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National pro-marijuana group leads in Maine money drive

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 04/15/2015 - 08:00

South Portland's police chief is calling for more oversight of the medical marijuana industry in Maine.(Photo: NEWS CENTER)

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Maine campaign finance data confirms early reports that a nationally-backed marijuana legalization drive is raising more money than a local organization with the same goal.

The reports said the Committee to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol raised $51,155 between January and the end of March. The group is an effort of the national Marijuana Policy Project. Local group Legalize Maine raised $30,285 in the same period.

Almost all of the money raised by the Committee to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol came from Marijuana Policy Project. Legalize Maine's money came from a variety of Maine donors.

The groups want to collect enough signatures to get marijuana legalization on the state ballot in 2016. Marijuana Policy Project led successful city-wide initiatives in Portland and South Portland and a failed one in...

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