marijuana

Illinois is now the latest state, the 17th, to decriminalize recreational marijuana. Maine will be voting in November. What do you think? Checking in on the the decriminialization of marijuana across the U.S.

More than 61,000 Mainers signed petitions to put the question on the ballot this November. What's your opinion?

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?

Senator Roger Katz joins the Moose Morning Show every Monday just after 7 a.m. to talk about some of the big issues facing lawmakers and the state of Maine during the current session. This week on 'Koffee with Katz' we discussed medical marijuana and the Governor naming himself Education Commissioner...

Maine's pot dispensaries are growing, as more patients seek relief from chronic pain. In the past year, they took in $23.6 million. That's an increase of 46% over last year.

Auburn students soon can have medical marijuana administered to them in school. Last night (Jan. 7) the school committee voted unanimously in favor of a new policy, that would apply to students who have written certification, to use medical marijuana from a medical provider.

20-year-old Tia Corson and 19-year-old Bethany Thebarage are charged with a Skowhegan burglary in at least one home in the area. Along with Corson and Thebarge, an 11-year-old boy is accused of stealing and charged with theft and cultivation of marijuana.

Now there are three efforts underway to get the use of recreational marijuana on the ballot in Maine.

Two pro marijuana groups are submitting proposals to get marijuana legalized in Maine for recreational use and the question could be on the ballot in November 2016.

Charlo Greene, whose real name is Charlene Egbe, WAS a reporter at KTVA in Anchorage, Alaska, but she decided her efforts to legalize marijuana in the state were more important. So, last fall, she quit her anchor job. Dramatically. On live television.

Weed vending machines are now a thing! The machines dispense medical marijuana. They have opened up in Seattle, WA, one the first states to legalize marijuana.

A former substance abuse counselor, Maurice "Bud" Moody,  who worked at Mount Ararat High School from ’93 to ’97 has been indicted on two counts of trafficking marijuana.

A recent report says that nearly 10% of people are coming to work stoned on marijuana. Maybe I'm being naive, but I have a real hard time believing it, that number seems high, pardon the pun.

The Lewiston City Council tonight (Sept. 2) will consider a citizen-initiated measure that would make private marijuana possession legal for adults. The council can enact the proposed law or place it on the November 4 ballot.

A Jay, Maine is pulling out the excuses. 25-year-old Douglas Glidden, who was pulled over Sunday, April 6, told police that the marijuana officers found in the car he was driving was not his. He said that it just happened to be in the car he stole.

Frank Giardina is a New York man who was arrested recently after police knocked on his door. The problem was he answered while holding a marijuana pipe. Cops were there to respond to a noise complaint. However, after noticing the pipe they went inside and found $150,000 worth of heroin bagged, bundled and ready for sale on his kitchen table...