AUGUSTA – The ACLU of Maine will join legislators, the Marijuana Policy Project and other advocates for sensible drug law reform at a press conference today at 12:00 p.m. in Augusta to announce their support for a bill that would regulate the use of marijuana similar to alcohol.
Augusta – The ACLU of Maine today urged legislators to reject emergency legislation that would roll back limits on the use of physical restraints in classroom. LD 243 would make changes to Maine Department of Education Rule 33, which governs physical restraint and seclusion practices.
The ACLU of Maine and the League of Women Voters of Maine (LWVME) welcomed several recommendations in a new report from the Commission to Study Maine Election Laws that would protect access to voting.