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The state's first medical cannabis law was passed in 1999, [1] allowing patients to grow their own plants. [2] The cities of Portland and South Portland decriminalized the possession and recreational use of marijuana in 2013 and 2014, respectively. In 2016, a ballot initiative, Question 1, proposed the statewide legalization of marijuana use ...
Maine Question 1, formally An Act to Legalize Marijuana, [1] is a citizen-initiated referendum question that qualified for the Maine November 8, 2016 statewide ballot. It was qualified for the ballot after a Maine Superior Court judge ordered that petitions rejected by the Maine Secretary of State be reconsidered.
Jan. 25—A group of medical marijuana providers, customers and other interested parties gave a committee of Maine lawmakers its recommendations Monday for new rules that it says would protect ...
Maine delivered an October surprise to medical marijuana providers with new guidance that limits the sale of pre-rolled marijuana and liquid concentrates.
Dec. 11—At least 31 suspected illegal marijuana grow houses have been relisted for sale since law enforcement first raided the operations in January this year, an analysis of Maine real estate ...
The law made possession a civil violation with a penalty of $25, lower than most city parking tickets. 2014, D.C. voted by ballot Initiative 71 to legalize recreational marijuana possession, cultivation, and transportation; commercial production and sale prohibited. The law went into effect February 26, 2015, following 30 days of congressional ...
Maine became the eighth U.S. state to legalize recreational pot use, joining Colo., Wash, Ore., Nev., Calif., Alaska, Mass., and the District of Columbia.
1973: Texas law is amended to declare possession of four ounces or less a misdemeanor. [18] [20] 1973: Oregon becomes the first state to decriminalize cannabis – reducing the penalty for up to one ounce to a $100 fine. [21] 1975: Alaska, Maine, Colorado, California, and Ohio decriminalize cannabis. [21]