A survey of 17,000 students shows the rate is down slightly, numbers watched closely by policymakers.
Marijuana
Posted inBusiness
Microsoft, marijuana industry software firm announce deal
Microsoft becomes the first major tech firm to attach its name to the legal pot industry.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Legalization of marijuana a hot topic at Augusta trade show
Home Grown Maine 2016 is happening about five months before residents will vote on whether to make recreational use of marijuana legal in the state.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
M.D. Harmon: Legalizing marijuana isn’t worth the risks to health and safety
There’s plenty of evidence that pot is far from harmless.
Posted inNation & World
Drug spit test bill passes Vermont House, despite lack of link to driver impairment
Police can ask for a saliva sample and use a trace of marijuana to show evidence of illegal impairment.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Three men sentenced in major eastern Maine marijuana bust
Two of the men are sentenced to more than a decade in prison in connection with the remote operation that yielded about $9 million worth of marijuana in a 2009 raid.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Marijuana advocates light up on Skowhegan courthouse steps
About 20 people showed up Monday afternoon to light up and share marijuana, but there was no sign of local police.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
Greg Kesich: Marijuana petition’s rejection highlights weakness in our system
There is a lot of power at play in state questions, and we need more help than a notary can provide.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Biddeford to consider moratorium on medical marijuana facilities
The city manager says the moratorium would give staff time to look at land use regulations and how to regulate growing facilities.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Looser cannabis laws no cure-all for so-called mass incarceration
The bipartisan consensus in favor of ending the ‘war on drugs’ is just the latest political free lunch.