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posted on June 15, 2013 by
US ME: Maine Lawmakers Ok Some Pesticide Use On Medical Pot
Morning Sentinel, 14 Jun 2013 – AUGUSTA – Medical marijuana dispensaries would be allowed to treat plants with certain low-risk pesticides if a bill enacted by the Maine Legislature on Friday makes it into law. The bill, L.D. 1531, an emergency measure sponsored by Sen. Thomas Saviello, R-Wilton, a former chairman of the Maine Board of Pesticides Control, passed the House of Representatives without a roll-call vote on Friday. The Senate passed it on Thursday.
posted on June 1, 2013 by
US ME: Proponents Of Legalizing Pot In Portland Move Closer To Fall
Bangor Daily News, 30 May 2013 – Tom MacMillan PORTLAND, Maine – A push to legalize recreational marijuana in Maine’s largest city appears poised to go before Portland voters this fall. A coalition of political groups and activists who want make possession of the drug legal for adults turned in a petition Thursday with more than 3,200 signatures, twice the 1,500 signatures needed to place the measure on the November ballot.
