leaffan
Well-Known Member
Legalization is ambiguous...
Summary of the measures
Alaska Measure 2 (Passed, 52 percent)
Possession: Up to an ounce.
Home-growing: Up to six marijuana plants, three of them flowering.
Sales: The measure authorizes four kinds of businesses: cultivators, who will grow pot; manufacturing facilities, which will produce extracts and products; testing facilities for quality control; and retail stores.
Timeline: The measure takes effect 90 days after being certified by the lieutenant governor. Rules for marijuana businesses must be drafted nine months after that. The Marijuana Policy Project reports that the state expects certification late this month, meaning business rules can be expected by September.
Oregon Measure 91 (Passed, 56 percent)
Possession: Up to an eight ounces.
Home-growing: Up to four marijuana plants.
Sales: Under the measure the state will regulate four types of businesses: producers, who grow marijuana for wholesale; processors, who produce extracts and products; wholesalers, who may purchase marijuana and products to sell to retailers and non-customers; and retailers.
Timeline: Rulemaking can begin as soon as the results are certified on Dec. 4. Possession and home cultivation for adults becomes legal on July 1. The state will begin accepting applications for marijuana businesses on Jan. 4, 2016.
D.C. Initiative 71 (Passed, 65 percent)
Possession: Up to an two ounces.
Home-growing: Up to six marijuana plants, three of them mature.
Sales: The measure does not legalize sale of marijuana.
Timeline: The measure must be submitted to Congress for a 30-day review period, though Mayor-elect Muriel Bowser suggested she would not want to submit the measure without accompanying legislation to regulate sales.
Summary of the measures
Alaska Measure 2 (Passed, 52 percent)
Possession: Up to an ounce.
Home-growing: Up to six marijuana plants, three of them flowering.
Sales: The measure authorizes four kinds of businesses: cultivators, who will grow pot; manufacturing facilities, which will produce extracts and products; testing facilities for quality control; and retail stores.
Timeline: The measure takes effect 90 days after being certified by the lieutenant governor. Rules for marijuana businesses must be drafted nine months after that. The Marijuana Policy Project reports that the state expects certification late this month, meaning business rules can be expected by September.
Oregon Measure 91 (Passed, 56 percent)
Possession: Up to an eight ounces.
Home-growing: Up to four marijuana plants.
Sales: Under the measure the state will regulate four types of businesses: producers, who grow marijuana for wholesale; processors, who produce extracts and products; wholesalers, who may purchase marijuana and products to sell to retailers and non-customers; and retailers.
Timeline: Rulemaking can begin as soon as the results are certified on Dec. 4. Possession and home cultivation for adults becomes legal on July 1. The state will begin accepting applications for marijuana businesses on Jan. 4, 2016.
D.C. Initiative 71 (Passed, 65 percent)
Possession: Up to an two ounces.
Home-growing: Up to six marijuana plants, three of them mature.
Sales: The measure does not legalize sale of marijuana.
Timeline: The measure must be submitted to Congress for a 30-day review period, though Mayor-elect Muriel Bowser suggested she would not want to submit the measure without accompanying legislation to regulate sales.
