ounce (28.5 grams) of marijuana would be legal for anyone 21 and older. Cannabis would be sold and taxed at state-licensed stores, a system modeled after one which many states follow for alcohol sales.



The Colorado measure limits cultivation to six marijuana plants per person, but "grow-your-own" pot would be still be banned in Washington. Both states prohibit public use.

Tuesday's vote results are "groundbreaking," says Beau Kilmer, co-director of the Rand Drug Policy Research Center. But since no modern jurisdiction has lifted prohibitions on production, possession and distribution of cannabis for recreational use, "there are two big issues: Do the states want a marijuana tourism industry, and if so would the federal government allow it?"

Jennifer Rudolph of Colorado Ski Country, a marketing organization that represents 21 ski resorts, saidODRC had no similar categorical restriction
on interviews with general population inmates, and the defendants acknowledged that Skatzes
was prohibited from such interviews due to his involvement with the Lucasville riots. The court
therefore concluded that there was a genuine issue of material fact regarding whether the
interview denials as to Skatzes were unlawful.

       After the district court’s summary judgment order, ODRC modified its media policies to
delete certain language that previously authorized ODRC to inquire into the nature of the
interview and to consider the impact of an interview on victims when determining whether to
approve a media interview request with a non-restricted prisoner. In August 2017, ODRC also
granted all outstanding requests of the Media Plaintiffs to interview Prisoner Plaintiff Skatzes.
On August 22, 2017, the defendants filed a