop. Pay 40-70k/year for people to oversee 50-70k lights. Which translates into mediocre product. I'd have much rather see residency requirements so that the money states in-state, in our residents pockets, where it belongs.

Oh well.
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^^^Proof that it's not legal^^^

Don't let semantics get in the way of truth.
If you are prohibited from using the plant the way you prefer (extracts for example), you are still under laws of prohibition.
 
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