ONTARIO - This year on the November ballot, Oregon residents will be voting on whether to legalize marijuana for adults over the age of 21.

Oregon Ballot Measure 80, or the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act, is a citizen's initiative campaign to regulate cannabis and restore industrial hemp in an effort to create jobs, shrink the marijuana black market and create millions of dollars in tax revenue.

The proposal references the abolition of the alcohol prohibition as a previous example of how legalizing and regulating an illegal substance has protected society, and that restoring the hemp industry will also create several environment friendly "green" jobs in a struggling economy.

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