Maine Votes “Yes” on Medical Marijuana Act

Cannabis should be legal. First of all the legalization of cannabis will bring in billions of tax dollars which will go towards more serious matters at hand. A few thing that this tax money will go towards is bailing our asses out of debt, improving health care and education, supporting the DEA to crack down on more hard-core drugs, and this money will also go to the police so they can cut down on the gangs. When alcohol was banned in the US in 1920 people where outraged. Gangs got into the alcohol smuggling business and a ridiculous amount people where being killed over gang activities and it was just a huge mess. The violence and corruption of lives virtually ended when alcohol was re-legalized in 1933. From using the alcohol prohibition as a reference we can clearly see that if we legalize cannabis the uncalled for violence and hate for everyone and the government will pretty much end. Take a look at the Netherlands and other countries where cannabis is legal, facts show that actually way less people use cannabis than here in the US and their citizens are more healthy and happy. It is absolutely ridiculous that cannabis is illegal, it is completely safe and has a bunch of uses that have been used for thousands of years.Cannabis is used for a bunch of reasons; paper, industrial textiles (it is also the strongest natural fiber) consumer textiles, building materials, food, industrial products, personal hygiene products, fuel, and not to forget recreational use. Tobacco kills around 390,000 smokers in the US annually and about 50,000 people from second hand smoke, it is addictive and legitimately ruins people's lives. Tobacco has no benefits at all and have no use, except for getting lung cancer and emphysema; while cannabis is used to treat cancer, Alzheimer's, HIV/AIDS, multiple sclerosis, depression, chronic pain relief, insomnia and much more. Alcohol kills around 80,000 people annually, wether its from alcohol OD, drunk driving or rage. Cannabis kills 0 people a year, yup thats right 0. It has so many benefits and just very minute cons that if you where telling someone who dint know about it the correct facts about cannabis they would say only an idiot would illegalize this. Also to mention that cannabis can be made into more potent forms like hash so the patient doesn't have to smoke as much, which will reduce the harm done on ones lungs; also it can be made into food or tincture which can be consumed and doesn't need to be smoked and it is also more effective. So I ca go down to the store and pick up a bottle of Jack's and a whole bottle of vicodin or what ever pharmaceutical and kill myself on accident very easily and legally but I cant smoke some weed which isn't hurting anybody at all? what the hell is that.

Im a maine-ah and im proud we actually have medical mj even if we dont have dispensaries

Proud Mainer :)

How come I can get a toxic dose of the pacific yew tree as chemo but you can't get relief from the side effects of the chemo from another non-toxic plant? (okay the tree itself is not toxic the compound that is used to delievr the chemo is actually toxic, but anyhow ....)The side effects from this chemo are almost unbearable, yet there are no side effects from the medicine I use to treat the side effects I get nothing but comfort and relief. How is that wrong? I am so glad we have medical marijuana in Maine although at least 8 of my doctors refused to discuse or prescribe it to me. Finally found a doc who understood medicine ;)

"One has not only a legal, but a moral
responsibility to disobey unjust laws."
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963

It is absurd that it was even made illegal in the first place.........

Evert Fowle, sounds like a cry baby cause he can't make up the rules anymore. We the people wanted it, so now we are getting it. Mr. Evert Fowle just needs to shut the hell up and go with the flow, or go home and drink his whiskey till he passes out, like he does everynight.

WE THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN, let the medical marijuana train keep on come'n down the tracks, so every state has that freedom, NOT just the few. Hopefully it will snowball clear across the country, and we'll all enjoy that ride.

Its slowly becoming socially accepted... I mean theres an outrageously popular tv show about it! we should have the freedom to use a PLANT that relieves our ailments

Hey I have a blog about the demonization of marijuana and how it should be made into a legal medication please comment and leave insightful reason behind your thoughts the medical implications of the ganja. Please leave insightful and comprehensive ideas about why you believe marijuana is a safer and better medication for pain etc.... this is a project for a toxicology class and I would like to get the people opinion but I have to remove anything that is not appropriate.

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If law enforcement wasn't out chasing "POTHEADS" maybe they could chase some real criminals. But that means they'd have to do some real law enforcement work. If marijuana was legal they would have more time to chase the real bad guys. I have cousins that are in the law enforcement business, most of them are a bunch of drunks.
They drink to forget the ugly job they have to do to make a living. And most of them thinks marijuana should be legal, that it's a big waste of tax payers time and money chasing "potheads". AND IT TOOK THEM 40 SUM ODD YEARS TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT, Slow learners.

Legalize MARIJUANA so law enforcement people can round up all the terrorist and true criminals. And stop wasting tax payers time & money chasing "POTHEADS".

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when they passin in ohio

Hey where do i sign up to open a dispeciary??

This is how it's finally going to become legal, a chip off the stone block at a time. At some point it will be like the fall of the Berlin wall. Are there grow coaches available in Maine? Finally my Crohns and Hep C pay off!

ahhh we've come so far. lets give the next generation the freedom! i have a feeling art is going to boom.

HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY!!!!
MARIJUANA IS HERE TO STAY I FOR ONE AM GLAD TO AGREE!!
IT HAS BEEN MY LIFES MEDICINE AND PASSION TO PROMOTE THE CAUSE IN MY LITTLE NECK OF THE WOODS.
GROW YOUR OWN MAINERS!!!!
FREE YOUR MINDS AND FREE THE PLANET!!!!

i think its great personally, i was out there trying to get votes so im so glad to see it pass, now finding a doc to0 do it is another story i have had mine for a long time and i have one of the illneses thats listed, well lets just say my doc isnt goin to b the first one passing out scripts for mj i think they are still a lill nervous but ill get that card because i need it and to deny me is wrong

I live in maine, and I have Crohn's Disease and I am so happy that this great alternative is now legal too. Maine people rule! Let the people speak, law enforcement needs to stop wasting time on us.

People in Maine who have read the law are not celebrating. Many adults prefer to make their personal medical decisions in the privacy of their doctor's office rather than leaving it up to state agencies, politicians and law enforcement. DHS now has more authority than doctors in deciding which patients are valid, which medical conditions are acceptable and how much medicine is sufficient. Here's what medical marijuana really looks like in Maine today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iqt1Pec7UxY -- but do not despair, Maine Vocals is already circulating a citizens initiative petition to fix this bad law and another to end cannabis prohibition altogether in Maine. Sign on here: http://www.mainevocals.net

congrats maine send sum of those activist 2 my conservative home state and HELP US!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOhhooo Its happening and Gaining momentum (however it may be spelt lol) very fast.
Good to See. Lucky People of Maine ;)

We legalized the Weed. We made gay marriage illegal. NH has gay marriage and has 0 tolerance for marijuana.

Maine Rules. Straight stoners up this way.

Ummm obviosly the overall goal is to legalize

The roots go much deeper than the drug czar,he's just on the payroll and as long as he gets that check and sees those high numbers his brain will focus more on what he sees is best for him instead of thinking past the glitter and gold. We can never stop this unless we get off their payroll, our little allowence we get to buy things that the governement has provided for our entertainment. we as a human population are sacrificing to much for the little comforts they give us, mostly fear and then tough love rinse and repeat, imagine getting paid under the table ALL THE TIME like it should be. We need to make our own goods and sell them in our own communtities, keep every cent we work for, start using hemp, deconstruct the things we have built to make the Earth hurt, reinvent transportation and start creating energy that doesnt cause cancer. Please hear the call, they can't do this to us forever, people will see. Babylon will fall!

"You can fool some people sometimes, but you cant fool all the people all the time" - Peter Tosh

I live in Maine and I think that this law was a long time coming. Maine already has a pretty light law on getting caugt with weed, but i just think that this will help to get it legal all the way around.