LEWISTON — City voters will likely decide in November whether they want to join Portland in sending a message to lawmakers in Augusta and Washington that marijuana should be made legal for adult recreational use. Advocates from the Maine Marijuana Policy Project on Friday met their deadline for turning in 859 signatures from registered Lewiston […]
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Signature drive for legalizing marijuana in Lewiston hits halfway mark
LEWISTON — Advocates hoping to put the question of legal marijuana before Lewiston voters in November are less than halfway to their goal of collecting 859 signatures from registered voters. As of Tuesday, the Maine Marijuana Policy Project had collected 424 signatures, according to Lewiston City Clerk Kathy Montejo. The group has until Aug. 8 […]
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Pot legalization advocates turn in petitions for referendum in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — Marijuana advocates turned in 1,521 petition signatures seeking a legalization referendum in South Portland on Monday, marking a key milestone in what may be the Maine effort’s toughest battle yet. While the Marijuana Policy Project and its coalition of supporters faced little in the way of outspoken resistance while campaigning for a […]
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M. Theberge: More information needed
I have a question with regard to the possible legalization of marijuana in Lewiston. The question was asked a long time ago and seems to have been forgotten or has been overlooked. It is a question of personal health: Does marijuana cause impotence? True or false? If it is true, there will be a few […]
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Advocates for legal pot say CDC survey shows teen use stays flat
LEWISTON — Supporters of legalizing marijuana for recreational use in Maine said Wednesday that recent reports show teen pot-smoking wouldn’t increase with legalization. A study in the Journal of Adolescent Health looked at the impact of marijuana use by teenagers in states that had enacted medical marijuana laws and compared them to nearby states that […]
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J. Baird: Just take it away
I caught a brief interview of Lewiston Mayor Bob Macdonald on the television recently. Thank goodness he had the sense to say “no” to any efforts to further the legalization of marijuana. I didn’t catch the entire interview but I expect he was referring to the ongoing petition effort for signatures to put the issue […]
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Portland polarized by vote on sale of tiny park
PORTLAND — City residents, less than a year after legalizing marijuana, are going to the polls again to settle a squabble over a half-acre park that evolved into a much larger debate over the future of the city’s public parks. The ballot issue would add 35 open spaces to the city’s list of protected lands […]
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Advocates announce petition drive for legal pot in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Advocates hoping to make it legal to possess of up to 1 ounce of marijuana for recreational use have launched an effort to collect enough voter signatures to put the issue on a citywide ballot in November. “The petition process will spark a public dialogue about marijuana and the need for more sensible […]
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J. Handy: A public health problem
A recent report stated that an out-of-state marijuana legalization interest group will start gathering signatures in an attempt to put a marijuana legalization initiative for Lewiston on November’s ballot. People should be careful of what petition they sign if approached on June 10. It is important for citizens to understand what would be coming to […]
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Lewiston’s pot legalization effort set to gather signatures
LEWISTON — Organizers hoping to make recreational marijuana legal in Maine’s second-largest city will launch their citywide signature-gathering campaign Monday, the state political director for the Marijuana Policy Project said Friday. David Boyer said his group will launch its petition effort with a news conference in Lewiston where it intends to collect signatures from voters […]