Maine bill to get marijuana legalization on ballot loses by 4 votes

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After a swirling debate that touched on personal experiences, addiction, the status of the national "war on drugs" and the Legislature's role versus that of citizen initiatives, the Maine House voted 71-67 Friday to accept a committee's recommendation …
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Maine Legal Pot Supporters Vow to Continue Efforts, Despite Legislative Defeat

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On Monday, members of the state Senate voted 24 to 10 in support of an earlier decision by the Maine House that ends – at least for now – the short-term prospect of making marijuana legal and taxing sales of the drug. Supporters of ending prohibition …
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Maine House Rejects Bill to Ban Medicaid Coverage for Opiate Addiction …

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Lawrence Lockman, of Amherst, who confessed to being what he called "a heretic" for not subscribing to the prevailing orthodoxy that drug addiction is a disease. Lockman is the sponsor of the bill that would terminate MaineCare coverage for methadone …
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