Will Outspoken Governor Paul LePage Try To Halt Legalizing Marijuana In Maine?
Legalization activists received an early Christmas present last weekend: recreational marijuana legalization in the Pine Tree State is finally on track after a lengthy battle over election results.
On November 8th, residents approved a recreational marijuana ballot initiative by a narrow margin. So narrow that the opposition campaign called for a recount that halted the process of reforming the state's marijuana laws. On Sunday, those opponents conceded the issue. That means Maine is officially the eighth state to legalize adult cannabis use - after Colorado, Washington state, Oregon, Alaska, California, Massachusetts and Nevada.
And if the secretary of state to certifies the official results quickly, residents could have the right to possess, consume and cultivate cannabis at home by the end of January 2017 - only one month after the original plan to put the first phase of legalization in place by mid-December. So residents won't have a green Christmas,...
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