marijuana

The website Estately.com has come up with the U.S. Marijuana Enthusiasm Index. They based their index on five factors: Marijuana Users, Marijuana Affordability, Interest in Marijuana, Legal Status of Marijuana, and Publicly Expressed Interest in Marijuana. So, where did Maine rank on their index?

How fun? To me, this seems the next natural step for Denver, Colorado, where recreational use of pot is legal.  Denver County Fair will a joint-rolling contest (done with oregano, not the real thing), the Best Homemade Bong contest, dioramas made with Peeps and a Drag Queen Contest! Oh ya, there will be judging of the plants in the same way fairs judge other crops.

Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree has joined the effort to pass a bill that would allow states to set marijuana policies without federal interference. The law would end marijuana prohibition and start regulating marijuana like alcohol at the federal level.

There is a bill that has been introduced to make marijuana legal for adults in Maine.  It includes a plan to license and tax marijuana.

One of the biggest stories out of last week's election was that voters in Colorado and Washington State chose to legalize marijuana. States like California had previously approved medical marijuana, but Colorado and Washington are the first to also approve cannabis for recreational use.