Mainers To Vote On Whether To Allow Marijuana Dispensaries For Medical Patients

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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Maine voters already approved a referendum allowing people to legally possess marijuana for medical purposes. On Nov. 3, voters will be asked to decide whether to allow dispensaries from which the drug could be distributed to patients.

Under the current law, doctors can recommend pot to patients with debilitating conditions such as glaucoma, cancer and AIDS. Supporters of the new referendum says the problem is that those patients don't have a legal way to obtain marijuana, short of growing it themselves.

The law enforcement community opposes Question 5.

Guy Cousins from the Maine Office of Substance Abuse says setting up a distribution network, even if it's regulated, would increase the availability of marijuana to people not authorized to have it.



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