Category Archives: Criminal Justice Reform

Marijuana Bills are for the Marijuana Industry, Not Mainers

This Wednesday at 1 PM in State House 436, the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee will have hearings on two bills seeking to legalize recreational marijuana in Maine.  The bills are LD 1380 from Representative Diane Russell (D-Portland) and LD 1401 from Representative Mark Dion (D-Portland).  Both bills offer 30-some odd pages of language […]

A Path to Wellness, Not a Jail Cell

This Friday at the State House, the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety will have a work session on LD 113, An Act to Reduce the Penalties for Certain Drug Offenses.  The bill is sponsored by Senator Roger Katz of Kennebec.  The bill, in part, looks to downgrade punishments associated with possession of heroin […]