AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine residents who are campaigning for their state to legalize marijuana say they are ready to file their proposal for a ballot initiative.
The group calls itself The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol and it's an effort of the Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project. Campaign leader and Marijuana Policy Project Maine Political Director David Boyer of Falmouth says the group will submit its initiative on Tuesday.
The initiative says adults age 21 and older would be allowed to possess up to one ounce of marijuana and grow up to six marijuana plants at home. It also creates a "tightly regulated'' retail and cultivation system.
The Maine Secretary of State will review the initiative. If it approved, the group needs to collect 61,123 signatures to get on the 2016 ballot.
