Oregon Just Became The Third State to Legalize Recreational Marijuana

On October first, Oregon became the third state to legalize the recreational use of cannabis. Dispensaries in Oregon have started selling recreational marijuana to the public, after less than a year since the bill passed. The bill allows Oregon to join the two states where recreational marijuana sales are already legal in Colorado and Washington.

A similar bill has been passed in both Alaska and Washington, D.C., although the Alaskan government is still working out the details, while D.C.’s laws only legalized the possession of weed, not the selling of it.

Medical marijuana had been legal in Oregon since 1998, but now anyone without a doctors note can buy up to a  quarter-ounce per day.