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Effort to establish marijuana OUI standard stalls in Maine Legislature

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 05/28/2015 - 09:09

An effort to establish a legal standard for operating under the influence of marijuana has stalled in the Maine Legislature, but another proposal could come with input from advocates by next year.

Medical marijuana is legal in Maine, while driving under the influence of marijuana and other drugs is already prohibited. But unlike alcohol, there’s no legal limit that indicates intoxication.

A bill backed this year by Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap would have set a blood intoxication level of 5 parts per billion of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, marijuana’s psychoactive ingredient. But that part was stripped by the Legislature’s Transportation Committee and sent to the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, which voted Tuesday to recommend that Dunlap’s office convene a working group to study the issue before possibly returning with another proposal by 2016.

Dunlap said he’ll be “happy to do it” and his office will examine...

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