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Maine voters OK medical pot law expansion
With 86 percent of the precincts reporting, the measure was ahead 58 percent to 41 percent, the Bangor Daily News reported Wednesday.
The measure eases access to marijuana for individuals with certain medical conditions by expanding the list of qualifying conditions, creates a state-regulated registry of qualified users and allows for a statewide system of storefront distribution centers.
"This confirms what our polling has told us all along," said Jonathan Leavitt, campaign manager of Maine Citizens for Patient Rights. "The credibility of this issue is so strong, we didn't need to convince anyone that this was the right thing to do."
Kennebec County District Attorney Evert Fowle, also president of the state's prosecutors association, said the measure would be difficult to enforce.
"It's a very poor law," Fowle said. "This was written by self-proclaimed marijuana activists. ... The ultimate goal of the people behind this law is to legalize marijuana."
However, he said, "We'll do our best to make this law work and respect the will of the voters."
Copyright 2009 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 11/04/2009
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11-04-2009 11:02
C Smith wrote:
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It really good to see at least one state believes in the principle of the constitution on majority rule. Most of the government doesn't think we have the sense to vote on what we want so these issues never get voted on.
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