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Showing Original Post only (View all)Oregon Will Vote on Marijuana Legalization in November. The initiative made the ballot. [View all]
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2014/jul/22/oregon_marijuana_legalization_inOregon Marijuana Legalization Initiative Qualifies for November Ballot
by Phillip Smith, July 22, 2014, 04:05pm
The New Approach Oregon marijuana legalization initiative has qualified for the November ballot, the secretary of state's office reported today.
It won't get a measure number until next month.
First word came in an email from New Approach Oregon's Anthony Johnson. When the Chronicle contacted Johnson to confirm the email, he said "I got the call from the secretary of state's office today."
The initiative had needed some 87,000 valid voter signatures to qualify; it handed in about 145,000 a couple of weeks ago.
That means Oregon will join Alaska in voting on marijuana legalization this year. The District of Columbia is also likely to join that list; the cultivation and possession legalization initiative there is awaiting certification after handing in more than twice the number of signatures required to make the ballot.
Colorado and Washington led the way in 2012. Now, at least two more states, and probably DC, have the chance to legalize it this year. And then comes 2016.
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Oregon Will Vote on Marijuana Legalization in November. The initiative made the ballot. [View all]
Comrade Grumpy
Jul 2014
OP
Yeah, but THC remains in the blood for weeks. Could you imagine alcohol was like that and you were
bloomington-lib
Jul 2014
#31
fake legalization. the government becomes the dealer and cartels will undercut nt
msongs
Jul 2014
#4
It's not the same bill. Voters rejected that bill on details, not on the larger question.
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2014
#33