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The Supreme Court ruling affects 13 U.S. states with medical marijuana laws. [58] Police departments throughout Oregon decline to press charges, or charges have been dropped for possessing and growing marijuana, even for convicted drug dealers.
The Oregon Medical Marijuana Act, a law in the U.S. state of Oregon, was established by Oregon Ballot Measure 67 in 1998, passing with 54.6% support. It modified state law to allow the cultivation, possession, and use of marijuana by doctor recommendation for patients with certain medical conditions.
Illegal production of marijuana has instead exploded. Oregon lawmakers, who have heard complaints from police, legal growers and others, are now looking at toughening laws against the outlaw ...
1917: Colorado legislators make the use and cultivation of cannabis a misdemeanor. 1923: Iowa, Oregon, Washington, and Vermont ban marijuana. [15] 1927: New York, [15] Idaho, Kansas, Montana, and Nebraska ban marijuana. [16] 1931: Illinois bans marijuana. [17] 1931: Texas declares cannabis a narcotic, allowing up to life sentences for ...
Oregon Ballot Measure 80, also known as the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act, OCTA and Initiative-9, was an initiated state statute ballot measure on the November 6, 2012 general election ballot in Oregon. It would have allowed personal marijuana and hemp cultivation or use without a license and created a commission to regulate the sale of commercial ...
Oregon now has enough legal recreational marijuana to satisfy demand for 6.5 years. And the glut of supply is helping re-energize the black market for the drug.
Oregon was the first state to decriminalize small amounts of cannabis in 1973 and later legalized its use for both medical and recreational purposes. Other substances like methamphetamine, heroin, and club drugs have posed ongoing challenges, with laws evolving to address production, trafficking, and public health issues.
Oregon Ballot Measure 91 was a 2014 ballot measure in the U.S. state of Oregon. Its passage legalized the "recreational use of marijuana, based on regulation and taxation to be determined by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission ".