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Alaska votes to legalise marijuana

The Oregon law, which received 54% support, takes effect in July 2015. Pot stores would be able to open the following year. There is a similar time line in Alaska.

Residents of Oregon, Alaska and Washington, D.C., voted to legalise marijuana in ballot measures in this week's U.S. mid-term elections.

The Oregon and Alaska measures would legalise recreational pot use, similar to the recreational marijuana laws currently in place in Washington and Colorado. In the District of Columbia, voters approved marijuana possession but not retail sales of marijuana.

The Oregon law, which received 54% support, takes effect in July 2015. Pot stores would be able to open the following year. There is a similar time line in Alaska.

The D.C. measure won nearly 65% of the vote, according to Reuters, but could still be halted during a review by Congress, which has constitutional oversight over the capital. 

The measure would allow adults 21 and older to possess up to two ounces of cannabis and grow up to six plants.