Recount bid ends, clearing way for legal marijuana in Maine

[jpak]

Source: Bangor Daily News

AUGUSTA, Maine — The campaign that opposed a referendum seeking to legalize marijuana for recreational use in Maine abandoned its recount effort Saturday afternoon, clearing the way for Maine to become the latest state to allow use of the drug for nonmedical purposes.

The citizen-initiated legalization effort appeared as Question 1 on the Nov. 8 ballot. Unofficial results showed the question winning by less than 1 percentage point, the closest contest on a ballot that included four other citizen-initiated referendums and a bond question.

That narrow margin prompted opponents of legalization — organized as Mainers Protecting Our Youth and Communities — to ask the secretary of state to conduct a statewide recount.

After a weekslong process that required ballots from all over the state to be collected and delivered to Augusta, the recount began earlier this month.

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[Vinca]

1. Good news - we're only a short drive away.

I never smoked marijuana in the 60's (when, as a "hippie" type, it was a requirement), but I may reconsider it as a way to cope with the Trump years.

[YOHABLO]

3. "when, as a "hippie" type, it was a requirement"

No actually dropping acid was a requirement

[Vinca]

4. I didn't do that either, although I did try mescaline a couple of times. It was very weird. LOL.

[madokie]

5. Did that too

'shrooms as well as peyote buttons. Peyote buttons were the nastiest of the bunch as they're hard to eat, so bitter and all. but man o man what a trip they were.

[briv1016]

2. Sessions is likely the negate all marijuana reform from the past 20+ years.

Jeff Sessions’ Coming War on Legal Marijuana

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/12/jeff-sessions-coming-war-on-legal-marijuana-214501