The Washington measure is set to pass, it's leading in the polls and there is no organized opposition. The Oregon measure will likely fail but it is written substantially different than the Washington one.
They are going for the incremental approach in Washington. The measure there would legalize sale and possession of less than an ounce of marijuana but sales could only happen through government-regulated outlets. Growing your own would not be legal. It also adds in tough new rules about driving under the influence where it establishes a base line level of compound found in your blood that would establish the legal limit much the same way that blood alcohol content does for alcohol-based DUI. There is some controversy about this part as the science seems to be pretty new and it isn't clear to everyone that there is a solid relationship between impairment and bloodstream count. There also, I believe, is no field test available, it requires a blood draw, so some folks worry that it is set up to allow for busts with little or no evidence in the field. The Oregon measure, on the other hand, is pretty loose. It sets up potential regulation and taxation of sales through the State but also allows for individuals to grow their own, which obviously bypasses the whole state regulation part of things. It also does not limit quantities of possession, nor does it address the issue of driving while intoxicated. For those reasons and others, the national backers of the Washington measure have not thrown their weight behind the Oregon measure and it doesn't seem to be doing as well here. The hope amongst the backers of the Washington measure is that it is well written enough, well regulated enough, that it represents an incremental step and will not only pass at the ballot but also not draw so much ire from the feds that it has a chance to work effectively. We shall see. Cheers, Judah On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > I doubt they will ever get that passed. When I saw that medical weed > growers themselves opposed the bill in California I gave up hope of it > being legalised or decriminalised in this part of the world :) > > On 24 October 2012 13:50, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> After Washington passes their weed legalization initiative next month, >> I figured you'd be moving to Seattle :) >> >> Cheers, >> Judah >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:356630 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
