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Marijuana Legalized In Oregon, Alaska, and Washington DC

Posted by Soulskill on from the new-doritos-factory-construction-already-underway dept.

Robotron23 writes: Coinciding with the midterm elections yesterday were state ballots proposing the legalization of cannabis. All three territories where full legalization was tabled approved the measure, joining Washington state and Colorado. The narrowest vote was that of Alaska at a roughly 52% to 48% margin. Washington D.C. meanwhile saw the vote strongly tipped in favor of legalization, at about 69% to 31% opposed. Oregon passed its measure by a vote of 55% to 45%. Buoyed by the news, advocates of legal cannabis are already contemplating the next round of state ballots in 2016.

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  1. Two predictions by jandersen · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now that cannabis is legal in Washington, I think we can look forward to -

    1. Much mellower politics
    2. A massive increase in sales of snacks in the area around the Conress

  2. Re:They're thinkin' Big! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I demand more intelligent trolls! Why does /. only have stupid trolls?

  3. Great news again! by fustakrakich · · Score: 4, Funny

    And I am aroused by the fantasy that all those republican victories were a negative response to the NSA and is going to revive the civil rights movement.

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    “He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
  4. DC? Perfect. Now we can finally by jpellino · · Score: 5, Funny

    have an answer when someone says "I dunno what Congress is smoking..."

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    "Win treats sysadmins better than users. Mac treats users better than sysadmins. Linux treats everyone like sysadmins."