Despite experiencing setbacks when it came to reintroducing marijuana legalization legislation for the 2014 Maine legislative session, efforts are already underway to prepare for 2015. The primary...
This morning, the Maine Legislative Council voted 5-5 on whether or not to allow Rep. Diane Russell’s marijuana legalization to be introduced. A tie vote means the...
The Marijuana Policy Project extended an invitation Friday to the new Maine affiliate of Project SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana) to join forces to promote sensible marijuana...
Supporters of Portland’s Question 1 claimed victory tonight, celebrating their work to make Portland the first city on the East Coast to legalize possession of up to...
After last weekend’s International Drug Reform Conference in Denver, a clear picture is emerging of which states are likely to be the first to follow Colorado and Washington down...
As we mentioned here previously, NORML has worked with Representative Diane Russell in Maine to draft and prepare for introduction a measure that would have legalized and...
Leading up to November’s election, marijuana policy is an increasingly hot topic in Maine. Voters in the city of Portland will soon decide whether or not possessing...
Earlier this year, we came within just 4 votes on the floor of the Maine House of Representatives on legislation that would have put marijuana legalization before...
In just 25 days, Portland, Maine could become the first East Coast city in the nation to legalize marijuana for adults. On November 5, voters will decide whether...
Marijuana prohibitionists have been stirring up controversy since a line of bus advertisements supporting Question 1 in Portland, Maine were revealed on Tuesday. The advertisements serve to spark...
The nation’s largest marijuana policy organization announced Monday it will support efforts to end marijuana prohibition in 10 more states by 2017. The Marijuana Policy Project’s announcement...
Oregon begins moving toward a regulated dispensary system, Massachusetts advances down the dispensary path, New Jersey’s governor signs a medical marijuana bill, and much, much more. Let’s...
Medical marijuana patients in Maine could lose their federally subsidized housing if a state moratorium allowing patients to grow and use their medicine in subsidized housing properties...
A campaign to legalize cannabis for recreational use in Portland, supported by MPP and the ACLU of Maine, officially began yesterday. The city ordinance would allow the possession...
The Marijuana Policy Project announced Monday it will support efforts to end marijuana prohibition in 10 more states by 2017. The announcement comes one day before the...
The Huffington Post describes MPP’s Rob Kampia’s recent predictions about marijuana policy, including which states will be next to legalize recreational marijuana: Alaska and Rhode Island, as...
Portland, Maine may become the first city to defy both state and national marijuana laws. Following a vote by City Council on Monday, June 15, voters residing...
It’s been a good week for medical marijuana in state legislatures, with New Hampshire now poised to become the 19th medical marijuana state, and that’s just for...
House and Senate lawmakers last week gave final approval to legislation, LD 1062, to allow patients diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, inflammatory bowel disease, and other debilitating disorders...
