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What Will Recreational Marijuana Legalization Mean for California? Q&A with Lynne Lyman (Original Post) yuiyoshida Aug 2016 OP
The difference between the West Coast and the rest of the US is striking. jalan48 Aug 2016 #1
In Colorado towns can op out greymattermom Aug 2016 #2
Makes sense to me. jalan48 Aug 2016 #3
Same here in Oregon. TonyPDX Aug 2016 #4
Oregon's legalization inconsistency charliea Aug 2016 #5
Agree. This is a particular sore spot with me, too. TonyPDX Aug 2016 #6

jalan48

(13,798 posts)
1. The difference between the West Coast and the rest of the US is striking.
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 11:18 AM
Aug 2016

Legalization will mean fewer alcohol related deaths and fewer people in the prison system. Legalization is long overdue.

greymattermom

(5,751 posts)
2. In Colorado towns can op out
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 11:37 AM
Aug 2016

So if folks in a certain part of the state don't want dispensaries, they don't get them. Why wouldn't this work in most places? There might be a ban on dispensaries in Republican congressional districts, for example.

TonyPDX

(962 posts)
4. Same here in Oregon.
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 01:10 PM
Aug 2016

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It's legal to possess and use in every town, but they can choose to opt out of licensing dispensaries (similar to "dry counties" elsewhere). Here's the catch: if a town doesn't allow sales, they don't receive a share of the tax revenue. Works for me.

charliea

(258 posts)
5. Oregon's legalization inconsistency
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 03:28 PM
Aug 2016

I'm glad that we finally did it but I've got a conundrum. Our new legalization allows home owners to grow up to 4 plants (out of public view), however it also limits the amount you may have in your home to 8 oz. Given that the Willamette valley is an ideal growing environment and weed is, well, a weed I wonder if a bumper crop becomes illegal when you cut the plants up to dry?

That being said the tax revenue received so far by the state from product sales is running 10x the estimates prior to January this year, and society hasn't collapsed!

TonyPDX

(962 posts)
6. Agree. This is a particular sore spot with me, too.
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 04:50 PM
Aug 2016

I'm optimistic, though, that more reasonable revisions to the original legislation are inevitable once we have a year or two behind us. I still encounter folks who express surprise that after a year the sky hasn't fallen.

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