Colorado advocate warns Mainers about implications of legalizing marijuana

FALMOUTH — The leader of a Colorado drug-prohibition enforcement program warned Mainers on Tuesday about the implications of recreational marijuana legalization, including increases in use among youth and problems with edible marijuana products.

Thomas Gorman, a former undercover drug agent and current director of the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, spoke at a forum in Falmouth about the impact of marijuana legalization in Colorado, marijuana commercialization, and public health and safety issues connected to legal pot use.

The forum – “Recreational Marijuana Legalization: What are the implications?” – was sponsored by the Casco Bay Create Awareness Now Coalition, a group of individuals, schools, law enforcement agencies and organizations that is working to prevent substance abuse by youths. About two dozen people, including law enforcement officers, turned out for the forum.

Gorman highlighted what he said are some of the major issues that come along with increasing access to...

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