Maine Gov. LePage at Prescription Drug Abuse Summit

Maine Gov. LePage at Prescription Drug Abuse Summit – Maine Gov. Paul LePage speaking at the Prescription Drug Abuse Summit held at Point Lookout in Northport, Maine, 25 October 2011.

Maine bill to get marijuana legalization on ballot loses by 4 votes

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After a swirling debate that touched on personal experiences, addiction, the status of the national "war on drugs" and the Legislature's role versus that of citizen initiatives, the Maine House voted 71-67 Friday to accept a committee's recommendation …
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Maine House Rejects Bill to Ban Medicaid Coverage for Opiate Addiction …

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Lawrence Lockman, of Amherst, who confessed to being what he called "a heretic" for not subscribing to the prevailing orthodoxy that drug addiction is a disease. Lockman is the sponsor of the bill that would terminate MaineCare coverage for methadone …
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Maine Legal Pot Supporters Vow to Continue Efforts, Despite Legislative Defeat

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On Monday, members of the state Senate voted 24 to 10 in support of an earlier decision by the Maine House that ends – at least for now – the short-term prospect of making marijuana legal and taxing sales of the drug. Supporters of ending prohibition …
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