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What Canada could learn from Oregon’s approach to regulating legal marijuana

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 10/28/2015 - 05:43

As Canada begins the long conversation of how to regulate legal marijuana for adult use in Canada, various US states like Colorado or Washington often get mentioned as templates to follow or learn from. One not mentioned quite as often is Oregon, who also recently regulated legal marijuana for adult recreational use after over a decade of regulating legal marijuana for medical purposes.

In 2014, Oregon voters passed Measure 91, legalizing limited recreational use, possession and cultivation of cannabis “based on regulation and taxation to be determined by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission”. Under the new law, as of July 1 of this year, adults 21 years or older can be in possession of up to 28 grams on their person (1 ounce), keep up to eight ounces at home and grow up to four plants per household. On October 1 of this year, Oregon officially made recreational sales legal and utilized its existing...

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