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The Oregon Medical Marijuana Act was established by Ballot Measure 67, a citizens' initiative, in November 1998, the same election as the referendum Measure 57. It modified state law to allow the cultivation, possession, and use of
The law made possession a civil violation with a penalty of $25, lower than most city parking tickets. 2014, D.C. voted by ballot Initiative 71 to legalize recreational marijuana possession, cultivation, and transportation; commercial production and sale prohibited. The law went into effect February 26, 2015, following 30 days of congressional ...
1973: Texas law is amended to declare possession of four ounces or less a misdemeanor. [18] [20] 1973: Oregon becomes the first state to decriminalize cannabis – reducing the penalty for up to one ounce to a $100 fine. [21] 1975: Alaska, Maine, Colorado, California, and Ohio decriminalize cannabis. [21]
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 ...
The Lane County Sheriff's Office served a search warrant Wednesday at a licensed marijuana grow site along Meadowview Road near Junction City for violating rules set by the Oregon Liquor Control ...
To the beat of electronic dance music, men and women inside a slate-gray building harvested marijuana plants festooned with radio-frequency identification tags. In another room, an employee ...
The NAACP has been strong supporters of the Respect State Marijuana Laws Act – H.R. 1523 and has reached out to members of congress to get this act passed. [160] This act is designed to decrease penalties for low-level marijuana possession and supports prohibiting federal enforcement of marijuana laws in states which have lesser penalties. [161]
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.