State of Oregon to outlaw recreational marijuana

The State of Oregon have taken measures to ban the sale of recreational marijuana within their borders, although the voters will make the decision in 2016.

In the Editorial of Gazette Times, it is up to the proponents of marijuana in Oregon to persuade the constituency members to decriminalize the recreational use of weed.

It was last year when Measure 91 which legalized recreational marijuana was approved by Oregon. The approval stirred by the efforts to authorize medical marijuana and to distribute pot to holders of medical marijuana cards.

Meanwhile, both the Albany City Council and the Linn County will provide voters a chance to resolve the banning of the sale of recreational pot, Democrat Herald wrote.

However, Mayor Sharon Konopa and half of the city council were not in favor of recreational weed sales in the Albany City, the source added. Linn County commissioners are also against of the legalization. Voters of the County did not agree to Ballot Measure 91, the statewide initiative that cleared the way for recreational marijuana.

Democrat Herald mentioned that councilors who favored weed sales were expecting to generate backing for "elegant compromise" allowing the medical marijuana dispensaries to sell recreational pot in the period in-between before the vote next year.

It was reported in Statesman Journal Oregon Liquor Control Commission received information from four countries and eight cities that they are planning to ban marijuana producers, processors, wholesalers and retailers.

The cities that have notified the Oregon Liquor Control Commission that they are choosing not to legalize are Ontario, Vale, Nyssa, Brownsville, Sandy, Island City, Sutherlin and Junction City. The counties are Douglas, Umatilla, Harney and Malheur, the site added.

Eighty-three cities and counties in the state have taken steps to prohibit business related to recreational marijuana. The issue is argumentative enough to let voters have the final involvement.

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Marijuana, weed, recreational pot, Oregon, Albany City, Linn County, Measure 91

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