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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 Marijuana Legalization In Maine Makes Progress, But Pro-Pot Groups Stand Divided 🌿Marijuana Legalization In Maine Makes Progress, But Pro-Pot Groups Stand Divided
Maine is moving forward with marijuana legalization as two pro-pot groups launch spring petition drives to ask residents to legalize recreational consumption in 2016. While their goals are the same, the organizations remain divided on who exactly should lead the charge. The Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project, which played a key role in Colorado’s legalization effort, wants its proposal to go before voters next year. Legalize Maine, however, wants marijuana legalization in the state to be a domestic effort, according to the Associated Press.
"With these large national groups, their agenda will always trump our local interests," Paul McCarrier, president of Legalize Maine, told the AP. The group said in a statement that "Mainers don't need a group from Washington, D.C., to dictate what's best for them.” Each petition would need more than 61,000 signatures to secure a place on the 2016 ballot. Legalize Maine’s proposal differs from the...
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