Maine Medical Marijuana Panel Sets 1st Meeting

November 22, 2009 09:18 EST

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Maine's newly appointed committee to implement the medical marijuana law authorized by voters earlier this month will hold its first meeting Dec. 1.

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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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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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