US RI: RI, Maine Lawmakers Seek to Legalize Pot

Salem News, 16 Nov 2012 – PROVIDENCE, R. I. (AP) – Recent campaigns that made Colorado and Washington the first states in the U.S. to legalize recreational marijuana are energizing efforts to do the same in New England, with lawmakers in Rhode Island and Maine vowing to push legislation next year to impose alcohol style regulations and taxes on the drug. Rhode Island Rep.