LEWISTON — Distance makes all the difference, according to foes of legal marijuana in Maine. Scott Gagnon, director of the Maine coalition of Smart Approaches to Marijuana, said Tuesday’s split decisions on legal marijuana measures show that support wanes the farther north you go. “That’s what really matters when you think of a statewide vote […]
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South Portland approves marijuana use
SOUTH PORTLAND — Voters in South Portland have voted to legalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. Ballot initiatives in South Portland and Lewiston call for the cities to allow adults ages 21 and older to possess an ounce of marijuana without facing any penalty. South Portland voters approved the measure Tuesday, while Lewiston defeated […]
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Maine marijuana votes foreshadow statewide push for legalization
SOUTH PORTLAND — Maine might soon be going to pot. Ballot questions about the legalization of marijuana in two Maine cities are a run-up to a statewide legalization drive in 2016, pro-marijuana activists say. They hope success in Tuesday’s election is a bellwether for a statewide vote to legalize the drug. Pro-pot activists are also […]
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Lewiston Middle School hosts talk on marijuana
LEWISTON — Just as rolling billboards hit the streets in Lewiston from the Marijuana Policy Project touting the drug as “less toxic, less addictive and less scary than alcohol,” Healthy Androscoggin gave a lecture Tuesday evening on the dangers of teen marijuana use. Substance Abuse Prevention Manager Scott Gagnon began by saying the forum would […]
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J. O’Brien: Would put youth at risk
On Nov. 4, Lewiston voters will be faced with the question of whether or not to legalize recreational marijuana in the city. It is an important decision for voters to make and one with profound consequences for the future of Lewiston. In my view, legalizing recreational marijuana is not right for Lewiston’s future. Numerous studies […]
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School officials warn of societal dangers
LEWISTON — A middle school student recently came before the School Committee for a suspension hearing. At the meeting with her father, she faced committee members and admitted stealing her father’s marijuana and taking it to school. She wasn’t caught using “but had an aura of marijuana. Friends of hers were aware she had marijuana,” […]
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Lewiston becomes a battleground as marijuana friends and foes prepare for statewide fight
Lewiston Question 2 forum: SunJournal.com will host an online forum with supporters and opponents of Lewiston’s legal marijuana initiative at noon on Monday, Oct. 27, at www.sunjournal.com. Live Blog Election 2014, Lewiston Question 2: Recreational Marijuana Initiative LEWISTON — Don’t expect the streets of Lewiston to turn into one big pot festival next month, […]
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Scott Gagnon: Marijuana is not the way forward for Lewiston
On Nov. 4, the voters of Lewiston will have many important decisions before them. One of those crucial decisions will be whether or not to legalize marijuana. On the surface, it may not seem like a big deal. After all, nothing changes legally as state and federal drug laws pre-empt local law. However, the symbolism […]
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Drug czar says pot legalization makes it harder to fight drug abuse
PORTLAND — The nationwide trend toward legalization of marijuana is making it harder for health care and law enforcement officials to fight the nation’s most dangerous drug problem — rampant abuse of prescription opioids, the Obama administration’s senior advisor on drug policy said. Despite activists’ insistence that marijuana is harmless, one in nine marijuana users […]
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Two suspects in Winterport marijuana theft surrender to police
Two of the three men wanted for allegedly impersonating police officers to steal from a Winterport marijuana grower have turned themselves in, according to a release from Maine Public Safety Spokesman Stephen McCausland. Jeff Hurd and Scott Roberts surrendered to authorities in the lobby of the Waldo County Jail in Belfast at about 9 p.m. […]