LEWISTON — Advocates for Maine’s medical marijuana caregiver industry said Tuesday they oppose a trio of ballot questions going before voters this year in Lewiston, South Portland and York, seeking to make recreational marijuana use legal for adults under city ordinance. On Tuesday, Paul McCarrier, the legislative liaison for Medical Marijuana Caregivers of Maine, said […]
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South Portland voters to decide on legalizing marijuana
SOUTH PORTLAND (AP) — South Portland’s City Council has voted to place a measure on the November ballot that would legalize possession of marijuana. The council voted unanimously Monday night to put the question on the ballot. The measure would make it legal for people 21 and older to possess up to one ounce of […]
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Lewiston to consider pot ballot next month
LEWISTON — Councilors will decide next month if they’ll legalize possession of small amounts of marijuana or leave the matter to voters in November. Tuesday, councilors accepted the signatures from legalization proponents, the Maine Marijuana Policy Project. That group collected more than 859 signatures to put the question before Lewiston voters this year. The change […]
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Lewiston voters may settle legal pot petition in November
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 […]