Maine Lawmakers Advance Drug Decriminalization Bill To House Floor With Conflicting Recommendations

A joint Maine House and Senate committee on Tuesday advanced a bill to broadly decriminalize possession of illicit drugs and another measure to reform the state’s drug trafficking laws—but the panel’s members were split on how the legislature should handle the decriminalization proposal going forward. The first piece of legislation, LD 967, would make illicit … Continue reading Maine Lawmakers Advance Drug Decriminalization Bill To House Floor With Conflicting Recommendations