The amount of patients who claim that marijuana has helped them kick their addictions to painkillers, and even heroin, is on the rise and may soon be legitimized. The state of Maine is currently on the fast track to becoming the first state to make an addiction to opioid prescriptions and certain illegal narcotics such […]
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Maine Fails to Get Recreational Marijuana Initiative on the Ballot
One of marijuana legalization’s projected sure things for 2016 was dealt a significant blow earlier this week that could prevent Maine voters from having the opportunity to approve a recreational cannabis industry in the November election. Read article here: High Times
Judge: Woman With Cancer Can Try to Buy Marijuana in Maine
A judge has cleared the way for a woman with late-stage lung cancer to buy medical marijuana in Maine before dispensaries open in New Hampshire. Read article here: High Times
Cancer Patient’s Lawyer Says She Can Get Marijuana in Maine
The lawyer for a New Hampshire woman with late-stage lung cancer says she could get medical marijuana in Maine if New Hampshire health officials issue her an identification card saying she's eligible. Read article here: High Times
Maine Initiatives Join Forces to Bring Down Prohibition, Other States Should Take Note
Two marijuana advocacy groups working to make Maine one of the next states to legalize a recreational cannabis industry have decided—rather than continue to fight over semantics—to form a wicked alliance in an effort to get one solid initiative on the ballot i… Read article here: High Times
Medical Marijuana Is A Growth Industry In Maine
It’s a warm, midsummer morning when 27-year-old Jeremy Sprague welcomes a visitor to his farm.” It doesn’t look like a farm at first. On the first floor of a small house there’s a bed, a kitchen and a TV running security camera footage. Then Sprague heads upstairs where his horticulture thrives. Sprague, a medical marijuana […]
Will Maine Legalize Next?
Marijuana advocates want to finally take their legalization drive — thus far the province of western states — to the Northeast, and they say the first state to do it here might be Maine. High Times
Marijuana Legalization Fails In Maine
The Maine State Legislature failed to pass a bill on Thursday that would have legalized, taxed and regulated recreational marijuana for adults. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Medical Marijuana Lobbyists Obstruct Legalization Bill in Maine
While Alaska and Oregon look to legalize recreational marijuana through ballot initiative in 2014, Maine Representative Diane Russell has been working with NORML to introduce marijuana legalization through the state legislature. High Times
High Hopes for Legalizing Marijuana in Maine
Melissa Thomas is a 38-year-old interior designer for a local paint company. She has a 5-year-old son, and she is engaged to be married. She shows up to work on time, and belongs to a book club and mothers groups. She pays her bills and is closing on the purchase of a house in South […]