“As advocates of legal marijuana celebrated Tuesday’s big election victories in Portland and other U.S. cities, a national group launched a campaign in Maine to fight the spreading movement.

Portland’s 2-to-1 vote to adopt an ordinance making possession of small amounts of marijuana legal for adults sets up Maine to become the first state on the East Coast to end marijuana prohibition, advocates said Wednesday.

“I view the Portland victory as one of the best signs of what’s to come nationwide,” said Mason Tvert, communications director for the Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project, which helped finance the Portland campaign.”* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.

*Read more here from Randy Billings / Portland Press Herald:
http://www.pressherald.com/news/Portland_pot_vote_seen_as_step_toward_state__national_legalization_.html

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