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 […]
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Advocates announce petition drive for legal pot in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Advocates hoping to make it legal to possess of up to 1 ounce of marijuana for recreational use have launched an effort to collect enough voter signatures to put the issue on a citywide ballot in November. “The petition process will spark a public dialogue about marijuana and the need for more sensible […]
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J. Handy: A public health problem
A recent report stated that an out-of-state marijuana legalization interest group will start gathering signatures in an attempt to put a marijuana legalization initiative for Lewiston on November’s ballot. People should be careful of what petition they sign if approached on June 10. It is important for citizens to understand what would be coming to […]
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Lewiston’s pot legalization effort set to gather signatures
LEWISTON — Organizers hoping to make recreational marijuana legal in Maine’s second-largest city will launch their citywide signature-gathering campaign Monday, the state political director for the Marijuana Policy Project said Friday. David Boyer said his group will launch its petition effort with a news conference in Lewiston where it intends to collect signatures from voters […]
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Marijuana advocates object to sales tax proposal
BOSTON — As the state Senate begins debate Wednesday on a more than $36 billion state budget, medical marijuana advocates are objecting to proposed amendments they say will impose new taxes on low-income, chronically ill patients and further delay opening of state-licensed dispensaries. Matthew Allen, executive director of the Massachusetts Patient Advocacy Alliance, said his […]
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Marijuana town hall meeting in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Healthy Androscoggin hosted a panel discussion and presentation on marijuana Tuesday evening at the Lewiston Public Library. Health Promotion Coordinator for Healthy Androscoggin, Dan Morin, started the evening with a presentation outlining the dangers of marijuana use and teens. According to Morin and data provided by Healthy Androscoggin from the 2013 Maine Integrated […]
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Lowe trial to start Wednesday
PARIS — A short time after midnight on Jan. 7, 2012, 18-year-old Kristina Lowe was driving east on Route 219 in West Paris and lost control of her car. She crashed her 10-year-old Subaru into a stand of trees, killing her backseat passengers, Rebecca Mason and Logan Dam. Mason was 16; Dam was 19. Lowe […]