My worry about legalization like that is this.
Alcohol and cigs are legal for rec use yes, but you are not allowed to produce it yourself.
I will not buy pot from some overpriced vendor doing who knows what to it.....
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I also worry that with the legalization and possibility of no longer being able to produce it, might be a ploy to crack down on anyone who grows it at all, and make growing a more punishable crime.
The wording in the proposed amendment to Oregon's State Constitution is very lenient.
It makes no restrictions on growing, and allows anyone with a green thumb to potentially sell their crop to the State of Oregon to be sold in shops.
Not that I would go that route.
It just decriminalizes the growing & use of it (not public use), and reduces public use infractions down to a citation & fine (small one, too), with no jail time or court appearance.
And there will still be the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program.
People who opt into the OMMP would not pay any taxes on cannabis bought in Shops ($25 tax on each purchase), which is good for those who have the money to buy.
I'll always be a grower, and can't really see myself spending what little money I have on OPP (Other People's Pot), but it would be nice to know it's readily available during those rare occasions when I'm between harvests and out of herb.
Anyways, it would be a huge win for personal use growers, and would open up the floodgates for small to large commercial growers.
I don't know how good of a chance there is that it will actually pass into law, but I voted "Yes".