Popping the Lid Off Of Pot

07/26/10 By WHIT RICHARDSON
Mainebiz contributing writer

Dispensaries bring medical marijuana from the shadows to Main Street

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Medical Marijuana Now Subject to Maine Sales Tax

04/12/2010   Reported By: Josie Huang

Medical marijuana has been sold in Maine for about a decade -- but only now will it be taxed. Gov. John Baldacci signed into law a bill that, among other things, applies the five percent sales tax to medical marijuana.

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Governor Baldacci Names Task Force to Implement New Medical Marijuana Law

November 17, 2009

AUGUSTA – Governor John E. Baldacci today announced the names of the appointments to the Committee on the Implementation of the Maine Medical Marijuana Act. The Governor created the task force by Executive Order on Nov. 6, following the medical marijuana law approved by Maine voters. The Governor said the task force would advise him on the appropriate way to implement the new law with safeguards to protect public health and safety.

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Brewer Council Discusses Marijuana Clinics

Bangor Daily News (ME) - Nov. 11, 2009

Nov. 11--BREWER, Maine -- City Council members, worried about marijuana distribution clinics popping up in the city, have begun discussing the expanded access law that Maine voters approved at the polls last week.

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Maine Forms Task Force To Implement New Medical Marijuana Law

Source: Governor of Maine Posted on: 10th November 2009

Governor John E. Baldacci today signed an executive order forming a task force to make recommendations on the implementation of a new medical marijuana law approved Tuesday by Maine voters.

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Marijuana Provides Pain Relief, New Study Says

Huffington Post
February 18, 2010

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- The first U.S. clinical trials in more than two decades on the medical benefits of marijuana confirm pot is effective in reducing muscle spasms associated with multiple sclerosis and pain caused by certain neurological injuries or illnesses, according to a report issued Wednesday.

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Medical Marijuana: No Longer Just for Adults

NY Times
By KATHERINE ELLISON
Published: November 21, 2009

At the Peace in Medicine Healing Center in Sebastopol, the wares on display include dried marijuana featuring brands like Kryptonite, Voodoo Daddy and Train Wreck — and medicinal cookies arrayed below a sign saying, “Keep Out of Reach of Your Mother.”

The warning tells a story of its own: some of the center’s clients are too young to buy themselves a beer.

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Medical Marijuana in State Legislatures -- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

from Drug War Chronicle Issue #609, 11/20/09

Medical marijuana has gone mainstream. It routinely receives above 70% in public opinion polls, it has been legalized in 13 states, and this year 18 more states either tried or are still trying to pass medical marijuana laws. It was also the subject of legislative activity in four states that already have medical marijuana laws. But just because it's mainstream doesn't mean it's easy...

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The AMA eases its stance on marijuana

Scientific American
Nov 17, 2009
ByCarina Storrs

The Obama administration announced last month that people who buy or sell medical marijuana in the growing number of states that have decriminalized its therapeutic usage should not be targeted for arrest or prosecution by federal authorities. Now, the American Medical Association (AMA) has called for the federal government to go one step further in easing restrictions...

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