PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island and AUGUSTA, Maine (PNN) - November 14, 2012 - State legislators in Rhode Island and Maine will announce bills tomorrow to legalize recreational marijuana, a spokesperson for the Marijuana Policy Project announced today.
Rhode Island Rep. Edith Ajello and Maine Rep. Diane Russell will hold a conference call tomorrow with the Marijuana Policy Project to announce the legislation.
MPP says that "similar proposals will be submitted in at least two other states - Vermont and Massachusetts."
A ballot initiative legalizing medical marijuana passed in Massachusetts last week with more than 60% of the vote. Maine voters voted to expand the state's 1999 medical marijuana law in 2009 to include dispensaries. The Rhode Island legislature decriminalizedmarijuana earlier this year, and has had medical marijuana since 2006.
