This coming election day, citizens in Oregon will find the governor, one national senator, all five national representatives and a myriad propositions populating their ballots.
One of those propositions is Measure 91: a 35-page ballot initiative that moves to legalize the recreational use of cannabis in the beaver state.
Oregonians aren’t the only people who will be voting on pot legislation when they head to the polls on Nov. 4. Alaska and the District of Columbia also have legalization proposals on their ballots. The state of Washington and Colorado both legalized marijuana in 2012. [Read More]
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