State officials announced the sites of four medical marijuana-growing facilities Tuesday, which they say will serve patients who cannot find relief from other treatments.
Voters in Portland, Maine, have chosen overwhelmingly to approve a ballot measure that eliminates all legal penalties for the possession of up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana by people 21 and over.
State and local elections Tuesday will see voters in Colorado, three Michigan cities, and Portland, Maine, deciding on marijuana policy reform questions.
Voters in Maine's largest city will have the chance to legalize marijuana in November. The Portland city council Monday night voted 5-1 to put the issue before voters.
There is a marijuana legalization bill pending in the Maine legislature, but some activists in the state's largest city aren't waiting for elected officials to get the ball rolling.
Visitors to Deering Oaks on Saturday may take in a little more than fresh air. The festival will run from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and is expected to draw 200 to 300 people, but pot smoking will not be allowed.
The city's first medical marijuana dispensary, in a nondescript brick building at the end of an alley off Congress Street, opened for business Wednesday.