As of today, if you are 21 or older, you can legally possess and grow cannabis in Oregon. That's right, a pretty historic day.

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If you want to mark the day by buying some pot to consume, you're out of luck. For now, people can only share or give away marijuana and starter plants so you'll have to hit up a generous friend, though a bill allowing recreational marijuana sales at dispensaries in the fall is making its way through the Oregon Legislature.

Medical marijuana patients, meanwhile, can continue to purchase cannabis at state-regulated dispensaries. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission isn't expected to launch the recreational marijuana industry until late 2016.

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KEY DATES

July 1, 2015: Anyone 21 and older may possess marijuana in Oregon

Oct. 1, 2015: If Senate Bill 460 is approved, early sales of dried marijuana begin in communities that haven't opted out.

Jan. 4, 2016: If House Bill 2041 is approved, a 25 percent sales tax on recreational marijuana begins.

Second half of 2016: The Oregon Liquor Control Commission expects to be ready to license recreational-marijuana retailers. Once that happens:

Edibles and other marijuana products can be added to retail sales.

The statewide sales tax, under HB 2041, would fall to 17 percent, with a provision to allow local governments to tack on an additional 3 percent.

Medical marijuana would remain tax-free at dispensaries, but patients would be subject to sales taxes at

Dec. 31, 2016: The early sales program would sunset.

-- Sue Jepsen