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AMENDS CONSTITUTION: ALLOWS ADULTS TO MANUFACTURE, POSSESS, CONSUME CANNABIS (MARIJUANA) IN PRIVATE

RESULT OF "YES" VOTE: "Yes" vote allows persons 21 or older to manufacture, possess,
consume cannabis (marijuana) in private.

RESULT OF "NO" VOTE: "No" vote retains existing statutory prohibitions against manufacture,
possession of certain types of cannabis (marijuana).

SUMMARY: Amends constitution. Oregon state laws currently prohibit the possession, manufacture, and delivery of certain types of cannabis that are commonly known as marijuana. Measure would amend Oregon Constitution to permit presons 21 years old or older to possess, manufacture, and consume, in private, all types of cannabis and its byproducts, including marijuana. Measure would not affect current Oregon statutes that prohibit the delivery of marijuana.

footnote : Certified by Attorney General on December 4, 1997. Signed by Elika L. Hadlock, Asst. Attorney General. The Secretary of State also determined that the initiative measure complies with the single subject requirement of the Oregon Constitution, Article IV, Section 1(2)(d).

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