Free Marijuana For All: Oregonians Exercise the Right to Weed the People @alternet

Free Marijuana For All: Oregonians Exercise the Right to Weed the People @alternet

Free Marijuana For All: Oregonians Exercise the Right to Weed the People

Oregon's legalized weed still can’t be sold to the general public, yet some are finding a way around the law.

“A line this long that never ends and everybody is happy,” marveled Jim Leighton, a 30-year Oregon resident. “Isn’t that great?” He and some 1,300 others stood in a queue that snaked around the block in the sweltering Portland heat Friday afternoon, waiting for entry to an event where they could get up to seven grams of marijuana for nothing more than a smile and a handshake.

Oregon is the fourth state in the United States, in addition to the District of Columbia, to legalize marijuana for recreational use for adults 21 years and older. But even after parts of the law went into effect Wednesday that legalized possession and growing of small amounts, marijuana still cannot be sold to the general public.