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Marijuana

Published
November 4, 2016

Another View: Maine Medical Association criticizes Question 1 endorsement

Legalizing marijuana would encourage risky behavior and legitimize substance use amid a drug overdose epidemic.
Published
October 27, 2016

Marijuana industry created more than 18,000 new jobs in Colorado last year

A new report suggests that the black market is being significantly reduced by legalization, and that those reductions will continue.
Published
October 17, 2016

Maine Voices: Effort to legalize marijuana is full of smoke and mirrors, Cumberland DA says

It creates a profit-driven industry to market pot at a time when substance abuse runs rampant.
Published
October 7, 2016

Two Mainers arrested on I-95 with 20 pounds of marijuana, N.H. police say

The Waldoboro men were stopped for motor vehicle violations as they drove southbound in Portsmouth.
Published
October 3, 2016

Maine Voices: If tobacco and opioids aren’t bad enough, how about legal marijuana?

Question 1 is a tone-deaf proposal to legalize an addictive substance and create an industry for it.

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Published
September 30, 2016

Colorado gives marijuana candy new look to avoid confusion

Colorado's new "universal symbol" for foods that contain marijuana is designed to give the treats a distinct look, even after they're out of the packaging.
Published
September 29, 2016

Bath police go to home for child custody complaint, find 17 pounds of pot

A detective detects an overwhelming odor of marijuana at a home on Bumpy Hill Road.
Published
September 28, 2016

Maine joins 8 other states to vote on expanding access to marijuana

Five states – Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada – will consider legalizing the recreational use of pot, and four others will vote on expanding access for medical purposes.
Published
September 26, 2016

Most Mainers favor legalizing marijuana for recreational use, poll finds

Southern and coastal residents and those under 50 are driving the support for the ballot question.
Published
September 20, 2016

Saco enacts limits on cultivation of medical marijuana

An ordinance adopted by the City Council restricts caregivers to growing pot in two industrial zones, unless they cultivate in their private residence.