Measure 80: Marijuana Legalization Initiative

Create a commission to license marijuana cultivation by qualified persons and to purchase entire crop with the authority to sell marijuana at cost to pharmacies, medical research facilities and to qualified adults for profit through state-licensed stores, with ninety percent of net proceeds going to the state general fund, with the remainder going to drug education, treatment, and hemp promotion. Provide the commission the ability to regulate use, sets prices, and other duties, and permit the Attorney General to defend against federal challenges andprosecutions. Bans sales to and possession of marijuana by minors and ban public consumption except where signs permit consumption. Effective January 1, 2013; other provisions.