# Legality of marihuana in Portland ME **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 9, 2015, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-marihuana-in-portland-me/712203 "2015-02-09T08:22:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-marihuana-in-portland-me/712203/1 "2015-02-09T08:22:19Z")
Portland and South Portland, Maine have voted in recent years to legalize marihuana. Did these votes have any real effect or were they, as I expect, just symbolic? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-marihuana-in-portland-me/712203/2 "2015-02-09T09:07:44Z")
Marihuana? Greetings, traveler from 1930! “[Largely symbolic](http://www.pressherald.com/2014/11/04/south-portland-voters-support-legalizing-recreational-marijuana/).” The police say they will enforce federal/state law. It is decriminalized in Maine. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-marihuana-in-portland-me/712203/3 "2015-02-09T09:52:33Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Marihuana? Greetings, traveler from 1930! > > “[Largely symbolic](http://www.pressherald.com/2014/11/04/south-portland-voters-support-legalizing-recreational-marijuana/).” The police say they will enforce federal/state law. It is decriminalized in Maine. Giggling to myself about this quote from your link: > [@](#): > > Meadow Collins said she “definitely” voted in favor of legalization. That question and a referendum on bear hunting were the two issues she was most focused on this election season, she said. Apparently she was concerned about baiting stoner bears that might have the munchies. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-marihuana-in-portland-me/712203/4 "2015-02-09T14:57:49Z")
Pretty much just means that the local cops won’t waste their time with it. Still illegal under state law. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-marihuana-in-portland-me/712203/5 "2015-02-11T00:15:57Z")
Now, now. It was spelled “marihuana” in the puzzling pamphlet my school handed out in 1970. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-marihuana-in-portland-me/712203/6 "2015-02-11T15:20:28Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Now, now. It was spelled “marihuana” in the puzzling pamphlet my school handed out in 1970. I think mine (80’s) used “reefer.” ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-marihuana-in-portland-me/712203/7 "2015-02-11T15:31:48Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > I think mine (80’s) used “reefer.” I like to tease my gf by using different, mostly archaic terms from time to time. “Tea” and “boo” are two of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![TaoPilot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TaoPilot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TaoPilot)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-marihuana-in-portland-me/712203/8 "2015-02-11T19:18:24Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Now, now. It was spelled “marihuana” in the puzzling pamphlet my school handed out in 1970. Last I checked it was spelled “marihuana” in the Federal Aviation Regulations, which is updated every year. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-marihuana-in-portland-me/712203/9 "2015-02-11T19:22:07Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I like to tease my gf by using different, mostly archaic terms from time to time. “Tea” and “boo” are two of my favorites. I do the same to my wife. When I need a haircut, I go to the tonsorial, and when I need a prescription refill I go to the apothecary.