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Maine Rec Legalization Measure Focuses on Small Business

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 02/10/2015 - 22:45

February 10, 2015

An organization pushing recreational legalization in Maine has a new focus: Help out small business.

Legalize Maine filed initiative language with the secretary of state, and is touting its effort as the first “homegrown initiative,” according to the Portland Press Herald.

Much of the ballot measure language is standard – those 21 and older could possess up to 2.5 ounces at a time, and sales would be taxed at a 10% rate.

The measure also includes provisions that have not been seen anywhere before in the legalization movement – it would require that at least 40% of cultivation licenses be given to small-scale farmers, and would also explicitly permit cannabis clubs where consumers could both purchase and use marijuana.

“We are the first to put local people before national interests and focus on stimulating our local economies,” Legalize Maine President Paul McCarrier told the Press Herald....

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